𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 ➢ ɪꜱᴀᴀᴄ ʟᴀʜᴇʏ / ꜱᴄᴏᴛᴛ ᴍᴄᴄᴀʟʟ

Ch. 42 - RIDDLED

"Because I think there's someone in here with me..." Stiles whispered making Scott look up at Azalea and Isaac wide eyed.

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Azalea, Scott and Isaac ran into Stiles's bedroom to see Lydia and Aiden standing there, "How did you know? Did he call you, too?" Scott asked and Lydia shook her head. "I heard it." Lydia said and Aiden shook his head slightly, "Don't ask- it gets more confusing when you ask." He said and Lydia sighed.

"Not as confusing as this." She said and they moved over to show Stiles's bed where red yarn tied to a pair of scissors that had been stabbed into the bed. Each sting connected to a picture on the walls. "He uses red for unsolved cases..." Lydia said, looking back at everyone. "Maybe he thinks he's part of an unsolved case?" Aiden suggested, "Or is an unsolved case?" Isaac said as he glanced around.

"Hold on- is he still out there? You don't know where he is?" Lydia asked making Azalea, Scott and Isaac glance at each other. "He said that he was in an industrial basement somewhere." Scott said and Isaac nodded, "We came here to get a better scent."

"What else did he say?" Lydia asked and they looked over at Scott who sighed, "Something's wrong with his leg- it's bleeding." He said and Azalea nodded. "And he's freezing." She said, "Tonight's the coldest night of the year. It's going to drop into the twenties." Aiden said and Azalea nodded.

"What did his dad say?" Lydia asked making them glance at each other again, "We kind of... We didn't tell him yet." Scott said making Lydia's eyes widen. "Stiles is bleeding and freezing and you didn't call his dad?" She asked incredulously.

"He made me promise not too. We can find him by scent. If he was sleepwalking, he couldn't have gotten far, right?" Scott said and Azalea sighed. "You didn't notice that his jeep is gone did you?" She asked and he sighed and looked down making her grab his hand.

"Scott, there's only so much we can do. We have to tell Stilinski, I don't have the best feeling about all of this, Scott." Azalea said and Lydia started to pull out her phone. "Wait, guys! Hold on- I can get more help. I can call Derek, Allison-" Scott tried to stop Lydia making her scoff.

"Everyone except for the cops. Great idea!" Lydia said, "You guys remember they only get these feelings when someone's about to die, right?" Aiden said and Azalea nodded in agreement making Scott sigh. "Lydia you don't have to call his dad. It's five minutes to the station." He said and they all nodded. Scott, Isaac, Azalea and Aiden went to leave but Lydia grabbed Aiden's arm, "We'll catch up." She said making Azalea furrow her brows, "What? Why?" She asked.

"There's something here..." Lydia said and Isaac nodded, "Yeah, evidence of total insanity." Isaac said and then hissed in pain when Azalea pinched his arm and shot him a look. "We can figure out what's wrong with him after we find a way to keep him from freezing to death." Scott said and Lydia nodded.

"Go. We'll be right behind you." She said and Scott, Isaac and Azalea walked out.

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Stilinski took a couple deep, looking like he was a pinch from breaking down after Azalea, Scott and Isaac explained everything to him. "If his Jeep is gone, that's where we start. Parrish, let's get an APB out on a blue 1980 CJ-5 Jeep." Stilinski said making Azalea look over at the deputy sitting in front of them. She tilted her head slightly as she looked at him, getting a stranger but warm and comforting vibe off him.

"Cordova, I want a list of any kind of industrial basement or sub-level of any building that he could've gotten into while sleepwalking. It's the coldest night of the year so far... So, if he's out their barefoot in just a t-shirt, he could already be hypothermic. Let's move fast. Let's think fast. Three of you come with me." Stilinski said and lead the three teenagers into his office.