Morningstar

55

The group trudged through the woods and Malia said, "We can still catch him."

"Catch who?" Scott asked, looking at Malia.

"The killer. What are you thinking about?"

Scott and Luci stared at the fleur-de-lis bullet she'd found.

Luci held up the bullet. "We need to take this to Argent."

Malia frowned. "Even if he's the one that fired it?"

Scott nodded. "Especially if he's the one." He stopped abruptly. "Do you hear that?"

Luci got into a fighting stance.

After a moment, Malia asked, "Heartbeats?"

"A lot of them. They're here."

"Who?" Lydia wondered.

"Hunters," Luci confirmed, hearing the fear in Scott's voice.

He ran off and Malia called after him. "Scott!"

Scott turned and saw hunters coming closer. He stopped, seeing several red laser-sight beams crossing the woods. He bared his fangs, showing his alpha eyes. Luci's eyes flashed. Scott attacked the closest figure, who was Sheriff Stilinski. "Argh. Scott. Scott, it's me. It's me! Scott! Scott. Luci, it's okay."

Luci narrowed her eyes, seeing the gun pointed at Scott's heart and stepped closer to the sheriff. "Move the gun. Now."

The sheriff did so and said, "Okay, okay. Come on. It's okay. It's okay." He looked around. "Everybody stay back. They're just kids. Luci won't harm an innocent."

Deputy Vargas glared at them, gun still pointed at Scott. "What's wrong with his eyes? Why are her eyes red?"

Luci turned to Deputy Vargas. "Tell me, what is it you desire?"

"To wipe out all the supernatural creatures." She frowned, confused by what she'd said.

Parrish shook his head. "You heard the sheriff. Luci, it's okay. Stand down."

Scott shifted back to normal and started panting. "I'm really sorry. You don't think they'll say anything, do you?"

Parrish smiled at the teens. "No more than they're used to."

"You wanna tell me what happened out here?" the sheriff asked.

"He's a Hellhound."

"A dead Hellhound," Malia added, earning a look from Lydia.

Sheriff Stilinski nodded. "Yep, got that."

Parrish frowned. "Well I don't get it. I didn't think you could kill a Hellhound."

Luci pursed her lips. "Anything can be killed."

Malia nodded and shrugged. "Looks a lot easier than we thought."

Luci pocketed the bullet casing as she said, "I don't think it was just any bullet."

"I hope not," Parrish muttered, kneeling next to the body. Luci walked up and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, giving it a light squeeze.

After everyone left, Lydia, Malia, Luci and Scott shared a look. Lydia turned to Scott. "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Why didn't you say anything?" Scott repeated.

"Why didn't either of you say anything?" Malia asked.

"Why didn't any of us say anything?" Luci questioned.

Malia frowned at Scott. "Wait, was I supposed to say something?"

Scott looked between Luci and his friends. "None of us said anything to Argent and none of us are going to say anything until we talk to him. Everybody good with that?"