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MIAH SITS in the backseat of Stiles's jeep keeping herself occupied while Stiles and Scott are seated in the front seats following after Sheriff Stilinski and his deputies while they chase after the Beast on the highway leading into the town.

Scott looks behind him towards Miah noticing her softly smiling at him.

"You okay?" Scott questions worriedly especially since Chris and Gerard mentioned that something might happen if the Beast and Miah come face to face, "I'm good." Miah confirms with a nod.

"Unit 5 heading northwest on Crescent, reporting an incredibly large─ something." Clarke states using the radios to interact with the other vehicles and the unit back at the station following other emergencies.

"Unit 9 to Dispatch, I think I've got eyes on the same thing. Some
kind of rabid animal." A male officer responds over the radios.

While Scott, Miah and Stiles share worried looks with one another, "Unit 5 to 9─ trust me, that's no animal." Clarke grimly responds.

"Unit 6 to Dispatch? We have a situation downtown. Multiple
fatalities." Another male deputy explains through the radio.

"Copy. Medics on the way. Do you have a perp in sight, Unit 6?" Dispatch questions.

"Negative. Looks like a 10-91E. Animal attack." Deputy Strauss responds.

"10-4. Can you say what kind of animal?" Dispatch inquiries.

Miah leans forward into the two front seats looking at the flashing lights ahead of them.

Stiles reaches forward grabbing the microphone attachment to his police radio─ one that he shouldn't have but continues to voice his own warning.

"All units stay back. Do not engage. I repeat, do not engage." Stiles
firmly demands into the radio.

"Stiles, get off the radio!" Sheriff Stilinski frustratedly exclaims
demanding his son to get off the restricted channel.

Miah tilts her head with a smirk overhearing Sheriff Stilinski's voice over the radios.

"All unit alert─ wait for backup. Repeat─ no one goes near this thing." Stilinski orders in a firm voice.

"Unit 5 reporting a sighting on Hill Road southbound..." Clarke voices trailing off as she is interrupted by one of the other deputies.

"Unit 9, I've got it turning off Oakridge, southbound on Beachwood." A male states while continuing to follow after the creature.

"All units, this is Dispatch─ we've got a 911 calll with additional sighting on Mitchell." Dispatch explains while Stiles looks at the ex couple in alarm as he recognises the street names.

"Wait a second─ Beachwood to Mitchell?" Stiles voices sharing another look with Miah and Scott.

"It's headed right for the hospital." Scott worriedly utters before Stiles once again grabs the microphone so he can warn his father and the other deputies.

"Dad..." Stiles voices alarmed before Sheriff Stilinski's voice─ clear with irritation is heard on the other line, "Stiles, get off this channel!" Said male demands.

"Dad, just listen to me, okay? It's headed for the hospital, all right? He's headed for Beacon Memorial. You hear me? It's headed for the hospital." Stiles desperately exclaims making sure to get the message across so his father can firmly understand.

Stiles once again looks at Scott─ who's visibly panicked knowing his mother has a shift at the hospital.

"She'll be okay." Miah murmurs leaning closer to her ex boyfriend trying to comfort him in only the way she knows how to.

Stiles shifts the gears to his jeep before hitting the gas and speeding towards the hospital.

"Unit 5? Clarke, I need eyes on Parrish. Does anyone have Parrish's 20?" Stilinski questions while Miah receives a text message from said male on her phone.

"All Units, we have a 911 emergency call reporting a man on fire running into Beacon Memorial..." Dispatch explains stunned.

"He was already on his way." Miah says looking from Scott to Stiles showing the message from Parrish moments prior.

"Clarke, disregard." Stilinski states rolling his eyes with a large sigh now knowing Parrish's whereabouts.

✹

ONCE ARRIVED at Beacon Memorial, Miah and the two boys rush into the emergency department.

Miah hugs herself nervously knowing that if her and the Beast come face to face things might be bad for anyone near her.

"Mi, you doing alright?" Scott questions noticing the blonde's
grimace.

"Just cold. But other than that, I'm all good." Miah explains with a small smile.

Without a thought, Scott places the brown jacket he was wearing over the girls shoulders,

"Keep warm. And focused." Scott encourages just as Sheriff Stilinski
cocks his gun behind them startling Stiles and Scott while receiving a shocked expression off Miah.

"Shush." Stilinski urges while holding a finger to his mouth motioning the teenagers to remain silent.

Sheriff Stilinski, alongside the three teenagers slowly make their way down the hallway when suddenly a loud snarl is heard overhead.

