022, de-void
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SHERIFF STILINSKI looks at his son dropping the handcuffs to the side of his torso, "You want to handcuff me?" Stiles asks.

"If my son is still here. If there's a part of him standing here in front of me. Then he'll put these on willingly and he'll come with me. Because he knows I'm here to protect him... from himself and from others," Stilinski explains looking at his 'son' before Stiles tilts his head.

"You're not my son." Stilinski states, Stiles breaks out of the handcuffs.

Miah, Allison, Derek, Joel and Chris walk through the door of the loft looking at the father and possessed son.

Stiles smirks seeing Miah beside Allison.

Allison looks at the body of Stiles holding out the taser holding down the trigger sending electricity waves towards the nogitsune who catches the wires and pulling them out of the taser.

Looking at Allison amused before throwing the now broken weapon away from him towards the wall on the opposite side of the room.

Derek growls before launching himself at Stiles who doesn't even hold back and grabs his shoulder dislocating the bone and sending the former alpha into the nearby wall grunting from the pain.

Miah gasps stepping in-front of her father so he won't launch himself at the nogitsune and also get hurt in the process.

Although said girl forms a ball of chaos magic throwing it directly at the possessed teenager sending him back shocking him before he looks at Miah once again smirking darkly.

Chris steps forward aiming his gun at Stiles shocking everyone in the room while Joel stands in front of his brother and daughter protectively.

"Argent. Listen to me. Don't do this." Stilinski states looking at the hunter alarmed.

"Why not? I've done it before. Werewolves, Berserkers. I can easily add a Nogitsune to the list." Chris states.

"You're not going to shoot my son." Stilinski states cocking his gun at the man, "You said it yourself, Sheriff. That's not your son." Chris shrugs.

"Put it down. Put it down!" Stilinski yells, "Dad... he's going to shoot me. He's going to kill me, Dad." Stiles whimpers looking at his father.

"Don't listen." Chris demands, "Put it down, now. Do it. Put it down!" Stilinski shouts.

"Pull the trigger. Come on." Stiles smirks making Chris's face drop shocked at the words coming from the nogitsune's mouth.

"Listen to me. You put the gun down now!" Stilinski yells, "Shoot me!" Stiles demands loudly.

"Put the gun down, now!" Stilinski yells growing more and more angry at the argent man.

"Dad." Allison starts to say, Miah looks around in realisation.

"Shoot me." Stiles taunts, "Put the gun down!" Stilinski demands still aiming the gun at Chris.

"Shoot me!" Stiles yells, "Argent. You put it down!" Stilinski demands.

"Strife." Miah whispers standing beside Allison now sharing the same look with the brunette, "Put it down! Put it down!" Stilinski shouts.

"Stop. Stop it!" Allison shouts stopping the shouting from the sheriff who looks at the two confused.

"This is what he wants. This is exactly what he wants." Miah explains looking at the Nogitsune who smirks at her.

"Not exactly. I was kind of hoping Scott would be here. But... I'm glad you all have your guns out and you're here Miah. Because you aren't here to kill me. You're here to protect me." Stiles explains as the sun begins setting outside and the figures of the Oni form into the loft ready to kill Stiles.

Said male smirks at the blonde mage hybrid tapping her on the shoulder before blowing something in her face while the fighting happens around them.

Miah blinks in confusion before sending a ball of magic towards the Oni sending them flying backwards unaware of the nogitsune sneaking away in the night.

Scott and Kira rush upstairs seeing everyone around the loft either injured or tired from the previous fight against the Oni.

"What happened?" Scott asks noticing Miah on the ground beside her father and Derek growing a little pale.

"They disappeared." Allison states looking at the blonde.

"They literally just vanished." Miah finishes for the brunette, "And so did Stiles." Stilinski states.

Before Miah steps away growing dizzy almost tripping over her feet.

Scott frowns but rushes over towards his girlfriend seeing her growing pale as the night goes on.

"I'm okay. I'm fine. Just tired from the fight. He drains me." Miah explains closing her eyes resting her head against Scott's shoulder as he helps her stand.

