DANGEROUS LIAISONS ◦ STILINSKI [2]

nineteen; illuminated night

ILLUMINATED NIGHT

​"So when did you get there?"
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Agent McDouche - sorry, McCall, carefully calculated each and every single teenager sitting down before him. He shouldn't have been surprised to see that the usual trio had been involved, Stiles, Scott, and Carter - The Three Musketeers. The other two teenagers that occupied the bench had been Lydia Martin and Kira Yukimura.
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He instantly noticed that the five teens all showed different bodily behavior toward the situation. Scott had a tight expression on his face as he sat straight up, Kira refused to take her eyes off the floor while she pressed her elbows on her thighs and Lydia continued to rub her fingers over her kneecaps. Stiles leaned his back against the bench seeming as though the entire situation barely affected him and Carter's posture showed that she had been completely annoyed with the on-going interrogation.
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And, she was.
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The youngest Hale was trying her hardest to refrain from shooting off the bench and rushing out of the police station. And she was becoming increasingly frustrated, an overbearing pressure building up at the base of her skull - abilities screaming at her to check on Isaac. Something had happened to him, bad enough for the girl's annoyance and anger toward the whole situation to boil over.
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"At the same time," Stiles stated vaguely, looking as though the conversation had been like day-to-day chitchat.
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"At the same time as who?"
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"The same time as me," Scott prompted, Carter rolled her eyes as Stiles pointed his forefinger at the teen Alpha next to him as they gave Scott's father a dull look.
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"By coincidence?" His father questioned, eyebrows inching their way up his forehead as he stared down at his son.
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"What do you mean by coincidence?" Carter asked, speaking up for the first time as she crossed her arms over her chest as she sat between Kira and Scott.
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"That's what I'm asking you," McCall elaborated, masking his frustration toward the teenagers who were only giving him extremely vague answers. "The three of you showed up at the same time. Was that coincidence?"
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"Are you asking me?" Scott inquired, face conforming in feign confusion as he peered up at his father.
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"I think he's asking me," Stiles countered, turning to look at the boy next to him.
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Carter huffed out in dismissal, "He's obviously asking me."
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Lydia pursed her lips, deciding to invite herself into the chaos. "I think he's asking all three of you."
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"Okay, let me answer the questions," McCall cut in, just as his face contorted in annoyance when he realized that he had slipped up which meant that the teenagers were doing what they had planned to do.  Carter quirked up an eyebrow, tilting her head at his wording, Stiles pursed his lips in questioning - all of them wore smug looks as they looked up at the man. "Let me ask the questions."

Stiles winked, pointing a finger at the agent.

"Just so I have this absolutely clear. Barrow was hiding in the chemistry closet at the school. Someone left him a coded message on the blackboard telling him to kill Kira and Carter. Then Barrow took Kira to a power substation and tied her up with the intent of luring Carter there and electrocuting them, which blacked out the entire town."

Stiles head slightly bobbed, "Sounds about right."

"How'd you know he would take her to a power station?" Agent McCall asked, looking directly at Stiles for the answer considering he was the only one that had been willing to talk.

"Well, 'cause he was an electrical engineer," Stiles began. "So where else would he take her?"

Rafael McCall clenched his jaw slightly, frustration starting to show on his face. "That's one hell of a deduction there, Stiles."

"Yeah, what can I say? I take after my Pops. He's in law enforcement," Stiles retorted with obvious sarcasm, a smirk evident on his face as he glanced behind McCall to send his gave a wink while pointing his forefinger at the man.