"Oh my god, Jordan." Miah gasps feeling the Hellhound's presence above them along with the Beast's.

Stiles and Stilinski look at Miah and Scott expecting them to already have what floor the two supernaturals are battling it out on.

"Fourth floor." Scott quietly says as Miah nods confirming what
Scott said is true.

The woman and three men stroll up the staircases to the fourth floor, where they find the hallway in shambles─ medical equipment has been toppled over, papers are scattered all over the floor, and segments of the walls, floors, wheelchairs, and medication cabinets are burning with bluish-orange flames.

Miah gasps flinging out her arms protecting Scott, Stiles and Stilinski from being thrown onto the ground beside Parrish.

As said male is sent towards them with flames still burning as he is slammed into the cement wall.

Parrish grunts as his back hits the wall making him bounce off landing in a heap on the floor.

Miah and the Sheriff immediately rush over to check on him as Parrish sits up in a seated position and puts his hand over his wounds, which are smoking as they begin to heal.

"Parrish!" Miah exclaims placing her hand on the male's injured arm watching as his eyes still glow their reddish-orange.

"Parrish? You okay?" Stilinski questions leaning closer to the deputy,
Parrish remains silent and stares off into the distance stuck in a daze.

"Canis Infernalis!" Miah utters leaning closer to the male while Scott and Stiles watch in awe.

"Deputy!" Stilinski shouts along with Miah shouting.

"Jordan!" which immediately makes Parrish gasp blinking out of his gaze before looking at Miah softly since her uttering those words in Latin helped.

Parrish then proceeds to look at Sheriff Stilinski with surprise before looking around, clearly confused.

"Come on. Let's get you cleaned up." Miah suggests helping the make up being mindful of his injuries.

"Okay. Okay, okay... easy." Stilinski gently says while helping Miah help Jordan stand due to the male still being stuck in a confused daze.

Meanwhile, Scott has just noticed the Beast's bloody pawprints leading away from them down the hallway.

Deciding to follow them a short distance now feeling Miah's presence beside him looking at the paw-prints eventually turning into bloody sneaker-prints.

"What the fuck?" Miah mutters with a confused frown noticing the recent discovery also visibly confusing both Scott and Stiles.

✹

MIAH FOLLOWS Stiles and Scott to the animal clinic biting her lip looking at the exact spot Scott called her a 'monster' a few weeks ago.

Oblivious to the fact Scott is also looking at the spot with some much guilt laced in his heart.

Also noticing Miah bringing the jacket─ his jacket closer to her face and inhaling the scent she loves so much.

"Come on, Deaton's ready for us." Scott whispers trying not to startle the blonde.

"Okay." Miah hums following Scott into the animal clinic where Stiles and Deaton are standing together awaiting for the ex couple to join them.

"What I'm about to show you isn't supposed to exist," Deaton says breaking the awkward silence after five minutes of standing in the examination room.

Said male opens an envelope before pulling out a large stack of Polaroid photographs that seem to vary in age─ since some of them are starting to turn yellow.

He then puts the photos down on the table one at a time for Miah and the boys to see while he continues to talk.

"This is the only surviving evidence of Dr. Valack's time as Chief Medical Officer of Eichen House." Deaton continues to explain.

Miah, Stiles and Scott's eyes widen in horror when they see the subjects of the photographs─ there are dozens of different supernatural creatures.

All of whom have had holes drilled into their skulls, and all of whom appear to either be in excruciating pain or dead.

Unaware that she does it, Miah steps closer to Scott leaning into his side worrying about her cousin's current state in Eichen House.

"To call it human experimentation would be... charitable." Deaton explains still placing photos on the table.

While Miah snaps her head towards one of the photos─ picking it up to look at it more closely.

The photo is of a recently-deceased woman with a hole drilled into her forehead, who is clutching the sides of her head, her mouth open in a silent scream.

"Oh my god." Miah gasps realising that this could just be Lydia's fate inside that haunted place.

Deaton and Scott notice Miah's trembling hands and what she was previously looking at.

"A Banshee. She died screaming." Deaton gently explains knowing the subject is sensitive due to Miah also having some of the abilities of a banshee.

"So, he drilled holes into their heads? All of them?" Stiles quizzes.

"That was the experimentation part. He did it to Werewolves, Banshees, Mages, Wendigos─ any creature he could get his hands on. And Valack found that trephination would initially heighten their powers, but to levels that couldn't be contained." Deaton explains.