"You've got to be more careful baby. He wants you dead." Scott mumbles seeing Miah's eye flutter open.

"I'm okay and alive, handsome." Miah says before standing up fully seeing her father and Derek looking at her worried as well.

"Guys... I'm fine. I just need to sleep it off. You all got it worse. God Der, you literally have a wound on your shoulder blade." Miah says pointing at the blood soaking through his white shirt.

"Okay. Take her to yours Scott. Stay with her." Joel demands looking at the true alpha.

"Of course Joel. Come on, gorgeous." Scott states helping the blonde girl walk out of the loft.

"Ki-Ki, you can burrow my car for the night. See you tomorrow." Miah says weakly seeing Kira nod and take the car keys off her waving politely.

Scott helps the weakened girl on his motorcycle tightening her arms around his waist.

"Hold on. Okay." Scott demands and Miah nods sleepily snuggling her face into the back of Scott's sweatshirt.

The motorcycle revs to life and the couple set off to the McCall household for the night.

Scott helps Miah into his bedroom gently and carefully, "Thanks for letting me stay, handsome." Miah mumbles.

Scott smiles, "I can loan you a t-shirt. If you want..." Scott offers seeing Miah nodding her head, "Please." Miah sleepily whispers.

Scott nods grabbing her usual t-shirt she sleeps in when she stays over.

Miah smiles cutely taking off her other tight top slipping the long material over her head and then unclipping her bra.

"Take the bed. I'll sleep in the chair." Scott says softly not wanting to hurt or weaken the mage hybrid anymore than she is.

Miah lays down on the bed snuggling into the pillows inhaling Scott's scent.

Miah smiles before opening her eyes looking at the boy in the chair beside his bed, "You okay, baby?" Scott asks.

Miah nods still keeping her eyes open looking at him, "Scott?" Miah's soft voice whispers.

"Hmm?" Scott hums, "Don't sleep on the chair. Please." Miah begs.

Scott smiles softly at the blonde nodding slowly climbing on his bed letting the mage hybrid rest her head on his chest.

"We're going to save him. We'll figure it out." Miah states trying to convince herself and Scott.

"Just get some rest. You need it." Scott mumbles resting his arms around the girls waist.

Miah nods snuggling into his chest closer, both unaware of the fly released from Stiles's stomach is flying outside of the true alpha's bedroom window in search of the mage hybrid and werewolf, only to be unsuccessful in doing so.

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DEREK AND Joel stand beside one another in the Hale loft unaware of Peter lurking behind them.

"What are you two doing? And... more importantly, why aren't either of you healing?" Peter asks motioning to their wounds.

"It's from one of their swords. It'll heal." Derek shrugs, "By playing chess?" Peter asks confused.

"Back in his room. Stiles had a board with my name on one of the pieces... if this is a game to him. Then I need to figure out the plays and to protect my niece at all costs." Derek explains looking at Joel.

"Not so easy to do when it's a game without rules." Peter states, "What does that mean?" Joel asks confused.

"You're dealing with the kind of spirit that's lived too long to play by human rules. It's a fox spirit that chose to become human. And supposedly, that's something they can do only after about one hundred years. If a Kitsune is an annoying pain-in-the-ass. Then a Nogitsune... which is a dark Kitsune. Is a freaking disaster," Peter shrugs before putting his jacket on.

"Besides... chess is Stiles' game. It's not the game of a japanese fox." Peter states beginning to walk away from the two brothers.

"Do yourselves both a favor and put something on those... before they get infected." Peter suggests walking out of the loft leaving the two brothers alone together while one doesn't feel a certain fly.

Flying into his shoulder wound and the other with a worried look and ache in his chest about his only daughter.

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MIAH WAKES up feeling a lot better than she did last night, although she's confused on why she felt so awful after the fight.

Aware of the life being drained out of her system when she uses her mage abilities.

The blonde girl rolls onto her other side watching her handsome boyfriend sleep as the morning sunlight shines on his face.

"You're perfect." Miah whispers running her fingers down the male's face soothingly and also softly not wanting to disrupt the true alpha's sleep.

