Lucy was sitting in the back of a car on the way to Eichen House. She rested her head on Stiles' shoulder and he held her close.
Eichen House stood tall in front of them and Lucy ran a hand through Stiles' hair. "Listen. We're gonna get you out of here, okay? I promise."
Stiles kissed her hair. "I know."
"Can they help you?"
"I hope so."
She fell silent and Stiles embraced her tightly. The revving of a motorcycle caught her attention and she turned to see Scott taking off his helmet. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Sheriff Stilinski sighed. "Because I told Lu not to and I wanted to avoid something like this."
Stiles squeezed Lucy's hand. "It's only 72 hours."
She pointed aggressively at the building. "In there. Where Barrow came from. Remember him? He had a tumor that exploded flies." She turned to the sheriff. "There's a lot you don't know yet."
Sheriff Stilinski glanced at them, mostly looking at Lucy. "I know enough. Nogitsunes, kitsunes, Oni, or whatever they're called."
Stiles turned to his dad and said proudly, "Wow. That was actually all surprisingly correct."
"Scott, Lucy, I saw an MRI that looked exactly like my wife's. And it terrifies me. I'm headed over to L.A. tomorrow to talk to a specialist."
Scott frowned. "Then why are you putting him in here?"
Stiles turned to his friend. "He's not. It was my decision."
She looked down at her necklace. "One I don't agree with, but what does that matter."
Scott glanced to her. "Your opinion does matter, Lu. Stiles, we can't help you if you're in there."
Stiles sighed. "And I can't hurt either of you."
Lucy looked up at him. "We'll find something. Deaton's got some ideas, and Mr. Argent is calling people. We'll figure it out."
"If we can't--" Scott began.
Stiles shook his head, cutting Scott off. "If you can't... If you can't, then you have to do something for me, okay? Make sure I never get out. I know Lu can protect herself, but watch out for her. Please. If I find out that even one hair on her head gets hurt, I will murder you."
He turned to Lucy. "Lu, don't do anything stupid, okay? That's my job. I'm gonna trust you to get me out of here. And Lu? I love you."
"Stiles, stay safe. Please."
He kissed her and waved goodbye to her and Scott before he walked into Eichen House with his dad.
Lucy let out a shaky sigh and turned to Scott. "We should get to the clinic. Deaton will know what to do."
Scott handed her an extra helmet and she placed it on her head. He revved the engine and Lucy begrudgingly placed my arms around his waist. He raced towards the Animal Clinic. When they got there, they see that Deaton was on the phone with Mr. Argent and Allison was waiting for them.
She stood up and hugged Lucy and she stood rigid. Allison pulled away and asked, "Are you okay, Lu?"
"Fine. I want to get him back. Um, what have you guys found?"
Lucy heard Deaton mention a scroll and frowned. "Scroll?"
"A Shugendo scroll," Deaton replieed. "The Shugendo were the ascetic mystics of Japan. The scroll had information on how to exorcise a Nogitsune."
"Best news I've heard all day. So, where is it? Did someone buy it?"
Deaton nodded. "The man who last purchased it was named Kincaid."
Allison moved back next to Lucy. "He was with Katashi. He's the guy who met with Isaac to buy the gun."
"Sounds like Katashi wanted the scroll for himself."
Lucy felt an anxiety attack coming on, and ran out of the clinic. She managed to catch herself before she had a full-blown anxiety attack.
The group joined Lucy outside and they headed to the Argent penthouse to meet with Ethan and Aiden. As soon as they were all inside, Allison said, "My father said all of Katashi's evidence is being moved to a Federal Lockup by armored car tonight. Probably within the next few hours."
Aiden frowned. "We're going to rob an armored car."
"Well, we're going to try."
Lucy drew her knife and smirked. Allison shook her head. "No maiming, Lu."
Lucy looked up at her. "Who said anything about maiming?"
While they finished discussing the plan, Scott told them, "This is a really bad plan."
Lydia frowned. "It's not that bad."
"It's not that good."
Lucy rolled her eyes. "Besides the fact that we know this plan is terrible, we have no idea which road they'll take. Assuming Allison can get one of her dad's GPS trackers on the armored car, we can follow it."