"So, he wants to make my cousin more powerful?" Miah inquires looking up and away from the photos.

"Yeah, except she's going to end up like them." Stiles mumbles pointing to the photographs on the examination table.

"Worse, actually. Lydia's abilities were already pretty exceptional to begin with. Putting a hole in her head... will be like causing a leak in a nuclear reactor. She'll hear everything─ every death, every dying scream, all at once." Deaton grimly explains.

As all three men hear Miah suck in a deep breath hearing that her cousin might end up dying.

"That's going to kill her." Scott mumbles in realisation grabbing a hold of Miah's hand still noticing her trembling.

"Not only that. Her own dying scream could be so powerful that it might kill everyone around her as well." Deaton reveals shocking the three teenagers.

Miah, Scott and Stiles all look at each other panicked before Stiles picks up another photo of a Banshee screaming due to the trephination and examines it closely with fear clear as day in his eyes.

After figuring out that they need to get Lydia out of Eichen House immediately.

Stiles and Scott plan for everyone to meet up at the McCall house
tomorrow morning after Stiles speaks to his father about possibly getting the strawberry blonde out faster.

"This genuinely might be a stupid question, but can I stay here tonight? Hell, I'll sleep on the couch." Miah questions while walking into Scott's house with him.

"Yeah. Of course you can stay here. And sleeping on the couch isn't necessary." Scott states gesturing towards the staircase which leads to his bedroom.

"Thanks." Miah murmurs breathing out deeply avoiding going home knowing Joel will want to question her about her stupidity for trusting Theo and River.

"You can have the bed. Get some sleep, alright?" Scott suggests motioning to his bed which Miah climbs onto immediately taking in her favourite scent─ Scott's.

"You too." Miah sleepily murmurs while Scott leaves his bedroom and the now drifting off blonde on his bed to do some things downstairs before falling asleep on the couch.

✹

THE NEXT morning, Miah sleepily strolls down the staircase noticing Scott sleeping on the couch and Melissa making herself a cup of coffee in the kitchen.

"Oh. Hi, sweetheart." Melissa greets with a smile.

"Hey Melissa." Miah responds, "Want some?" Melissa questions gesturing to the now freshly brewed coffee.

"Yes. Please." Miah moans in delight once she takes a sip of the steamy substance.

"Some of your clothes are in Scott's bedroom. Just thought you might wanna shower." Melissa suggests motioning to the blondes crazy hair.

"Thanks Mel." Miah chuckles while sipping on her coffee before eventually showering in Scott's ensuite bathroom.

"Oh. Um, sorry. Your mom said I could shower since some of my old clothes were left here." Miah mumbles noticing Scott sorting through his drawers.

"All good, Mi." Scott responds grabbing some clean clothes and also clean bandages making Miah frown.

"Bandages? Are you still hurt?" Miah quizzes gesturing to the clean waterproof bandages.

"It's pretty minor, don't worry. Liam's downstairs, by the way." Scott explains with a shy smile clearly lying to the blonde girl.

"Oh. Okay. I'll go keep him company... while you shower." Miah awkwardly says leaving Scott's bedroom─ not before quickly grabbing the same brown jacket Scott placed over her shoulder's last night off the back of the chair sitting neatly at his desk.

Miah walks downstairs and keeps Liam company before Kira, Malia, Isaac and Stiles show up at the McCall house greeting everyone with good morning wishes.

Scott eventually walks downstairs meeting up with everyone before Miah inhales immediately recognising the cologne Scott's wearing.

Scott also notices his brown jacket hanging loosely off Miah's figure loving seeing the girl in his clothes.

Miah motions for the discussion to begin since they're now all gathered around the island in the kitchen.

Scott and Stiles immediately inform them of the plan to break Lydia out of Eichen House.

Stiles has his MacBook on the table, along with blueprints of the building as well as a map of the electrical system.

"There's four steps─ we get into Eichen, we get into the closed unit, we get Lydia, we get out." Stiles explains.

"And we have to do all of this while getting past orderlies, guards, electric door locks, and a mountain ash barrier." Scott mumbles trailing off.

Miah, Malia, Isaac, Kira and Liam all look at both of them as though they're crazy, "You have a plan for all that?" Malia questions.

Stiles reaches into his pocket and pulls out an RFID key card, "I stole this last night off an orderly... But, it's useless, 'cause they reset the codes each night." Stiles explains.

"So, why'd you take it?" Miah asks confused, "I'm getting to that." Stiles responds looking at the blonde before the others, "Okay. Continue." Miah suggests with a nod.

