003, fireflies
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MIAH DECIDES to split up with Derek to try and find where Boyd and Cora have taken off too, also wanting to spend some time with the sour-wolf himself.

After a while of following their scents and getting absolutely nowhere, the two sigh at one another before being startled by Derek's phone ringing.

Miah overhears Scott's voice on the other line telling Derek his lost them, "You lost them?" Derek asks, "Yeah. I kind of had to." Scott explains.

"Wasn't exactly the plan." Derek states, "I know. Which is why I think that we should stick together. Trust me, he's too strong, too fast, and way too angry for one person to handle. We've got to do this together." Scott states.

Derek looks at Miah who's watching their surroundings.

She looks back at her older friend and nods happily letting Scott join in with their search for the two out of control betas.

"Look, we're at the trails by the entrance to the preserve. Can you meet us here?" Derek asks.

"Yeah. Just got to drop something off first." Scott says before hanging up on the other line leaving Miah and Derek waiting for the teens arrival.

Miah then sits on the dirt growing bored of waiting around before her phone vibrates in her pocket.

Pulling the device out she sees a message from Lydia on the home screen stating she's going to the store and if she needs anything.

Miah replies letting her strawberry blonde cousin know she's fine for now but thanks for asking her, receiving a smiley face reply from Lydia.

Miah sighs putting the mobile back into her jeans pocket looking around before looking up at the night sky.

Miah gets off the dirt and looks at the entrance of the preserve noticing a figure entering.

She looks at Derek who nods, the three take off running in the direction of the betas scents once again, looking around their surroundings making sure none of them are going to be jumped.

Miah speeds up using her coyote abilities running ahead of the two males, she looks behind her once again seeing the two doing flips over and under the tree she just passed.

The girl rolls her eyes at their unnecessary tactics before looking at the ground seeing what both Scott and Derek are seeing, "Is it them?" Scott asks the two curiously.

"We're not the only ones that decided to stick together." Derek states sharing an uneasy look with the mage hybrid.

"Is that gonna make it easier or harder to catch them?" Scott asks looking from Derek to the gorgeous blonde beside him.

"I don't know." Derek irritably replies looking around the woods, Scott helps Miah lean up from the ground, the girl smiles as a thank you before looking at Derek again.

"Derek. Mi. I saw Boyd try to rip two little kids apart, are they gonna do that to everyone that they find?" Scott curiously asks walking up beside the two who are looking at him worried for everyone's safety.

Miah softly smiles at the nickname he called her, "Everyone and anyone." Derek states, Miah begins walking off in another direction.

Scott looks at the alpha werewolf confused at why his following after the girl as though she's his alpha but quickly finds himself losing them in the woods and catches up with them.

Miah comes to a sudden halt leaving Derek and Scott confused seeing the concerned look on her face, she looks around hearing that exact same scream as she did earlier tonight.

She looks at the males behind her, "Do you two hear that?" Miah asks gulping feeling as though she's going insane, "I don't hear anything, Miah." Derek replies softly.

Scott shakes his head no as well, she sighs once the scream has stopped echoing through her ears.

"I swear I heard a scream." Miah states looking at the two werewolves sharing concerned looks.

She shrugs before walking off again pretending it doesn't mean anything─ but truthfully she knows it means something because she's been hearing the scream for months.

Miah eventually captures Cora's scent and takes off running in that direction also hearing other heartbeats near them.

Derek and Scott follow shortly after the fast mage hybrid, Miah finds a teenage girl in the middle of the woods yelling for her girlfriend.

"Are you okay?" Miah asks softly not wanting to scare the girl anymore.

The girl shakes her head looking around still before widening her eyes seeing a figure appear behind Miah growling.

"Look out!" the girl yells just as Miah feels Cora sneak up behind her trying to slash her claws across her ankles.

Miah dodges the attack just as Isaac jumps in from one of the trees, Cora growls at the newcomer and the two start fighting leaving Miah to check on the girl again holding her hands out softly walking closer.

"I'm not going to hurt you." Miah says as the girl nods accepting the embrace and comfort.

