[somewhere in Beacon Hills]
Scott and Lydia brought over a guest to the loft saying it was of great importance. Luckily Braeden had left in the morning leaving Derek and Lulu alone in the loft - until Scott and Lydia called which once they picked up was important.
Apparently the deputy - one that was on the hit list - was set on fire and left for dead by his partner. Only since he was physically standing in the loft with zero burn marks and perfectly healthy meant he wasn't normal
Derek takes the man's hands and inspects them before asking, "He covered you in gasoline?"
Parrish nods and lets his hands fall back to his side not having any answers. Relying on some teens was his only option and the smartest one he knew asks, "It's the hair and nails, isn't it? The parts of the body that are essentially dead."
"Well, they should be gone." Derek states out the obvious because even if Parrish was a werewolf he'd have extreme wounds
"I was set on fire!" Parrish exclaims not knowing why they were talking about him as it happens every day "All of me should be gone."
"Not if you're like us..." Scott trails off everyone still having to explain the supernatural world
"Like you?"
"Definitely not," Lulu shakes her head knowing how a werewolf smells and the cop had none of that
"Then what is he?" Lydia questions looking at the knew couple
Lulu shrugs knowing almost zero to none other supernatural beings while Derek shakes his head, "Sorry, but I have no idea."
"But you knew about Jackson and Kira..." Scott trails off thinking Derek would have the answers
"This is a little out of my experience. There might be something in the bestiary." Derek makes it known he would look into it but there was more that needed to be asked, "Did you try Argent?"
"I don't know where he is" Scott answers knowing that was never a good thing
"Okay, hold on, what's a bestiary?" Parrish asks before shaking his head once he had everyone's attention "Actually, that's not even my first question. Just... Just tell me one thing. Are all of you like Lydia? Are you all psychic?"
Lulu couldn't help but laugh at the question and did her best to cover her mouth.
"Psychic?" Derek question with his eyebrows raised just as surprised as everyone else by the name
"Yeah, not exactly..." Scott hesitantly answers the deputy's question
"Okay... Then what are you?"
Scott and Derek share a look before the Derek shrugs and nods knowing it was up to Scott to let the man in on their secrets. Scott turns to Parrish with eyes closed and when he opens them his eyes were glowing red
Surprisingly Parrish takes the news about the supernatural well. With that presentation came to explaining everything or the very short version of what they'd all gone through.
"What's a Kanima?" Parrish looks up from the couch he sat on looking up at everyone who he now knew existed in a whole world he never knew existed
"It is a very nasty creature with mental issues," Lulu slowly says knowing truly explaining it would mean more time spent so keeping it basic was better
"...We'll get back to that. Just know that everyone like us-- everyone with some kind of supernatural ability-- is on the Deadpool."
"But I don't even know what I am." Perrish almost shouts all the information almost being too much
"I'm pretty sure they don't care." Derek states crossing his arms
Settling into the new reality Parrish asks, "How many professional assassins are we talking about?"
"We're starting to lose count..." Lydia honestly answers
"But is it still just professionals?" Scott rightfully points out
"I don't think Haigh's ever tried anything like this. I think he was taking a chance." Parrish says naming the guy who tried to kill him
"That means anyone with the Deadpool could take a chance." Derek states knowing that's what everyone was realizing the big detail
"But if Haigh had it, then who else does? How easy is it to get this thing now?" Parrish asks asking the right questions that none of them had the answers to or at least not the whole answers because it was Lydia's turn to share what she knew about the creation of the Deadpool
"Meredith was only at my grandmother's lakehouse once... But I think once was enough..."
"How did your grandmother know her?" Derek asks knowing the world couldn't be that small that Lydia's grandmother knew a banshee
"She didn't... She found her... Because of another woman named Maddy. The woman she loved." Lydia stands up holding an old photograph and walks over to Scott to give it to him everything sounding beautiful but there was the underlying tone that let everyone knew it wasn't a love story but a tragedy that happened "I never met her, but I saw her name everywhere. She used to be part of a yacht racing team. There were plaques and trophies in the lake house from all the regattas she'd won."
"How did she die?" Parrish asks taking notice of the past tense being used
"'How's' not the story... It's what happened right before. My grandmother, Lorraine, used to work in San Francisco for IBM. She was there on a weekend, catching up on work. She started hearing this sound, like rain... But, when she looked out the windows... All she saw was blue sky."
What Lydia was describing was how her premonitions came to her but for confirmation Scott asks, "But she kept hearing the rain?"
"And it just kept getting louder. Rain and thunder, cracking like gunshots in her head... so loud, she finally just... screamed."
"Like a Banshee."
Lydia sadly nods at Derek's statement, "She called Maddy, who was planning on taking one of the boats out on the lake... But Maddy said that the sun was shining there, too... So, Lorraine didn't say anything."