"The only way to get Lydia out of Eichen is to make that key card work again." Scott voices.

Liam squints─ not understanding where Scott and Stiles are going with this, "How are you going to do that?" Liam wonders.

"We're getting to that, okay? Just listen─" Stiles responds growing a little frustrated before turning his MacBook around so everyone can see the screen─ which seems to have a log of some kind on it.

"I pulled all the history off the key card. Two weeks ago, there was a brownout and the security system rebooted. During a reboot, all of the key cards revert back to a default code. So, if we trigger a reboot..." Stiles explains trailing off noticing Liam nodding quickly understanding which makes the beta finish his sentence for him.

"The card goes back to the default code. It works again." Liam states smirking happily.

Kira looks at Miah sharing an uneasy look with one another unsure about this plan.

"How are we going to cause a brownout?" Kira inquires anxiously.

"That's your part. You're going to draw power from the main line─ but only enough to cause the brownout." Scott explains looking at Kira.

"Not a blackout. Do that, and you send Eichen into lockdown, which would be bad. Very, very bad." Stiles firmly states.

Scott looks down at the map of Eichen House's electrical system and points at a spot on it.

"There's an electrical room behind the reception counter. The main power line goes into two breakers that run power to all of Eichen." Scott explains looking at everyone surrounding the kitchen island.

After Scott and Stiles explain apart of the what the plan should go like once inside Eichen.

Kira looks around the McCall kitchen overwhelmed and panicked by the prospect of this part of the plan.

"Okay, slight problem─ I don't know how to do that." Kira says stressed.

Scott looks at her with a reassuring smile before looking at Miah leaning against the counter taking in all of the parts of the plan since she's been a little preoccupied with Theo and River.

"That's okay! You have time to practice." Scott voices with a soft voice.

Malia still doesn't look convinced about this plan, "Let's say this goes perfectly. How does a brownout get us into the closed unit of Eichen?" Malia quizzes.

"A question I was also going to ask." Isaac speaks up looking at the Tate-Hale girl─ who's already smiling with a light blush to her cheeks.

"The system takes five minutes to reboot. In that five minutes, all the alarms will be turned off. The key card should work." Stiles explains while Scott turns to address Isaac and Liam.

"Isaac, Liam, you and I get Stiles to the gate of the closed unit. Miah will also join us once the brownout has started." Scott says looking at Miah who smiles confirming what Scott just said.

"But after that, he has to go on his own. We can't get past the mountain ash barrier. Well, Miah can..." Scott voices with a shrug hearing Miah chuckle.

"I'll be wherever you need me." Miah voices looking at her ex boyfriend.

"And, when we're gone, all anyone's going to think is that there was a reboot of the security system caused by a brownout." Scott states while Stiles nods in agreement before gesturing to the others.

Though it's clear by the tone of his voice that he's nervous, "Uh, any questions?" Stiles wonders.

"How do we get into Eichen House in the first place?" Liam immediately asks.

"What's our worst case scenario?" Malia and Isaac simultaneously question.

"What if I can't do it?" Kira anxiously inquires making Stiles sigh─ knowing that they have a point, and shrugs, "Okay, admittedly, a lot could go wrong." Stiles mumbles.

Miah and Liam give Stiles exasperated looks, "Everything could go wrong!" Liam responds.

"Guys, if we don't do this, we lose Lydia. She's going to die in there tonight... And she might take a lot of innocent people with her." Miah states speaking up after a while of silence.

While the others exchange nervous looks, but nod, knowing that they need to do this for the sake of their best friend and the innocent civilians who could be harmed along the way.

✹

MALIA SITS beside Miah with a bored expression on her face and Miah leans on the counter in the high school since figuring out that's probably the best place to practice for her part of the plan.

Miah tilts her head noticing the item in front of her─ a machine that involves an electrical box connected to two copper wires, which run into another box that has a light bulb socket.

A light bulb has been screwed into it, and Malia looks at Kira expectantly while Kira looks at Miah's pout while flicking her chaos magic along her fingertips.

"What?" Kira questions before looking at Miah again, "And stop that. Fire hazard! Especially around what's gonna be a broken bulb soon." Kira scolds.

"Oh shit. Right, my bad." Miah responds immediately stopping flicking her magic around and sitting up straight noticing Malia gesture toward the electrical set-up in front of them.

"Do it. Do your thing!" Malia bluntly says.