Miah frowns hearing her phone vibrating on the nightstand knowing Scott probably sat it there last night.

Miah sighs reading the text from her cousin.

COME DRIVING PLEASE. I MISS YOU.

Miah bites her lip anxiously but responds with of course and that she'll need to pick her up at Scott's because she slept there the previous night.

Which Lydia replies almost immediately with a thumbs up and stating she'll be there in five minutes.

Miah puts her messy hair in a bun and leans over to gently peck Scott's cheek, earning a soft morning grunt from the male.

"Hey. Lydia is coming to get me. We're going driving in her new car for a while." Miah explains seeing Scott nodding tiredly.

"Be safe. Okay?" Scott states seeing Miah smile before leaning down not caring about morning breath and kissing him.

"I'll see you later, handsome." Miah smiles walking outside the McCall household seeing Lydia's new car pulling up on the side of the road.

Miah groans seeing the male in the passenger seat but gets in the vehicle with no protests.

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UNAWARE OE the direction that they're going, Miah frowns feeling the sudden pull in the direction they're driving in.

"Turn right onto Lincoln Road and continue for half a mile." the person on the gps states.

"You at least going to tell me where we're going?" Aiden sighs.

"I need to check on something." Lydia explains to the former alpha, "Who is MAA-lee-uh Tate?" Aiden asks.

"It's Mah-LEE-ah. And you don't need to worry about it." Lydia explains seeing Miah fidgeting in the back.

Lydia sighs knowing her cousin knows and is close with the Tate girl, "Turn right onto Harmon Street and stay right." the gps says once again.

"Well, I'm actually a little worried we're totally lost." Aiden explains, "Why do you think that?" Lydia asks.

"Cause you just made your fourth right and four rights make a circle." Aiden explains.

"I did not. Did I?" Lydia asks confused looking around noticing Miah doing the same in the back.

"It's a brand-new car. The GPS was fine before." Lydia explains.

"Maybe the GPS would work better if it was on." Aiden states.

"What?" Lydia and Miah both exclaim confused looking around now realising something more is going on.

"Lydia... Miah. You girls okay?" Aiden asks now alarmed, "I need to stop. I need to pull over right now." Lydia gasps along with Miah in the back.

"Lydia... Lydia. Miah, you need breathe," Aiden states trying to stop Lydia from driving too fast and Miah from having a panic attack in the back.

"Lydia, stop. Miah, it's okay. Breathe." Aiden states before noticing the figure who appears unconscious laying in the middle of the empty parking lot.

Miah gasps realising it's Stiles, "We need to get him to Scott. Come on." Miah demands unaware that another fly has flown into Aiden's ear like the others.

Aiden and Miah both lift the unconscious boy into the Lydia's car, rushing over to the McCall household once again.

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MIAH RUNS inside meeting Scott at the door alerting him of the unconscious Stiles in her cousin's car outside.

Also seeing Joel at the McCall house as well, along with Melissa and Deaton, "Dad? What are you doing here?" Miah asks.

"Looking for you actually. But Scott told me you were with Lydia." Joel explains.

"Crap. Sorry I didn't think to message you and let you know. My bad." Miah chuckles seeing the others rushing inside with the unconscious boy in their arms.

"The couch. Put him on the couch." Scott states urging the others to put Stiles down on the couch.

"Guys... this is crazy. He needs to be in the hospital." Melissa states seeing the wound on his torso.

"Mom. Remember what happened last time he went to the hospital?" Scott asks looking at his mother.

"It doesn't look like he's bleeding. I think he might even be healing." Deaton explains shocking everyone in the living room.

"You mean... healing like we heal?" Aiden asks shocked, "That's good. Right?" Scott asks alarmed.

"For him, yes. Us? I'm not so sure." Deaton states looking at everyone surrounding the couch.

Miah watches while Stiles lays unconscious on Scott and Melissa's couch.

"Well, if we're not going to kill him. Why aren't we at least tying him down with really big chains?" Aiden asks confused.

"I might have something more effective." Deaton explains holding up a jar of liquid.

Motioning to the male werewolves to hold the possessed boy down.