Miah's arms wrap protectively around the scared teenager.

Isaac gets thrown into a branch, Cora continues growling at the teenage boy, only for another figure to come jumping over Isaac, kicking the girl away and sending her onto the ground.

Scott flips back onto his feet standing looking at the girl, Derek steps to the side of them and growls at her only for her to run away from the alpha and her brother into the dark woods.

Leaving both Scott and Miah with the frightened teenager, "Are you okay?" Scott asks, as the girl looks at Miah for confirmation.

Miah nods showing Scott can be trusted, "What?" the girl asks.

"Are you all right?" Scott repeats being patient with the scared girl, the girl nods and continues latching onto Miah's arms.

"You need to get out of here, okay? Get out of the woods. Get out of here as fast as you can." Scott states before looking at Miah

"Go. You know I'll catch up." Miah says nodding, Scott does just that and runs off in the direction Isaac, Derek and Cora ran.

Miah looks at the girl softly, "What he said is true. You need to get out of these woods, or at least call nine-one-one for some help, okay?" Miah says, as the girl nods.

"I'm Caitlin." Caitlin says making Miah smile, "Hi, I'm Miah." Miah responds.

Caitlin gets her phone out of her bag and calls the emergency services to come to the preserve.

"I'm gonna go catch up with my friends. But here's my number if you need anything." Miah says gesturing for Caitlin's phone.

Caitlin nods holding her arms together tightly before handing the blonde her mobile phone.

Miah puts her phone number into it before smiling and taking off running towards the werewolves, after five minutes she eventually catches up with them and jumps on Isaac's back startling him.

"Shit. I'm sorry." Miah says smiling, Isaac recovers from the girl like scream he just let out.

Scott looks at the two jealously, Derek softly chuckles remembering the scream─ before his face turns serious once again hearing Scott's phone start ringing.

Miah stops chuckling listening to the phone call realising Scott tensing up─ hearing Stiles on the other line explaining Lydia found a body.

Miah immediately gets her phone out of her pocket and looks at the text message from Lydia and replies asking to she needs her, Lydia replies with she's okay, she has Stiles with her.

Miah lets out a sigh of relief, "Are you sure?" Scott asks once Stiles stops rambling.

"Yep. Throat ripped out, blood everywhere, it's like the-frickin'-shining over here. If two little twin girls come out of the woods and start asking me to play with them forever and ever. I'm not gonna be surprised." Stiles states from the other line.

"Can you get a little closer to make sure it was them?" Scott asks, Miah continues leaning on Isaac's back after putting her own mobile away.

"Make sure it was them? Scott, who else is going around ripping throats out?" Stiles asks growing frustrated.

"Please. Just do it." Scott asks politely, once Stiles says there's too much blood to confirm anything but the claw marks look like werewolf ones.

Derek folds his arms across his chest, "This doesn't make any sense. The public pool is all the way on the other side of the woods. We haven't tracked them anywhere near there." Derek says.

"Derek, they killed someone." Scott emphatically replies, "How are they moving so fast?" Miah asks.

"Miah." Scott starts to say only for Derek to interrupt, "But they can't be that fast on foot." the alpha says.

"They killed someone. Some totally innocent kid is dead and it's our fault." Scott states.

Derek stares at Scott for a moment, "It's my fault." Derek mutters, Miah walks closer towards her older friend, shaking her head.

"We need help." Scott states, "We have Isaac now. Alongside Miah." Derek states.

"I mean real help." Scott states wanting offended looks from both Miah and Isaac.

"They're too fast for us. For all of us, they're too strong, too rabid." Scott continues saying noticing the looks off the blonde girl and Isaac.

"We'll catch 'em." Derek states, "What happens if we do? We just gonna hold them down until the sun comes up?" Isaac scoffs earning an elbow in the rib from Miah.

"Maybe it would be easier just to kill 'em." Derek sighs.

Miah looks at the man sympathetically knowing that's his beta and younger sister, "Killing them isn't the right thing to do." Scott says.