Kira looks frustrated and insecure about her abilities, "What thing? I don't have a thing." Kira responds in denial.

"You did it before. You had to learn how, right?" Malia quizzes making Kira give Malia a sheepish shrug.

"Actually, no. It just happened." Kira responds.

Malia thinks about what to say for a moment before she continues, "Well, how'd you learn to fight with a sword?" Malia wonders since she wasn't present during that time of their lives.

Kira shifts uncomfortably from foot to foot, "That just kind of happened, too." Kira murmurs unsure of her abilities which makes Malia give Kira an exasperated look.

"So, you've never worked for anything, and basically, you're a cheater?" Malia questions again quite bluntly making Kira look at Miah shocked.

"This wasn't my idea! How are we even getting past the front gate?" Kira exclaims not believing in herself while Miah notices Malia's smirk.

"Oh god. Do I wanna know?" Miah quizzes, "I have a guy on the inside." Malia shrugs with her famous smirk still present on her face.

Kira frowns in confusion sharing yet again another look with Miah who shrugs oblivious to who this person is on the inside.

Malia perks up giving Kira a look realising that the girl was trying to distract her of the plan ahead of them.

Malia just gives her a look, "And stop changing the subject!" Malia utters before gesturing to the light fixture once again.

"Do your thing! Come on, Mims. Encourage her!" Malia demands glaring at the blonde who pouts coming up empty.

Kira sighs─ taking another deep breath before she reaches forward and grabs the two wires with her bare hands.

The light bulb starts to glow brightly, and Malia, who has never seen Kira use her electro-kinesics before, looks shocked as the voltage meter goes from 0 to 100 in less than a second.

"Told ya. Her power's are cool." Miah murmurs talking lowly so she doesn't disturb Kira's concentration.

However, Kira gets spooked by this result and goes too far, causing the light bulb to explode.

"Oh!" Miah jumps as the light bulb explodes.

Kira sighs in disappointment and looks down at the floor, "It didn't work." Kira mumbles not believing in herself.

"Oh. Um... Mal? Your head." Miah voices motioning to the glass embedded into Malia's forehead, causing a dribble of blood to drip down her forehead.

"Uh, Mims... your head is worse." Kira states wide eyed seeing the blood pooling on Miah and Malia's foreheads.

"Pfft! This is nothing!" Miah states taking the mini shards of glass and immediately healing due to her werecoyote abilities─ as does Malia who decides to be a bit more dramatic with an eye roll and wince.

"No, it didn't." Malia grumbles clearly not liking being at risk of being injured alongside Miah. Kira gives both of them an embarrassed and apologetic smile.

"Let's do this again." Miah suggests gesturing for Malia to reach for a fresh light bulb─ which she does with an audible sigh before handing it to the blonde who hands it off to Kira with a smile.

After many failed attempts, Miah and Malia sit with eye gear protecting their eyes with broken light bulbs surrounding them, Kira sits with a pout on her face looking at her many failed attempts.

After a moment, Kira sighs in frustration and looks up at her friend, who is looking both bored and impatient.

"Malia, can I ask you a question?" Kira asks, "No." Malia responds with a sigh.

"Did your mother really try to kill you?" Kira questions ignoring Malia's response.

"Did your mother really try to leave you in the desert with Skinwalkers?" Malia quizzes frustratedly.

"Are you two really gonna to back and forth asking questions even despite saying no?" Miah inquires leaning against the desk once again.

Kira continues to ignore Malia and now Miah's question in favor of asking more questions.

"Are you really going to try to kill her first?" Kira questions, "Cool. Ignoring me. Awesome." Miah mutters with a dramatic huff.

Miah sighs from beside Malia now─ which makes Malia sigh and stand up, looking at Kira for a long moment before taking off her and Miah's goggles before smoothing down her own hair.

Malia walks toward Kira with a determined expression, but Kira just looks nervous at the sudden shift in the two were-coyotes moods, "Why'd you two take off your goggles?" Kira asks anxiously.

"Because this time, you're gonna do it, and it's gonna work. Because this is the only way we're getting Lydia out of Eichen House." Miah firmly states making Kira nod.

Before taking a deep breath looking down at the wires before wrapping her fingers around them once again. Kira proceeds to close her eyes and concentrate.

Only this time, instead of making the light glow brighter, it begins to dim. Miah looks up at the girl proudly sharing a smile with Malia at the sight of Kira doing her part of the plan, "Kira, it's working!" Malia and Miah simultaneously state excitement laced in their tones.

