Risen

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"You guys need to get your asses down here, now" Stiles said "we have a job to do"

"Dude, I'm already in bed" Scott chuckled

"Same here" Nova added as she laid beneath her comforter at the house, turning her head slightly to look at the digital clock on her nightstand

"And aren't we getting a little old for this?" Scott added

"We do this for coach" Stiles replied

"I thought you did that to coach" Nova commented as she got up from her bed

"Whatever, okay?" he said "Nova, you've never done this before, it's time to make some actual highschool memories, you know? Not just the supernatural stuff we go through on a daily freaking basis, okay? He needs this. He lives for this stuff. He loves it"

"But it's the middle of the night" Scott pointed out

"Twelve fifteen, actually" he corrected "which means it's after midnight and officially Mischief Night/Day, and, by perfectly awesome coincidence, also happens to be coach's birthday. So of you two are not down here in five seconds, I will destroy both of you. Okay? And I mean five, four, three, two . ."

Stiles let out a small yelp when he turned around, falling to the floor in shock when he saw Scott and Nova standing there, their red eyes fading back to their original colors,

"One" the two of them said in unison

"I hate you" Stiles muttered, causing a chuckle to emit from Nova

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The next day, Nova walked away from her car while turning on the alarm, spinning her keys in her hand as she headed over toward Scott and Stiles, spotting the twins getting off of their own motorcycles.

"You're back in school?" Scott asked

"No" Ethan replied "just to talk"

"Oh, that kind of a change of pace for you guys" Stiles said as he stood next to his best friend "usually you're just hurting, maiming and killing"

"We need a pack" he continued "we need an alpha"

"Yeah, absolutely not" sarcasm in his voice "that's hilarious though"

"You came to us for help" looking at Scott "we helped"

"You two beat his face into a literal bloody pulp" Nova countered as she walked over to them "that's not helping. In my opinion, that's actually counter-productive"

"Why would I say yes?" Scott asked

"We'd add strength" Ethan replied

"We'd make you more powerful" Aiden added "there's no reason to say no"

"I can think of one" Isaac replied as he stepped over to them "the fact that you tried to impale Boyd with your claws. In fact, I don't know why we're not impaling them right now" looking at the other three

Ethan growled at him, his fangs exposed with his eyes glowing blue,

"Wanna try?" He asked

"Knock it off" Nova said, lightly glaring at them

He looked toward her, growling lowly in a challenging way, which only caused her eyes to glow deep red. But he knew he would lose to her, and since he was no longer an alpha, he didn't stand a chance.

"Sorry, but they don't trust you" Scott said "and neither do I"

The four of them walked past the twins, Isaac breaking off from them, but Nova, Scott and Stiles walked into the school, the redhead catching a roll of toilet paper that was about to hit the spastic teen in the face.

"Good decision, buddy" Stiles said as Nova threw the roll "good alpha decision"

"I hope so" Scott replied

"No, you know so" as they walked to his locker

As Stiles opened the metal door, Scott's eyes landed on Kira, who was standing by her own locker, Nova walking to her own, which was actually right next to hers. She unlocked the door as well, opening it to grab the textbook she needed for her first class of the day, her hand shooting down, catching one of the books that fell from Kira's locker, but not being able to catch the other one.

"Thanks" Kira said, giving Nova a small smile when she handed the book back

"No problem" Nova replied, returning the smile

X

"Son of a bitch!" The voice of Coach Finstock exclaimed through the wall dividing his office and the classroom

Nova couldn't hold in her laughter as much as she tried, not thinking that removing the nails and screws from all of his furniture would be so much fun. Scott and Stiles looked at one another, Nova clearing her throat as coach walked through the door,

"Mischief Night" he said, forcefully knocking a cup of pencils from his desk "Devil's Night. I don't care what you call it" glaring at his students "you little punks are evil" which caused the laughter to continue "you think it's funny every Halloween my house gets egged? A man's house is supposed to be his castle. Mine's a frickin omelet!" spotting a gift on his desk "oh, this . ." picking it up, looking at the teens "we're gonna do this again?I don't think so"

Nova flinched slightly when he threw the gift to the floor, then stomping on it, only to have the sound of glass breaking fill the air. Coach looked down toward it, crouching down and picking up a large piece of what was once a mug, which a picture of his face printed on the glass.

"Happy birthday. Love, Greenberg" he read from a card

The redhead unzipped her backpack, pulling out a gift from the bag, placing it down on the floor and sliding it toward Coach. He looked at it for a moment, then toward Nova, who leaned back in her seat, watching as he picked it up, hesitantly lifting the lid. The students laughter filled the air when confetti shot out of the box, covering his head and hair in black and orange to fit the Halloween theme. He glared at Nova, who gestured to the box, which caused him to pull out a mug with the words #1 Coach written on it in bold print, with a skeletons hand giving anyone the middle finger

"I'm gonna let the confetti canon slide, Phoenix" he said, pointing to her ". . . but thank you" earning a smile from the redhead