"What if it's the only thing to do? If we can't even catch them. What else can we do?" Isaac asks.

"Find someone who knows what they're doing." Scott states, "Who?" Derek skeptically asks, "Someone who knows how to hunt werewolves." Scott says.

After a ten minute drive, the four park outside a supermarket once Scott's tracked down Chris Argents scent.

He gets out of Derek's car alongside Miah who's making a phone call to Allison.

Isaac looks at Derek staring at the man angrily in the distance, "Do you think this is gonna work?" Isaac asks looking at Chris holding a gun towards Scott.

"Nope." Derek states, "Me neither." Isaac nods leaning down in the passenger seat comfortably, after a few moments of silence.

Isaac looks at the male beside him, "So. Your, uh, your sister and Miah," Isaac begins, noticing Derek turning his head to look at him threateningly.

"Sorry. Yeah, it's..it's bad timing, I'm sorry," Isaac clears his throat nervously watching as Derek turns his head back to look at Scott and Chris, "I'll ask later. It's fine," Isaac says.

Derek turns his head once again looking at the beta with a look on his face, "Or never." Isaac stammers as Derek starts nodding.

"Yeah. Yeah. I'm good with never." Isaac states, just as Miah gets in the backseat amused.

"So, do you guys have a problem with Chris Argent or something?" Miah says leaning on the middle console amused.

Derek looks at her as does Isaac annoyed, "Oh no. I get it. Isaac here asked if he could hit on Cora or me, didn't he?" Miah questions with a smile.

Isaac looks at her with wide eyes now realising Miah heard him.

"Or did Derek here do the big bad scary alpha wolf thing he does a lot. Like a protective brother." Miah asks amused.

Both werewolves in the front seat clear their throats realising the blonde girl caught them both.

Miah looks forward seeing Chris nodding at something Scott said and gesturing to get in the car.

Miah taps Derek's shoulder, the alpha and her brother figure looks at her annoyed─ she sighs.

"They're leaving." Miah states nodding at the argent vehicle exiting the parking lot.

Derek smiles sarcastically and follows behind Chris and Scott, Isaac looks at Miah blushing, she winks at him before adjusting herself in the car seat.

Miah realises where Scott's taking the Argent hunter and chews on her nail's nervously.

She sees the body in the body bag before the car's pulling off again.

Miah sighs in relief knowing Chris decided to help them track down Cora and Boyd.

Scott, Argent, Derek, Miah and Isaac all circle around seeing Chris pulling stuff out of his vehicle.

"Good job at getting him to help, Scotty boy." Miah says kissing the boys cheek.

Scott smiles cheekily before focusing on Argent and the others again, "You're tracking them by print?" Argent asks, "Trying to." Scott shrugs.

"Well, then you've been wasting your time, there's only one creature on earth that can visually track footprints, and that's man. If you're not trained like me, you have no idea that this print is Boyd's and these." Argent explains pointing at the footprints, "Are Cora's." Isaac interrupts confidently.

"Nope. They're yours. You trampled Cora's as soon as you walked over here. Listen, I know the four of you are focusing half your energy on resisting your own urges under the full moon, but that puts you at a severe disadvantage to Boyd and Cora, who have fully given in. They put the pedal to the floor, where you three are barely hitting the speed limit." Chris explains looking at Miah knowing she's faster then the two combined.

Miah who's looking at that man surprised he knew she was part were-coyote, "So, what do we do?" Derek asks impatiently.

"Focus on your sense of smell. Actual wolves are known to track their prey by up to a hundred miles a day by scent. A trained hunter can use scent to track them. If the wind is with them, wolves can track a scent by a distance of two miles, which means we can draw them to us or into a trap," Chris explains throwing rope at Scott who catches it off guard.

"The full moon does give us one advantage. They'll have a higher heat signature. Which makes them easier to spot with infrared." Chris says throwing infrared cameras at the three werewolves, leaving a smirking Miah.

Chris nods at the mage hybrid knowing what she can do, "Thanks. But I've got my own" Derek states smugly flashing his red eyes.