Kira opens her eyes, giggling in excitement, which ends up causing her to lose control for a moment blowing up the lights above them and the rest of the school, "Oh shoot." Miah gasps.

Said girl, Malia and Kira share a panicked look with one other, "We should go." Malia urgently states.

"Yeah." Miah and Kira simultaneously agree rushing out of the room before anyone can figure out that Kira caused the blackout.

✹

EVER SINCE this morning, Miah's been extra concerned for Scott since figuring out his still injured so after Scott messaged her to meet him and Stiles in the library.

Miah rushes off meeting up with the two in the said library, "Are you alright?" Scott asks noticing the trail of blood spots on Miah's forehead.

"Oh yeah. Me? Totally. You?" Miah asks rambling, "I'm good." Scott responds nodding his head.

"God, sexual tension at its finest." Stiles mutters receiving glares from both Miah and Scott, "Sorry," Stiles mumbles nervously.

"Okay, my dad's got the lab working on the shoe prints, but, uh, we're all kind of mystified about how giant clawed werewolf feet turned back into a pair of sneakers." Stiles explains cutting straight to the point to stop Miah and Scott from glaring at him.

"Argent said it wouldn't be like anything we've ever seen before." Scott shrugs.

"Did he say it was going to defy the laws of physics?" Stiles sarcastically questions.

Miah goes to bite back at Stiles time for sarcasm only to notice Scott and Stiles stopping dead in their tracks when they see Theo reading a book in between two bookshelves.

"Oh great." Miah snarls clearly not in the mood for the Chimera's bullshit, "What are you doing here?" Scott coldly inquires scowling at the Raeken boy.

"I still need to graduate." Theo responds with his famous smirk looking up and down Miah's figure before faltering noticeably once he sees the jacket Miah's currently wearing.

"No. No, what you need is to be beaten. Severely. With a lead pipe wrapped in barbed wire─" Stiles rambles before interrupted by Theo.

"Okay, I admit, mistakes were made." Theo mumbles, "Murders. Some murders were made! And using a girl for their abilities." Stiles scoffs coming to Miah's defence hating the idea of Theo and River constantly using her.

Theo rolls his eyes at Stiles's aggressive comments, "You know how the Soviets helped us win World War II? They knew how to make it through a Russian winter." Theo voices,

"That it? Okay. Thank you, Theo. Very informative." Stiles sighs clearly annoyed along with Miah─ who's stood in the middle of Scott and Stiles scowling darkly at the Raeken boy.

"If you're planning to break Lydia out of Eichen House, you still need to get past the mountain ash. We can make it through. You can't, Scott." Theo voices.

"Only difference, Theo. I can." Miah states smirking at the look of horror on Theo's face since he forgot about how Miah can walk through mountain ash.

Scott narrows his eyes at Theo suspiciously taking in Theo scanning up and down Miah's body.

"Miah can. So, what do you really want?" Scott questions.

"I know you saw the fresco. Two seriously pissed off creatures, the Hellhound and the Beast, fighting over a pile of dead bodies? I don't want to be one of the bodies. It's that simple." Theo explains with a shrug.

Scott and Stiles continue to stare at Theo silently, while Miah looks around the library for a possible escape hating being in the same vicinity as the Chimera.

"I can get you to Lydia. Or, we can see who gets to her first." Theo states threateningly hearing a low growl coming from the middle of the boys at the threat of her cousin's safety.

Theo closes the book in his hands and puts it back on the shelf before walking away─ smirking at Miah.

Stiles, Miah and Scott wait until he's out of earshot before they start to talk about what just happened.

"There's no way he knows what Valack's doing. Why's he so interested in her?" Stiles quizzes mainly looking at Miah hoping maybe just maybe she knows.

"He probably thinks what we're all thinking─ that Lydia's got something bigger to do with this. That maybe she's the only one who can actually save us. Alongside Miah... we also don't want Miah awakening anything inside of her in the presence of the Beast." Scott voices confusing Miah as to why him and Stiles are talking about her as if she's not stood in-between them.

"Boys, I'm right here. I can hear everything. I'll focus on myself. While you two focus on getting my cousin away from the danger, okay?" Miah suggests─ more so demands making Stiles and Scott immediately start nodding at her plea.

"Oh and Scott, meet Kira, Malia and I at yours after school, okay?" Miah demands, "Of course." Scott responds nodding at the retreating blonde.

"You still love her, don't you?" Stiles quizzes noticing Scott watching Miah walk away with so much laced in his broken eyes.

