"How'd I do?" Lilian asked Stiles when she hung up the phone.
"Scarily well. It was like actually watching someone who just lost their brother." Stiles told her smiling.
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Scott and Alec were laying on Scotts bed. Ready to officially almost die. Kira, Liam and Kira's mom were stood around them. Stiles left but didn't explain why just said he had to leave.
"Are you guys totally sure about this?" Liam asked with a shaking voice looking between the two boys that have become important to him.
"I think Liam's kind of nervous. Maybe you should tell him it's going to be alright." Kira was extremely nervous too it was basically radiating off of her. Scott could tell she needed to hear him say everything was going to be fine so he directed his sentence at her rather then Liam.
"It's going to be alright."
"Don't worry Liam. I've been through worse, I don't think this is what's going to kill me." Alec told him. Everyone was curious about what could have been worse then being on death's doorstep but no one asked. They never asked.
"So, you've done this before, right?" Liam asked Mrs. Yukimura. She looked apprehensive.
"I've seen it done." She told him.
"Is that just as good?" Liam asked desperately despite knowing the answer already. Mrs. Yukimura looked at him dead in the eyes before shaking her head.
"No."
"Mom, you're not inspiring confidence." Kira complained feeling more scared as time goes on. Alec couldn't help but agree. He was terrified and he couldn't help but wish Stiles was there with him.
"Good. This is a terrible idea." Mrs. Yukimura told them not hesitating. Alec liked how blunt and honest she was but that didn't ease his nerves in the slightest.
"Do you want us to do it without you?" Kira asked snarkily making Alec roll his eyes.
"Um no we wouldn't do this without her. Sorry sweetheart but I don't exactly trust you with my life." Alec sassed back. Kira rolled her eyes but understood where he was coming from, she hasn't had the best track record with her powers.
"Put your hand over his heart." Mrs. Yukimura told her daughter gesturing to Scott who they would do first.
"Hold on." Scott interrupted grabbing Kira's hand before she could touch his chest.
"What happens while we're out? Are we gonna feel anything?" Scott asked impressing Alec. Those were actually good questions and not just time wasters like he was expecting.
"It might feel like you're dreaming." That made Alec more nervous. He didn't have the best dreams around, most of them were nightmares.
"Good dreams or bad?" Scott asked and Alec hoped she would say good even though he knew she wouldn't.
"I suppose that depends on you." Alec groaned causing everyone to look at him but he just waved him off. Kira put her hand on Scotts chest and made electricity flow through his body then quickly did the same to Alec. He felt extreme pain and then nothing.
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"I still hate this plan." Melissa McCall said as she stood in front of her sons seemingly lifeless body.
"Your not the only one." Stiles wiped his eyes while glaring at Alec's lifeless body. Stiles stood in front of Alec and had one of his hands on his chest where Alec's heart is. Melissa was curious on why Stiles seemed so upset over this when it was partly his plan until Stiles whispered. "He wasn't supposed to be apart of this."
"I mean this is pretty significantly terrifyingly. He looks dead." Melissa said staring down at her son trying to get the tears to stop.
"Give me your hand." Mrs. Yukimura said. Melissa looked to Stiles who nodded his head and glanced at the hand he had on Alec's chest.
"It's okay." He whispered.
"Wait for it." Mrs. Yukimura said. Melissa could feel the faintest of heart beats and she smiled glad to have something other then someone's word that he was still alive.
"Is that enough to keep a werewolf alive?" Melissa asked causing Stiles to glare at Alec again.
"Enough for an Alpha." Melissa was confused because as far as she knew Alec wasn't an Alpha. Stiles didn't seem happy about the alpha subject which made Melissa even more confused. Mrs. Yukimura must have understood what she was thinking while looking at Alec because she told her what she thought. "Alec may not be an Alpha but I think he is something more than just a beta. There has to be a reason that he's second on the list."
"How much time do we have?" Melissa questioned feeling nervous about the different possibilities.
"Forty-five minutes."
"What happens after that?" She asked wanting to know everything she could.
"I bring them back the same way." Kira told her. Confident that she could do it. They all heard Stiles mutter that she better bring them back but they all ignored him, use to his mumbling.
"No, I mean what happens if he stays like this longer than forty-five minutes?"
"No one's told her?" Mrs. Yukimura asked the kids around the room each one not looking into her eyes knowing what they did was bad.
"What? What happens after forty-five minutes?" Melissa demanded. She wasn't happy that they kept something from her and she needed to know what it was.
"They die."
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Stiles left right after Melissa left. He couldn't bare to see Alec so lifeless. He went to Argent to tell the Benefactor about Scott and Alec being dead. Argent typed into the chat 'SCOTT MCCALL AND ALEC GREY DEAD. PAYMENT REQUESTED.' Stiles was disappointed about how lame that was.
"That's your assassin speak?" Stiles asked throwing his arms out. He thought Argent would have said something way cooler.
"I said they're dead. What more do you want?"
"It was a little dry. You could've said something like, "Target has been neutralized. The crow flies at midnight." That's always cool." Stiles said wanting something about what’s happening to be enjoyable.
"Hmm." Argent said wondering how he got stuck with Stiles but knew he was having a hard time with both Scott and Alec being basically dead. They got a replay saying 'VISUAL CONFIRMATION IS REQUIRED.' Stiles moved the laptop and got ready to type while Argent moved to do the same thing. Stiles gestured for Argent to do his thing.
