All Shades of Blue

47

Nora waited while Melissa looked over Stiles to make sure he wasn't possessed. Thankfully, he was himself.

Stiles asked, "Is she here?"

Melissa nodded and Stiles said, "Okay, let's do this."

Nora helped Stiles down the stairs and saw Mrs. Yukimura. Nora tilted her head and Mrs. Yukimura said to him, "Do you recognize me?"

A door slammed and Kira ran in. "Stop."

Stiles looked at her. "It's okay. I'm the one who asked her to come."

Kira narrowed her eyes. "You're the one who's going to get stabbed with swords. Mom, don't do this to him!"

"It's already done," Mrs. Yukimura told her.

The Oni showed and one stood behind Stiles. They grabbed the back of his head with their gloved hands. Stiles shook and fell to the ground and the Oni disappeared. "Look behind his ear," Mrs. Yukimura told them.

Nora ran over to Stiles, followed by Kira, and knelt next to him to see a backwards five on the back of Stiles' ear, exactly like the one she'd gotten.

"It worked!" Scott cried excitedly.

Stiles looked relieved as he asked, "So I'm actually me?"

Mrs. Yukimura smiled lightly. "More you than the Nogitsune."

"Can the Oni find him?" Scott asked.

She nodded. "Tomorrow night. It's too close to dawn now."

A disturbing thought crossed my mind and Nora signed, 'Can they kill him?'

"That depends on how strong he is."

'What about Lydia? Why her?'

"He would only take her for an advantage."

Scott frowned. "You mean for her power."

Mrs. Yukimura nodded at his words. "The power of a Banshee."

As soon as everything had been sorted, Scott drove us to the station so Stiles could meet up with his dad.

Nora was dropped off at the Animal Clinic.

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The boys entered the station and saw Deputy Parrish at the front desk. He smiled at us and the sheriff muttered, "Ah, if I could just find my keys."

"In your coffee cup," Stiles said. "You always drop them in your coffee cup."

Sheriff Stilinski looked to Scott for confirmation and he nodded. Stiles ran to his dad and the sheriff threw his arms around his son. "Hey, Dad."

"Is it over?"

Scott shook his head. "Not yet."

Scott left the room so father and son could have a moment.

The sheriff and Stiles joined him and the former said, "We got an APB on Lydia's car. Every unit on the road is looking for her."

Scott asked, "Is there anything we can do?"

"At this hour? No, not really."

Stiles turned to his dad. "Dad. Look, if we can figure out the why, then we'll figure out the where."

Sheriff Stilinski nodded and once he made sure the coast was clear, he said, "Okay. What would a Nogitsune need with a Banshee?"

Stiles shrugged. "I don't know. Lydia's pretty good at finding dead bodies. Maybe he needs to find a dead body?"