𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 ➢ ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ʜᴀʟᴇ / ᴊᴏʀᴅᴀɴ ᴘᴀʀʀɪꜱʜ

Ch. 30 - RIDDLED

"It's a basement... I think-I think I'm in some kind of basement..." Stiles said still breathing heavily, "In a house?" Aurora asked. "No, it looks bigger- like, industrial. I think there's a furnace. But it's cold. It's freezing down here. I gotta turn the-I gotta turn the phone off, Scott, It's going to die." Stiles said making Scott's eyes widen.

"Wait, wait, wait! What else is there? What do you see?" Scott said trying to get more clues as to where he could be. "The phone's dying. I can't talk. I have to go. Please..." Stiles whispered shakily. "Stiles... Why are you whispering?" Scott asked worriedly.

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

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Aurora, 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 Aurora, 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 Aurora 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 Aurora 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 Aurora sighed. "You didn't notice that his jeep is gone did you?" She asked and he sighed and looked down.

"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." Aurora 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 Aurora 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, Aurora and Aiden went to leave but Lydia grabbed Aiden's arm, "We'll catch up." She said making Aurora 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 his sister hit the back of his head 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 Aurora walked out, Aurora grabbing something off Stiles' desk in the process.

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