"Type this, ‘Visual confirmation isn't possible.’ ‘Police coming to claim body in forty minutes.’” Argent told Stiles. The Benefactor replied right away by saying that 'VISUAL CONFIRMATION IS REQUIRED FOR PAYMENT.' Which annoyed Argent to no end.
"Tell him number one and two on the list is dead. I killed them. And if the wire transfer isn't completed in forty minutes." Argent took over the laptop from Stiles in order to put that last bit in himself. 'I'M COMING AFTER YOU.'
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Alec woke up in a metal box that was extremely small. He saw a light behind him so he turned himself around and crawled towards it. He fell through a locker and ended up in the school. He heard something behind him and when he turned he saw Stiles standing there.
"Stiles..." Alec whispered but it seemed to bounce off the walls making it seem louder then it really was.
"Why didn't you help me? Why did you let them do that to me!" Stiles yelled so loud that Alec's head started pounding. He grabbed his head and looked towards the ground trying to stop his head from hurting. When he turned back to Stiles he was gone and a laptop was in his place.
Alec walked up to it and saw that it was the screen for the deadpool. It said it needed a keyword so he typed in his name knowing that he just basically died, but nothing happened. The next name he tried was based on pure instinct and when he noticed what he was typing he had trouble breathing. He was halfway through typing STILES STILINSKI. He hit enter and three names popped up.
THE CHEMIST
ALISHA BERRY
ALEC GREY
Alec turned around wanting to get as far away from the laptop as he could, but stopped when he saw the chemist holding his gun to Stiles’ head. He wanted to move, to run up and protect Stiles but he couldn't move.
"Alec why are you doing this to me. Why?" Alec wanted to shake his head and tell him that it wasn't him. He wasn't doing it, but Stiles wouldn't stop screaming that it was his fault.
"This is because of you." The Chemist whispered looking at Alec before pulling the trigger. Stiles head shot back and blood splattered all over the hallway. Alec screamed but then everything went black.
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Alec woke up in the box again so he followed the light and this time fell through a door. It looked to be the kitchen door from the house back in Chicago. He looked around trying to find Stiles, hoping if he found him soon enough he would be ok.
"Alec. I thought you cared about me. I thought we were friends. Why do you keep letting this happen?" He heard Stiles from behind him. He turned and saw the older boy standing in the same spot Donald was standing when he died. Alec remembered the second name on the list. Alisha Berry. The women who shot his brother. The women who made him take his brother place in her gang. The women he hates more than anyone or anything.
"Stiles. Please it's not me. Please." Alec begged while walking forward but stopped when the door opened and he was reliving his worst memory. Except this time Stiles was in Donald's place.
"Oh Alec. How could you think this isn't your fault. You're a no good piece of shit that bad things seem to follow around. How could you think he wouldn't get hurt because of you." Alisha put the gun up so it was pointing at Stiles' head. He begged for Alec to stop. To let him live. He told Alec over and over how it was all his fault. "It would be better if you were dead, but since you're not the people closest to you have to suffer. And there's nothing you can do about it."
Alisha pulled the trigger causing Stiles' blood to splatter all over Alec's face just like it did seven years ago. Everything went black once again.
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Alec once again woke up in the box. This time he almost didn't crawl to the light, but something inside of him told him he had to. He fell back through a locker and onto the schools floor. He cautiously walked down the hallway, looking for Stiles.
"Alec. What are you doing?" He heard Stiles ask him. He turned around and saw Stiles standing there with no one else around him.
"I was looking for you." Alec told him. He took a few steps forward making Stiles take a couple backwards. Alec stopped confused on why Stiles was walking away from him. He looked down at his hand and saw something that scared him more than anything else. He had a gun in his hand. He looked back up at Stiles and saw him with his hands up. Alec's hand seemed to appear in front of him. Holding the gun to Stiles' head.
"Alec. Please. What are you doing? Put down the gun." The Chemist walked up behind Alec and grabbed onto Alec's hand that was holding the gun.
"Let me help you." He whispered before lightly pushing the trigger on the gun. Not hard enough for it to go off, but Alec could still feel the sensation of it going off. He looked back up at Stiles, then down to the gun and back again. The Chemist backed away a few steps but didn't leave entirely. Alec started to pull the trigger while Stiles was still begging for his life, asking Alec to stop. Alec spun around and shot the gun at the chemist, causing him to collapse to the floor with a bullet hole through his head.
"That wasn't what you were supposed to do." Alec heard Stiles say. Except it didn't sound completely like Stiles, it sounded more demonic. Alec turned to look at Stiles and watched as Stiles shot himself in the head making Alec call out to him.
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"STILES." Alec yelled shooting up from the metal table. He looked at each person standing around him and when he came to Stiles he threw himself into his arms and just broke down. He couldn't calm down. He kept seeing Stiles get shot in the head, over and over again. Stiles didn't question it, he just held Alec closer to him trying to not cry himself. Stiles glanced at Scott and knew they both were thinking the same thing. Whatever he saw had to have been horrible, since Alec never showed this type of emotion ever.
"It's your mother. She's hurt." Liam told Kira but Alec barely heard him.