Allison pointed to a spot on the map. "So when it gets here..."
"We attack him?" Ethan questioned, cutting her off.
Lucy frowned. "As much as I wouldn't mind that, no. Your bikes are going to be in the middle of the road, almost as though you got into an accident. When the driver steps out to help--"
"We attack him?"
"No," Lydia and Allison replied.
Lucy crossed her arms. "You'll distract him while Scott will break open the back door."
Scott let out a sigh. "I hope."
Lucy glanced to Aiden. "You're to get Katashi's finger."
He grimaced at her words. "It's not his actual finger, is it?"
Lydia rolled her eyes. "You are so out of our league."
Aiden frowned. "Why aren't we just going to Stilinski for help?"
Lucy fiddled with her necklace. "Because the sheriff will be tampering with evidence if he gets caught. Guys, trust me. This is gonna work. We can do this. I promised Stiles it would work. I promised him."
Allison pulled her close and nodded. "She's right. This has to work. My dad's in jail for murder. We need to do this."
They headed to the station and stood outside. Allison lowered her crossbow and glanced to Kira. "You're up."
Kira grabbed the GPS and slipped it on the back of the ambulance and ran back towards us, panic evident on her face. The door opened and Deputy Parrish walked out.
Lucy shot a smirk to Parrish. He was by far her favorite deputy.
He opened the passenger's door to the ambulance and backed up slowly, raising his gun. He walked around the truck. A guy suddenly jumped out and knocked Parrish's head into the car, knocking him out.
"Awesome," Lucy muttered.
"Who the hell is that?" Aiden wondered.
"Kincaid," she replied.
Lucy fingered her knife through her hands while standing next to Allison who had her crossbow aimed at Kincaid. He rummaged through boxes and pulled out some silver thing.
"We need that finger," Scott said.
The man shot him a smirk. "Why should I give it to you?"
"There's a briefcase in there with $150,000 in it."
"The scroll inside this prosthetic finger is worth three million."
Scott's voice took on a commanding tone. "Give me the finger."
Kincaid frowned at Scott and he sighed. "You know what I mean."
Kira seized the opportunity to jump from the top of the truck and onto the guy's back. Unfortunately, he realized, and she was thrown to the ground. The man growled and flicked his eyes to show steel blue. "I guess negotiations are over."
Allison shot an arrow into Kincaid and he pulled it out. Kira rushed him, but was grabbed by the throat and lifted into the air. Allison's face was hit, and she was slammed into a wall. Scott rushed him and was thrown to the floor. "You have the eyes of an Alpha. But where's the strength?"
Lucy emerged from the shadows. "You called?"
She jabbed her sword into his shoulder and he groaned in pain. She pulled out her sword and used the darkness to push him into the wall. She surrounded the two of them in darkness as she kept hitting him with it. She lunged him towards the hospital van and he crashed into it and fell to the ground.
Lucy turned her sword back into a knife and smirked. "Don't mess with us."
Ethan and Aiden started attacking Kincaid and Scott yelled, "Ethan, Aiden..."
"Stop!" Lydia cried.
Aiden narrowed his eyes. "You want him to come after us? Scott, we've seen guys like this. Trust us. He's dangerous."
"So are we," Scott said. "You saw what Lu did. He looks smart enough to remember that."
Lucy narrowed her eyes at Kincaid. "As much as I want to hurt him, we have to remember; we came here to save a life. We shouldn't take one."
They got the Shugendo scroll and made their way back to the clinic. Deaton looked over the scroll grimly. "There isn't much here, unfortunately."
"Does it say anything?" Scott wondered.
Deaton sighed. "My Japanese isn't great. But it appears to say that one method of expelling a Nogitsune is to change the body of the host."
"Great," Lucy said with a frown. "Wait. Change the body?"
Deaton nodded. "Which begs the question. How do we change Stiles' body?"
Scott and Lucy exchanged a look and he said, "By turning him into a werewolf."
Lucy started fiddling with her necklace and smiled softly. She figured maybe there might be hope after all.