"Yeah. I always will." Scott confirms tapping Stiles's shoulder before walking towards his next class knowing Miah wants him to meet her and the other two after school─ possibly for an update with Kira's progress.

✹

STANDING BESIDE Malia and Kira in Scott's living room, Malia bluntly outs Kira's unsuccessful attempts in the school's chemistry lap.

"She took out the whole school?" Scott asks alarmed, "She took out the whole grid." Miah explains more softly than Malia due to Kira standing beside her still embarrassed and disappointed.

"Look, I failed every single practice try. This isn't going to work." Kira states.

There is an awkward silence while the others consider this for a moment.

"How far can we get without the brownout?" Isaac questions, "The front door." Stiles frustratedly responds.

Stiles doesn't look optimistic, but Scott's expression changes to intense determination as he prepares to pep talk the pack, "We're going." Scott firmly says.

"Scott, we went through boxes of light bulbs." Kira mumbles, "It doesn't matter. You can do this!" Scott fully believes.

"The key card won't work unless there's a reboot, and there's no reboot without a brownout." Kira sighs.

"Miah knows you can do this. I know you can do this," Scott voices while Miah nods at her looking at Kira already.

Scott looks around at Isaac, Liam, Stiles, and Malia, whose facial expressions are each varying states of skepticism.

"Anyone here think she can't?" Scott questions demanding an answer.

"Not me!" Liam and Isaac pipe up, "I'm the one who put you in the plan!" Stiles states looking at Kira.

Stiles, Liam, Miah and Scott turn to Malia─ who stares at them blankly for a moment.

"What?" Malia questions, ""I believe in you, too, Kira..."" Stiles whispers encouraging Malia to say some nice words to Kira beside her.

"I'm the one who's going to be locked in an electrical room with
her!" Malia exclaims overwhelmed.

"I'll be there too." Miah states not exactly wanting to do the part of being in the back of the ambulance with dead bodies.

"Y-you can do it..." Malia voices although the tone is unconvincingly due to her nerves.

"You guys are all crazy. We're gonna die." Kira mutters, "Maybe." Miah shrugs making everyone smile around the island in the McCall's kitchen.

Everyone separates for the rest of the day until night fall later on so the plan to break Lydia out of Eichen House begins.

"I am so sorry that I didn't tell you about Kira failing the practice tests in the library." Miah exclaims not wanting to keep anything from the alpha.

"Mi. Don't worry, we had other things going on. It's okay." Scott confirms smiling at the blonde who sighs.

"I should probably go hang out with Kira and Malia until tonight. I'll meet you and Liam in the hallway, okay?" Miah states, "Sounds good. And Mi? Stay safe." Scott demands.

"You too!" Miah responds rushing out of the McCall house and driving towards Kira's to hang out for the rest of the afternoon and to calm the nerves that she's sure Kira has.

✹

STOOD OUTSIDE the gates of Eichen House, Kira shares a nervous look with Malia and Miah.

"Please remember to follow visitor procedure! Eichen House has a wide range of patients, and we cannot guarantee the safety of those who deviate from the rules." The orderly─ Travers lazily explains letting the visitors through the metal gates.

Kira, Miah and Malia share nervous looks as they walk through the gate, and once everyone has made it onto the walkway and are heading up the steps, Travers shuts and locks the doors behind them.

Once inside the lobby, the girls wait until Schrader and Travers are preoccupied with the other visitors.

Before quickly rushing around the reception desk wall pushing themselves in the corner to stay out of sight until they get the signal to move into the hallway next to the reception desk.

Malia, Miah and Kira still hide in the corner, Miah softly comforts Kira as she takes deep breaths to calm herself down from the anxiety she's feeling about her part of the plan.

Suddenly, one of the patients, "That's my inside man." Malia whispers motioning towards the naked male walking into the lobby, "Oh." Miah gasps looking away from the nude male.

"Not again, Nelson!" The worker─ Schrader exclaims rushing out of the reception office and into the lobby, immediately chasing after the naked young man with his cattle-prod taser.

Allowing Miah, Kira and Malia to quickly slip into the same door to head down the hallway toward the electrical room.

"It's natural!" Nelson giggles from further down the hallway, "So is 50,000 volts!" Schrader states still chasing after the nude man.

Miah, Malia and Kira are just about to run into the electrical room when they hear a loud zapping noise, indicating that Schrader has just tased Nelson several times in order to incapacitate him.