"Just remember. We're not hunting wild animals. Underneath those impulses are two intelligent human beings. Don't think they can't rely on that human side. It's suppressed, but it's there, reminding them how to mask their scent, how to cover their tracks, how to survive," Chris states as the five walk towards the lookout.

"When's the last time you saw your sister?" Chris asks looking at Derek who sighs.

"Not in years. I thought she died in the fire." Derek explains avoiding the stare Miah's currently giving both him and Argent.

"Do you feel like you have a lock on her scent?" Argent asks, Derek shakes his head no, but Miah nods her head yes.

"Scott, how confident are you in your skills?" Argent asks the beta, "Honestly, most of the time, I'm trying not to think about all the things I can smell." Scott answers.

Miah makes a disgusted face knowing what he means, "All right. The problem is when they breach the woods and hit the residential area. Once they're past the high school, they're right in the middle of Beacon Hills." Argent explains.

"They're not gonna kill everything they see, are they?" Isaac asks from beside Miah.

"No. But, there is an important difference to recognise, wolves hunt for food, at a certain point, they get full. But Boyd and Cora are hunting for the pleasure of the kill. For some apex predatory satisfaction that comes from the ripping of warm bodies to bloody shreds and who knows when that need gets satiated?" Chris says.

"We can't kill them." Scott states, "What if we can't catch 'em?" Derek asks, "Then maybe we just need to contain them. There's no one in the school at night, is there?" Argent asks.

"You want to trap them inside?" Derek incredulously asks, "If there's a strong enough door, with no windows or access to the outside." Argent shrugs.

"What about the boiler room? It's just one big steel door." Isaac asks, "You're sure the school's empty?" Argent asks.

"It has to be. There can't be anyone there this late, right?" Scott asks, unaware of a certain English teacher taking last minute notes and marking some last minute papers.

Argent puts an object into the ground leaving a scowling Miah as she knows what he's about to do and she'll experience the stupid high pitch sound.

"These are ultrasonic emitters. It's one of the tools we use to corral werewolves. Pushing them into a direction we want them to run, it gives off a high-pitched frequency that only they can hear." Argent explains while Miah looks around confused not hearing the sound at all.

But seeing the teenagers and Derek beside her holding their ears, "God. No kidding!" Isaac groans, Chris grabs more out of his storage.

Isaac uncovers his ears but continues playing around with them due to the pitching sound─ handing the emitters to Derek, Scott and Miah along with Isaac.

"These are gonna drive them to the school?" Derek asks, "And then, it's up to you to get them into the basement." Argent says.

"Does anyone else want to rethink the plan where we just, uh, kill them?" Isaac states.

"It's going to work," Scott says looking at Isaac, before looking at Argent who's still handing them some more emitters, "It'll work." Scott states confidently.

Miah immediately runs off in the distance off the school, planting emitters in certain places.

Argent gave her the most as she can run the fastest compared to the other werewolves.

She runs closer and closer towards the high school meeting Scott beside the school buses.

She walks towards the teenage boy, "Hiya." Miah says warmly, "Hi." Scott says with a smile.

Miah leans against the railing looking down at the school, "Think this will actually work?" Miah asks looking at the handsome boy beside her.

Scott breathes out nervously, "I hope so." Scott assures, Miah and Scott eventually meet up with Isaac prying open the two main doors revealing the dark and mysterious hallways of the high school.

Miah shivers looking at the hallway, before looking at Isaac and Scott nodding at one another and running off towards Argent─ who's just arrived.

Miah contemplates who she should stick with and decides with staying with Scott for now, walking beside him and seeing the shocked look.

She smiles softly before looking at Argent who's looking at the mysterious firefly in front of him.

"Do you see that?" Argent asks the two teenagers standing beside him, Miah nods, "Yeah. It's a firefly." Scott shrugs.

"No. No, I know, it..." Argent frowns while answering, "What?" Scott asks confused.

"It's, uh, it's very unusual. The, uh, Californian fireflies aren't bioluminescent." Miah stammers replying.

Scott looks at her confused, "They don't glow." Argent states in the shorter term, "Does that mean something?" Scott asks.

