Gut Instinct (Teen Wolf)

2:23 We All Are

Warning: near death, mentions of dead people, mentions of trauma, guns, violence, a sociopathic bitch, swearing, EMOTIONS

Vic spent the rest of the weekend at Mason's. She just couldn't handle her brother at the moment. Scott and Lydia kept calling and texting her. She sent them to voicemail. She responded to Malia's texts though. And Liam's. Liam was new so he didn't know anything. And she couldn't be mad at Malia. And her dad.

School was the tricky part. She stuck her earbuds in and looked out the window on the ride to school. Then, stuck her phone in her bag.

In art class, she was stuck in a swirl of emotions and colours. She didn't even notice what she had been painting until the art teacher had told her to slow down a bit. She had painted the man that had shot at her in the hospital. He held a black gun with purpose, clear hatred in his dark eyes. He still looked familiar to her.

Why did he look familiar?

She opened her locker at the end of the day to see a paper fall from her top shelf. She opened it up to see Lydia's handwriting. The girl was smart to not write on the outside. Then again, Lydia was a genius.

'We need your help. Scott has a plan to catch the Benefactor. A bad one. We're meeting at Scott's house after school. -Lyds'

Vic closed her locker then leaned her head against it. You're a dumbass Stilinski.

You know you're gonna go anyway, the wind said.

I know.

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She slapped herself upside then head then knocked on the door. She came on her own. It hurt to but she did.

When no one answered, she took a breath, then opened the door herself. Kira and Stiles stood in the kitchen. They stood around the island, three Macbooks on the small table. Stiles looked shocked to see her, Kira guilty but glad.

She turned to Kira. "Where's Scott?" she asked.

"He went to go get Liam," Kira answered.

"What's the plan?" Vic walked into the kitchen and stood beside Kira. Stiles was still in her plane of view.

"Honestly, it's better if you hear it from Scott," Kira admitted.

"Is it one of those plans that are really stupid, could get someone killed and has a thousand ways something could go wrong?"

"By now you're just describing all our plans," Stiles said.

"They're all really stupid," she shrugged.

The door opened and Scott and Liam walked in. Scott looked slightly surprised to see her. Liam just nodded in greeting.

"Didn't think you would come," Scott admitted.

"Even if I am mad at you guys, I'm not about to completely turn my back on you and have someone get killed," she said. "And knowing your plans, that's usually how they end."

"So, um, what is the plan?" Liam asked.

"I'd like to know too," Vic said.

Scott took a breath. "The plan is to have Kira electrocute me until my heart's slow enough to pass for dead. We call 9-1-1, so then the Benefactor has to come and get me himself. Argent can hook up the laptops to the hospital security cameras and we can watch everything. And when the Benefactor does, we'll be there to catch him. If he doesn't come, Kira shocks me back."