"I fucking hate mental asylums." Miah mutters receiving a nod of agreement off Kira, "Try being in one for months." Malia states.

"Right. Sorry, Mal." Miah curses at herself for feeling dumb and not even considering Malia's feelings.

As the three girls walk into the electrical room behind the reception desk, "We're in! We did it!" Kira exclaims excitedly.

"Don't get too excited─ getting out is the hard part," Malia sighs pulling out her phone and looks at her own timer before looking back up at Kira and Miah, "Twelve minutes. Starting now." Malia states.

Malia walks over to the box with the electrical breakers on the wall, using her super strength to break the lid off in order to reveal the wires behind it.

"Okay, Kira. You can do this." Malia states encouraging the panicked girl.

"Eleven minutes." Miah states also worried for her ex boyfriend and the others who are deeper inside the walls of the haunted building.

Miah watches as Kira pulls out the map of the electrical system from her pocket and examines it closely before looking for the wires she needs in the open breaker box.

"I think it's these... But they're covered in rubber." Kira voices folding up the map and putting it in her back pocket before reaching for the wires to look at them more closely.

While Malia looks around the room, "Mal! No." Miah exclaims wide eyed noticing Malia going to use metal scissors to cur the wires.

"You want to electrocute yourself?" Kira asks stunned, "I'll heal!" Malia shrugs.

"Yeah. Nope," Miah scoffs snatching the scissors out of Malia's hands, "Not if you die." Miah mutters.

Malia rolls her eyes pouting for a moment before getting an idea, flicking out her claws.

Malia turns to face Miah and Kira who both make a face that indicates they don't seem to think this is a much better plan.

However, due to Malia upbringing she doesn't listen and slashes at the wires making sparks fly out from the wiring.

"You're an idiot!" Miah exclaims looking at Malia's electrocuted fingertips.

"I didn't die!" Malia responds with a shocked look before looking at her phone reading the time.

"Four minutes." Malia mumbles making Kira more nervous.

"You've got this, babe!" Miah firmly states watching Kira as she places her hands on the wiring immediately sending Eichen House into a brownout.

"Okay. I gotta go meet up with the others incase they need backup." Miah explains.

"Okay. Here." Malia states handing one of the key-cards she swiped from the reception desk just for her.

"Thanks." Miah smiles sneaking out of the room towards the hallway she can feel Scott, Isaac and Liam's energy radiating from.

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MIAH SNEAKS through the hallways leading towards her ex boyfriend, Isaac and Liam.

Miah sneaks into the hallway noticing Scott, Isaac and Liam at the end of the hall before Scott winces pulling up his shirt making Miah gasp at how bad the wound looks and snarling knowing Theo left him with it.

"Minor huh?" Miah scoffs startling Isaac who jumps scowling at the blonde noticing her rushing towards the male holding her hand against the wound making Scott look at her confused.

"It won't fully heal you. But it'll give you some more strength without the throbbing sensation." Miah explains.

Unaware of the way Scott's looking down at her focused face and gasping feeling the familiar warmth radiating from her hands.

Miah gently places Scott's shirt back down being completely careful not to hit the wound.

"There." Miah murmurs, "Thanks Mi." Scott voices making Miah look up at him now maintaining eye contact before the blonde releases a growl.

"They're killing the Hellhound." Miah snarls rushing into the mountain ash barrier towards where she can feel Jordan slipping into unconsciousness.

"Did you forget about someone?" Miah questions flickering her chaos magic towards Theo and dodges the hit with a smirk.

"Miah. Miah. Miah. How many times do I have to tell you? You cannot hurt me." Theo taunts.

Miah gasps hearing an all too familiar roar which immediately snaps her supernatural side making her feel ten times stronger.

"Are you sure about that?" Miah mocks rushing towards the shocked Chimera who immediately screams out in agony feeling the bones of his arm and hand shatter.

"Now unlike you, I'm not going to kill you, Theo. I'm gonna let you suffer." Miah states leaving the Chimera grunting to the pain since her chaos magic is stopping him from immediately healing.

"You were on our sides days ago. What happened?" Theo questions clearly confused.

"I had enough of your lies and bullshit. And when you threaten my friends and family... the blood mage side of me comes out to play. Only difference? I can control it. Because I have a real pack, unlike you." Miah taunts smirking at the hurt expression on Theo's face.

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TO BE CONTINUED...

translation:
canis infernalis / hellhound

𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖘 ⛧
i added the ending with
theo hurting parrish
just cause the next episode
is gonna be a lot as well.

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