Suddenly after the liquid is dropped down Stiles's throat he snaps awake grabbing Aiden's throat laughing at him.

Aiden growls, "Get him off me. Get him off me!" Aiden snarls trying to get out of the nogitsunes grip.

Void's hands suddenly fall, "Kanima venom. Nice touch." Stiles taunts smiling.

Aiden steps forward once more growling at the amused trickster spirit.

"You know how they say that twins get a feeling when the other one's in pain? You didn't lose that power too, did you? Oh. I hope not. You're going to need it," Stiles smirks seeing Aiden's confused face.

"Okay. I'll give a little hint. Ethan's at the school." Stiles states.

Aiden looks at Scott then Miah, "Go!" Scott orders allowing the former alpha to run out of his house towards the school to try and save his brother unaware of the plans the nogitsune has for the twins.

"Oh. I hope he gets there in time. I like the twins. Short tempers, homicidal compulsions. They're a lot more fun than you bakemonos. Trying to save the world every day." Stiles laughs.

"Doc, you brought something to paralyze his body. You got anything for his mouth?" Melissa asks sick of hearing the boys voice knowing it's not the real Stiles.

"Yes. I do." Deaton confirms putting tape over the boys mouth.

Stiles lets out a yell in frustration underneath the tape.

Miah stands beside Scott watching noticing Stiles watching them with side-eyes, "How much longer do you think we have?" Scott asks not looking at his possessed best friend.

"I wish I knew. But... if we don't figure out something soon. We're going to need to find a better place to keep him. I think we're grossly underestimating the danger here. He might be paralysed... but it still feels like he's got us right in the palm of his hand." Deaton explains.

Lydia, Miah, Joel and Scott all look at Stiles, realising that the nogitsune is smirking and only looking at Miah who stands beside Scott uncomfortably.

"Hey sweetie. Can you help me check his wound?" Melissa asks looking at the blonde mage hybrid who nods walking towards her possessed friend and sitting Melissa dressing the wound before Melissa looks up noticing the tears falling down Stiles's face.

"Stiles?" Melissa asks receiving a nod from the male sitting on the couch.

Melissa takes the piece of tape off as Stiles tilts his head amused.

"Really, Melissa? I shed one tear? That's all it takes? Come on. You can't crumble that easily. How are you going to hold up when Scott knows the truth?" Stiles asks.

"What?" Melissa asks confused.

"When he finds out why his dad really left? You know he overheard it, right? You had no idea. You called Stilinski right after it happened. You didn't tell Scott... but you told the Sheriff. But Stiles heard it... like he hears everything. But, you want to know why he never told Scott? Because he knew that Scott would never forgive you. He knew how much he would hate you." Stiles taunts smirking at the woman and blonde mage who's looking at him with disgust.

"This isn't you, Stiles." Melissa states shaking her head, "It is now." Stiles replies darkly before looking at Miah with an evil smirk being quickly covered with the piece of duct tape once more.

Miah stands beside her boyfriend once again, "But, the scroll said to "change his body"." Lydia explains.

"That's if I translated it correctly. We're looking for a cure in something that might actually be nothing more than a proverb or a metaphor." Deaton states.

"And what if he doesn't want it? He never asked to be a werewolf." Scott explains.

"What if it saves his life?" Miah states looking at her boyfriend beside her.

"What if it kills him?" Deaton asks, "I've never done this before. I mean... what if I bite him and accidentally hit an artery or something?" Scott mumbles looking at Lydia and Miah.

"The venom is not going to last long. Something needs to be done sooner than later." Deston explains while Miah stands up looking at her father standing beside Melissa.

Tilting her head at an idea of who might be able to help.

Joel rolls his eyes seeing the look of an idea popping into his daughters head, "I can try calling Derek again?" Scott suggests.

"Maybe we should call someone else." Lydia suggests as well motioning to Miah.

"Peter." Miah states receiving a look from her boyfriend and a groan from her father behind her.

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TEN MINUTES pass as there is a knock at the front door before it swings open with the arrival of Peter.

"Dude, seriously? Cut it out with the stupid entrances. You're not a superhero." Joel states annoyed at his uncle.