Miah and Argent look at one another nervously before looking at Scott who's looking at them both confused.

Before they get the chance to respond howling is heard in the distance getting closer.

Argent rushes over to his vehicle hoping to distract the werewolves enough so they run inside.

Scott and Miah separate from one another, Miah goes and stands beside Isaac, hearing growling behind them.

"Oh. Great." Isaac groans turning around seeing the wolves ready to lunge themselves at the two teenagers.

Miah smirks flashing her blue werecoyote eyes and slashing her claws out but holds Isaac back nodding at Argents car pulling in front of them honking at the wolves.

They both growl at the oncoming car, they soon take off running towards the entrance only for jump on the roof and run over the school.

Miah looks at Isaac annoyed with the two wolves antics tonight, they meet up with all of the others.

"The red doors. Someone has to get them open." Argent states, while Derek runs inside towards those doors, "Someone has to drive them inside." Scott says.

"I'll go." Argent says turning his taser wand on allowing the electricity to flow through with a buzzing sound, only for both Isaac and Scott to look at the girl who nods.

"No. I'm faster." Miah states running off towards the area she knows Boyd and Cora are.

Also feeling Allison's presence and smelling her scent she smirks running seeing the flash bombs going off from the huntresses arrows.

Isaac soon meets behind Miah wanting to make sure she's safe, she locks the doors as Isaac looks at Allison, Miah nods and Allison rushes off.

Isaac looks at the blonde confused, Miah shrugs pretending not to know anything.

Miah soon rushes inside of the school seeing both Scott and Derek leaning against the door trying to hold them off.

Miah joins the too helping them with her strength soon Boyd and Cora stop bashing the door, "Did that actually work?" Scott asks shocked.

"It worked." Derek states just as shocked but looks to his side seeing Miah smiling at the two, Scott leans his head against the steel door listening in.

Derek rests for a little bit lightly leaning against Miah, "What are you hearing?" Derek asks leaning against the wall as Miah stands beside Scott listening in as well.

"Heartbeats." Scott states, Miah gulps listening to what Scott's hearing, "Both of 'em?" Derek asks.

"Actually. Three of them." Scott states while Miah looks at Derek scared─ now understanding someone else is in there with the out of control werewolves who want to kill.

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STILES WAITS for the all clear to ask Caitlin some questions, also not wanting to upset the girl anymore than she is already.

Melissa nods saying it's all clear, "We weren't doing anything that bad. I mean, I've camped out there plenty of times." Caitlin says, "Right, by why tonight?" Stiles asks.

"We wanted to be alone for one night, Emily lives with her mom, and I have three roommates, not exactly romantic settings, you know?" Caitlin states looking at the nurse and teenage boy.

"How long have you two been together?" Stiles asks, "Three months." Caitlin says, "And you wanted to make it romantic." Stiles says.

"Yeah, you know, because..." Caitlin begins to say but can't form the words, "Because it was her first time?" Stiles gently asks.

"They're gonna find her, right? Aren't they?" Caitlin sadly asks, Melissa and Stiles look at the floor sadly.

Caitlin sighs before looking at Stiles, "Do you know a Miah?" Caitlin asks.

"Yeah. She's a friend of mine. Why's that?" Stiles asks curiously, "She saved my life." Caitlin states.

Stiles looks at Melissa shocked, not knowing Miah was out in the woods but also guessing she's with Scott and the others.

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MIAH, SCOTT and Derek look at one another in horror at what to do with their current situation.

Derek goes towards the handle, Miah immediately slaps his hand off, "What are you doing?" Scott asks.

Derek doesn't make eye contact with Miah, who immediately starts shaking her head not wanting Derek to do what he's about to do.

"No. Derek, don't," Miah states growing teary eyed, "I can't lose you too." Miah cries.

Derek sighs, before looking at Scott, "Close the door behind me and keep it shut." Derek demands.

"You go in there alone. You're either gonna kill them, or they kill you." Scott states while Miah sobs hearing those words.

