Running with Wolves

Chapter 2

I woke up to my big brother,
He said" Hey, bub, come on, dad just left, and that means I can't leave you alone." He lifted me up, I wrapped my arms around his neck,
I asked" Where going?"
" To get Scott, and go look for something, okay?"
" W'kay." He held me on his hip and ran downstairs,
He buckled me into my seat in his jeep, getting in and driving to Scotty's.

We got to Scott's, Stiles was holding me as he tried to climb up to Scott's window. We fell upside down, he held onto me tightly as we screamed seeing Scott with a bat.
Scott said" Stiles, what the hall are you doing?!"
Stiles said" You weren't answering your phone. Why do you have a bat?"
" I thought you were a predator."
" A pre..." I giggled," Look, I know it's late, but you gotta hear this. I saw my dad leave 20 minutes ago. Dispatch called." I made grabby hands to Scott, Scott took me into his arms." They're bringing in every officer from the Beacon Department, and even state police."
" For what?"
" Two joggers found a body in the woods." Stiles flipped down and climbed the porch,
" A dead body?"
" No, a body of water. Yes, dumb ass, a dead body."
" You mean like, murdered?"
" Nobody knows yet. Just that it was girl, probably in her 20s."
" Hold on, if they found the body, then what are they looking for?" I went back into Stiles' arms,
" That's the best part. They only found half. We're going." I laid my head on Stiles' shoulder, closing my eyes again.

We were driving to the preserve,
Scott said" We're really taking a 4 year old out into the woods?"
Stiles said" He'll be asleep in like 10 minutes, he's already nodding off. See?" I closed my eyes but opened them again, my head tilted down a little bit.

I woke up a little,
Stiles said" Right, 'cause sitting on the bench is such a grueling effort."
Scott said" No, because I'm playing this year. In fact, I'm making first line."
" Hey, that's the spirit. Everyone should have a dream, even a pathetically unrealistic one." Stiles put me down, holding my hand,
" Just out of curiosity, which half of the body are we looking for?"
" Huh! I didn't even think about that."
" And, what if whoever killed the body is still out here?"
" Also something I didn't think about." We started climbing a hill, I slipped, Scott grabbed my arm and nodded to his back. I climbed onto his back, holding onto his shoulders.
" It's comforting to know you've planned this out with your usual attention to detail."
" I know."
" Maybe the severe asthmatic should be the one holding the flashlight, huh?" He put me down to grab his inhaler, he grabbed my arm as we moved again. We fell to the ground, we saw flashlights, Stiles jumped up, moving,
" Wait, come on!"
" Stiles!" Scott took a huff of his inhaler," Wait up!" Scott lifted me up into his arms," Stiles!" He chased after Stiles, then I heard a dog growl, Scott covered my mouth as we hid behind a tree.
I heard daddy say" Hang on, hang on. This little delinquent belongs to me." I looked at Scott,
Stiles said" Dad, how are you doing?"
" So, do you listen in to all of my phone calls?"
" No. Not the boring ones."
" Now, where's your usual partner in crime?"
" Who, Scott? Scott's home. He said he wanted to get a good night's sleep for first day back at school tomorrow. It's just me. In the woods. Alone."
" Your brother?"
" With Scott, asleep."
Daddy said" Scott, Riley, you out there? Scott?" Scott covered my mouth more, I looked at him, scared.

We were walking away, Scott stared into the woods, then we saw deer, I screamed, Scott fell to the ground, covering me. Once the deer were gone, we got up,
Scott said" My inhaler! Stay right here, Little dude." I sat down, he started looking around, then he screamed and fell down a hill,
I said" Scott!" I got up,
" Stay right there." I gulped, looking around, then I heard him scream really loud. I got scared, I started running,
I ran into something, I looked up and saw a scary monster, it sniffed me then ran away. I ran, I collided with someone, I looked up and saw Scott, he lifted me up and hugged me. He wiped my face,
I said" Can we go now?"
He said" Yeah, yeah, you can stay the night at my place, okay?"
" Okay, Scotty."
" You okay?" I nodded my head, yawning," Okay, let's go."