Peter looks at his nephew offended before walking over towards Stiles's paralysed body on the couch.

"He doesn't look like he would survive a slap across the face. Much less the bite of a werewolf." Peter states.

Miah rolls her eyes along with her father, "You don't think it would work?" Scott asks.

"This is more a war of the mind than the body. There are better methods to winning this battle." Peter explains.

Deaton steps beside the older male, "What kind of methods?" Deaton asks.

Peter grabs ahold of Scott and Miah's hands, flicking Scott's claws out and activating Miah's aura.

"We're going to get into his head." Peter states seeing Miah gulp nervously before noticing the glint of happiness in Stiles's eyes at the mention of the mage hybrid going inside his head.

Scott and Miah sit together waiting for Lydia and Peter to come back to the living room, "So, do we have a plan?" Deaton asks.

"Scott is going to try and dig through pale and sickly Evil-Stiles' mind to unearth pale and sickly Real-Stiles. Then, guide him back from the depths of his own subconscious. But... he's not going to do it alone. Miah will form a ball of magic around the house so it's kind of like a protection spell. That she's already done. And she will be on standby incase something happens." Peter explains seeing Miah nod silently saying that the barrier is around the house and is strong.

"What do you mean?" Scott asks confused about the not going to do it alone part.

"Somebody needs to go in with you and it can't be Miah as she's occupied with other things." Peter states looking at the strawberry blonde who gulps noticing Stiles look around the room with a smirk behind the duct tape once again.

Joel sits beside his daughter making sure she's able to hold the barrier up, "So, what do we do if we find him?" Scott asks.

"You're going to have to guide him out somehow. Try to give him back control of his mind. His body." Peter explains.

"Could you elaborate on the "somehow?". It's not feeling very specific at the moment." Lydia states, "Improvise?" Peter shrugs.

"What if this is just another trick?" Scott asks, "When are you people going to start trusting me?" Peter exasperatedly asks.

Miah chuckles, "I meant him." Scott motions to his possessed best friend, "Oh." Peter mumbles.

Miah giggles seeing the look on her great uncles face, "Scott, we're running out of time." Deaton explains seeing Scott nod before flashing his alpha eyes and thrust his claws into the back of Stiles's neck.

Stiles gasps alongside Lydia as well, while Scott breaths deeply behind the couch now inside Stiles's head.

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SCOTT GRUNTS while trying to break the restraints in Stiles's head, "Do you actually need me to remind you that you're a werewolf?" Lydia states annoyed.

"We're in Stiles's head." Scott says confused, "And you're a supernatural creature with supernatural strength. Break free." Lydia interrupts.

Scott does as what the strawberry blonde says using his strength to break free and also free Lydia as well, "What now?" Scott asks, "I don't know. This is my first time in someone else's head." Lydia shrugs.

"Just stay behind me." Scott states beginning to walk out of the room they're in, not noticing the lack of Lydia behind him until his back in the closet at the Argent apartment making out with Miah.

"Shush." Miah says against his chest, "I thought I heard something." Scott explains motioning to outside of the closet.

"It's okay. You're with me. Everything's fine. We just have to be quiet... really quiet." Miah states in hushed whisper confused the true alpha even more.

Before the blonde girl goes back to kissing him as noises echo around them confusing the boy more and more.

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MIAH, JOEL, Melissa, Deaton and Peter keep watch of the three and of course the adults make sure Miah is doing okay with barrier knowing it's an exhausting process to go through.

"Look at that, do you see that? She's bleeding." Melissa states alarmed noticing the blood coming from Lydia's nose.

Miah gulps while Deaton stops Melissa from stepping forward and checking on the girl.

"I'm not sure that's a good idea." Deaton states seeing Peter stepping forward to help the strawberry blonde.

Miah begins growing weaker and weaker beside her father, "What's happening? What is happening to her?" Melissa asks still alarmed.

"Lydia. Can you hear me? Lydia... you are stronger than this, okay? You need to concentrate, Lydia. Lydia!" Peter shouts the last mention of her name hoping it'll help the strawberry blonde to concentrate in the real Stiles's mindset.