"That's why I'm going in alone. Hold her." Derek states motioning to his sister figure leaning against the wall sobbing, "Derek, please." Miah whimpers.

Derek opens the door rushing inside, Miah jumps forward to enter as well only for Scott to wrap his arms around the blondes waist holding onto her tightly.

Groaning at the pain her claws are induing on his arms, Miah yells for Derek, before dropping to the ground crying.

"He's my brother, Scott." Miah whimpers using her super hearing to hear grunts, groans and slashing of flesh coming from someone inside the boiler room.

Miah gasps opening her eyes, "Let me in, please. They're killing him!" Miah says trying to fight the boy's strength on the steel door, only for Isaac to come to the rescue.

"Scott. Miah. The sun's coming up." Isaac shouts from the top of the staircase only to see Miah rushing into the boiler room alongside Scott and running towards Derek's bloodied body, gasping softly─ with Boyd and Cora passed out beside him.

Miah sobs before latching herself onto the alpha not caring for his wounds or blood, just knowing her brother's okay.

"There's a teacher. I'll take care of her. Get them out of here." Derek weakly says before hugging Miah's frame.

She unlatches herself from the male punching him in the chest for leaving her, "Don't ever do that to me again!" Miah yells out.

Derek nods sighing, "Sorry, moon." Derek says, Miah nods helping Cora and Boyd out of the boiler room─ alongside Scott and Isaac who carry the two unconscious bodies out.

Scott looks at Miah, nodding at her to come over to him after they drop the werewolves off at their houses, "What's up?" Miah asks coming up beside the boy.

"Stiles wants you and I to go to the hospital. You up for that?" Scott asks.

Miah nods confused, following Scott to his motorcycle and smiling as he hands her the helmet.

Miah gets on the back wrapping her arms around Scott's lower torso, the boy inhales nervously before kicking the stand off his bike and taking off towards the hospital.

Fifteen minutes later and the two are entering the hospital looking for Stiles.

Stiles finds them and leads them to the morgue, showing them the body of Heather, someone Miah didn't know so she was confused.

"Caitlin's safe. She's resting." Stiles explains to the confused blonde who nods with a sigh of relief, but nods for the two best friends to continue knowing this must be important.

"So, Boyd and Cora might not have killed anyone?" Scott asks after Stiles finishes showing the markings on the girls body, "You're gonna wish they did." Stiles grimly says, "Why?" Scott asks.

"I'm not exactly sure yet. The other girl who was out in the woods, Emily? Eventually, they're gonna find her, she's one of them. Emily, Heather, that guy Lydia found at the pool? All three were virgins, and they're all gonna have the same three injuries. Strangled, throat-slashed, head bashed in, it's called the three-fold death." Stiles explains.

Unaware that Sheriff Stilinski and other deputies are running in the woods after receiving an anonymous phone call stating where the body of Emily is.

They soon come across the bloodied and dead body of Emily tied to a tree with her throat slashed open, both the sheriff and the officers share a moment of sympathy for the deceased girl.

"So, if these aren't random killings. Then what are they?" Miah asks, "Sacrifices," Stiles answers the blonde girl, before looking at his best friend, "Human sacrifices." Stiles states.

Both Miah and Scott look at the bodies with horrified looks on their faces, also thinking to themselves, what are they dealing with here and how will the town of Beacon Hills deal with these tragedies?

Scott offers Miah a ride home after the discovery of what could be going on.

She thanks the boy by kissing him on the cheek before entering the household and being immediately engulfed in a tight embrace from Lydia.

"Never leave me like that again." Lydia says into the blondes hair, Miah chuckles nodding her head, yawning and realising how tired she is.

Lydia smirks at the girl, who looks at her in question, "What?" Miah laughs, "You and Scott." Lydia says playfully.

Miah shakes her head, "Just friends, Lyds." Miah states, remembering about what happened yesterday.

Miah asks Lydia if she's okay and she states she is, Stiles looked after her and dropped her home.

Miah smiles before walking upstairs to her bedroom and showering and not even remembering falling asleep.

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TO BE CONTINUED...

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