"There was an accident?" Parrish asks his detective mind needing to know the mystery
"It took them four days to find Maddy's body... and then it took decades to figure out how Lorraine knew. She started with parapsychologists- like the Ph.D in their name made it more scientific." Lydia all but scoffs having her fair share of meeting people who thought the title Dr. gave them God like power,
"They built the study in the lake house according to every pseudoscientific theory they could find. None of it worked. So then, she started going to more extreme occult- things like mediums and psychics, all of them failures... Until she found Meredith. They found her in Eichen House... this fragile girl who didn't understand the things she heard. They brought her to the study... and they almost killed her. She was hospitalized for over a year. She... never really recovered."
"My grandmother drove her insane. And I drove her to suicide. And all she ever wanted to do was help." Lydia washes away any sadness from her voice and unfolds a paper from her purse before setting it down on the table for everyone to see "My grandmother created the code for the Deadpool. They think she's the Banshee who put the names out in the first place. She left me this message in the same code."
"But she didn't leave a cipher key, did she?"
Lydia shakes her head knowing things were probably going to get harder for them to get out of.
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Everyone but Scott had yet to leave Derek's loft, making Lulu move to the other room to give them space considering Derek had to tell Scott some hard truth.
It didn't help that Scott spoted a gun on Derek's bed and picks it up to inspect it so confused by all the parts, "Careful with that."
"I thought you didn't like guns?" Scott questions handing over the gun to Derek who looked more comfortable than him in holding it "Does this have something to do with your eyes?"
"My eyes, my strength, the healing... All of it." Derek meets Scott's eyes knowing he couldn't have or should hide what was happening to him
"Gone?"
"Whatever Kate did to me, it's still happening."
"If the Deadpool really was made by a Banshee, then there's something else that you should know about..." Scott trails off preparing himself to break the news he really didn't want to admit "Your name broke the third list. It was a cipher key."
"...And the two other keys were 'Allison' and 'Aiden.'" Derek looks down at the gun in parts in his hands suddenly feeling the weight of the small protection he now had to carry
"And I..." Scott didn't know how to out right say what immediately came to mind so he walks around the potential truth "I don't want to make you nervous, but it kind of feels like there might be a pattern there, doesn't it? Allison... Aiden... you."
"Names picked by a Banshee."
"It... It could mean that you're in danger."
"Scott... Banshees don't predict danger-- they predict death." Derek grimly smiles knowing Scott's optimism couldn't change a Banshee's prediction
And that death prediction came at the most horrible time because Lulu and Derek had finally started to settle into something. Having clean sheets on the bed and knowing there wasn't going to be any interruptions was a great way to pass time without having to worry about the grim details of life
"Trouble at work again?" Derek walks into the room noticing Lulu sitting up on the bed on her phone typing furiously
"No, Liam is worried for being on the list." Lulu hands over her phone that had a photo of the hit list only when Derek looked closely things were different. For one he was no longer on the list, and Liam was now worth more than 3 million but most of all Lulu was on the list and she was acting as if it wasn't of importance "I think that night at the hospital has made him settle into the reality of being supernatural"
"We should talk about that" Derek states letting the phone fall onto the bed
"The list?"
"Lulu," Derek cradles her head so she can look at him and not away "you're apart of it now"
"I am worth less than Liam," Lulu shrugs the problems off her shoulder not worried "but in no way am i defenseless. Nothing to worry about"
"You should head back home, there you'll be safe from this until we figure out who's the benefactor"
At his words Lulu rolls her eyes, "Derek. This may seem selfish but I would rather have days with you than nothing at all. So i am not leaving just as we are getting started all because things are extra dangerous around us"
"This is life threatening" Derek warns her wanting her to understand what she was getting herself into if she stayed
Lulu takes his hands from her face and kisses his wrists, "My life has been full of danger since the day I was born. It is the dangers of being a woman, person of color and now superntural, so this is not new and i will not let it change my life"
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Their new friend, who carries the credentials of a U.S. Marshall learned from Haign that he'd told a few people of the list.
The lacrosse team were supposed to be at the school's bonfire on campus, meaning it was a prime opportunity for someone to try and take out Liam, Malia and Scott. Which is what led Derek, Braeden, and Lulu to Beacon Hills High School.
Lulu had done her best to use her super hearing to listen for them but in doing so allowed the music to flow muffled through her ears. Feeling drunk Lulu stumbled with each step worrying Derek but Lulu didn't stop until she found Scott being told they were going to get gasoline poured on them.
"Gasoline, south hallway, guards" Lulu slurs as she falls to her knees and pushes Derek away from her "Go"
Lucky for the werewolves the music was cut and it wasn't instantaneous but they slowly lost the side effects. Scott on the other hand was able to grab the cop's hand that held an open lighter and snuffs out the flame before crushing the cop's hand.
Braeden luckily walks in and hit's the cop with the but of her rifle because Scott didn't have much energy to do anything after. Derek and Braeden fight the cops making sure not to use their weapons while Scott, Liam and Malia were carefully sitting up from the ground covered in gasoline
Scott, Liam and Malia were safe and alive but Lulu never joined them.
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I had this idea and it couldnt be added anytime but now