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SCOTT SMILES breaking apart from the kiss with Miah, "Why are we in Allison's closet?" Scott smirks.

"We're hiding." Miah explains smiling, "From who?" Scott asks confused.

"Don't worry about it." Miah says, Scott frowns even more confused now.

"Shush. It's okay. Don't worry." Miah hushes going in for another kiss although the true alpha breaks apart realising something.

"Hold on. Miah you're out there with them holding up the barrier." Scott frowns, "What? What do you mean?" Miah asks.

"This is a trick. It's a trick." Scott states in realisation breaking away from this Miah in Stiles's mindset.

"No!" fake Miah screams realising the trap didn't work and Scott breaks away going into a bright white room seeing Lydia rushing into it from another room reuniting with one another after their little interruption noticing the real Stiles and the nogitsune sitting on the tree stump playing a game.

No matter how much Scott and Lydia run, they feel like they aren't going anywhere, "Stiles!" Scott calls out into the white room.

"Stiles. Stiles. Stiles. Over here!" Lydia shouts waving her hands in the air trying to capture the male's attention on the nemeton tree stump, only to have no such luck on doing so.

Lydia gasps trying to catch her breath from all of the running, "Stiles is part of your pack." Lydia states beginning to realise something.

"What? What do you mean?" Scott asks confused, "He's human. But he's still part of the pack... right?" Lydia asks, "Yeah. Yeah. Of course." Scott confirms.

"So, how do wolves signal their location to the rest of the pack?" Lydia asks looking at the true alpha beside her with a smile seeing him transformed into his werewolf form.

"They howl." Scott states, releasing a howl to bring Stiles's out of the darkness of his own shadow.

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SCOTT SNAPS back into reality while Miah allows the barrier to fall around the house seeing her boyfriend and cousin out from Stiles's head.

"Did it work? Did it work?" Scott asks not wasting time for the answers, "What happened?" Lydia asks before noticing Stiles on the couch.

"Why didn't it work?" Lydia asks looking at how weak and pale Miah looks leaning against her father once again.

"Because it's not science, Lydia. It's supernatural. I did my part. Now... give me the name." Peter snarls at the strawberry blonde.

"What name?" Miah asks confused, "What are you talking about?" Scott asks confused as well.

"Lydia, a deal's a deal. Even with me." Peter states taking Lydia away from the group forgetting that a few of them have supernatural hearing.

"Malia." Lydia whispers the name of Peter Hale's biological daughter into the man's ear shocking Miah at the news of her close childhood friend is the daughter of her great uncle.

Miah smiles realising that they've been related this whole time.

All of the sudden grunts are heard coming from the figure on the couch shooting off the couch in attempt to get rid of the dust tape on his mouth.

Void Stiles begins pulling a bandage from his mouth; as everyone watches in disgust around the room.

Joel pushes Miah before him as a figure starts emerging from the floor from the bandages Void Stiles threw up previously.

Peter pushes Lydia out of the way and towards the weakening Miah by the second.

Unaware of the plan being set in motion by the nogitsune himself as powder is blown in both of the Martin girls faces knocking them unconscious and suddenly pulled into a darkness hole.

"Hold him." Peter demands, "I'm trying." Scott states holding the figure against the couch.

"Wait. Wait. Wait!" Scott urges taking the bandages from the figures face seeing a confused and shocked Stiles underneath.

"Scott?" Stiles asks scared, "Scott." Deaton says capturing the true alpha's attention moving out of the way to show the door wide open and the lack of Miah and Lydia inside the living room.

Scott gasps in horror, "Where are they? Where are they?" Scott shouts rushing towards the door feeling his heart drop at the realisation that his girlfriend─ the girl he is in love with has been taken by the nogitsune that wants her dead.

"Miah. Lydia. Miah! Lydia!" Scott screams dropping to the ground not seeing Melissa walk out the front towards her son.

"We'll find them both. We'll find her." Melissa states looking back at the house seeing Joel freaking out as well about his daughter being taken by the one trickster spirit that wants the mage hybrid dead.

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TO BE CONTINUED...

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