Not So Ordinary~ Dunbar [2]

Chapter 34: The Search for Mason

Anna shows up at the Sheriff's station and instantly follows Stiles into his father's office. "Are we really sure this is a good idea?" Lydia asks as Anna closes the door.

"Uh, no. No one thinks this is a good idea." Stiles says.

"But you're trusting Theo anyway?" The sheriff questions.

"We're not trusting him." Anna scoffs. "We're using him."

"What if he's using us?" Lydia asks.

"That's probably a given," Stiles admits. "But, look, we're just trying to cover every place Mason could show up."

"Malia and Braeden are at my house." Anna states.

"Melissa's got the hospital." The sheriff nods.

"Hayden, Corey, and Hannah are at the school," Lydia adds.

"Somebody's gotta find him." The sheriff sighs.

"Let's just hope they find Mason and not the Beast." Anna gulps fearfully.

The three teens jump on their phones to call the others for updates. "Hannah, please tell me you guys found something," Anna begs after hearing the others come up with nothing.

"Sorry, An." Hannah sighs. "It's like he vanished."

"That is what the Dread Doctors do." Anna groans.

"Corey's pretty torn up about him," Hannah admits.

"I just don't know what to do." Anna sits down, sighing. "No ghosts know anything. I'll talk with," She looks around to make sure no one is around. "I'll talk with Allison about what else we can do. She was a hunter, right? She probably knows more than most."

"Have you talked to her dad?"

"I wouldn't go near Gerard with a ten-foot pole." Anna scoffs. "I called Chris but he didn't answer. Lydia's gonna help translate the bestiary and look for something about clairvoyants."

"Do you even need Lydia's help? I mean, you're pretty good with Archaic Latin already." Hannah says.

"She has to give me the book, Han." Anna leans back. "Call if you find him."

"Of course. Call me with updates cause this is boring."

"Sure." Anna laughs. "Bye."

"Bye." Anna hangs up and closes her eyes.

"Please be safe, Mason." Anna whispers.

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Anna and Lydia walk into the sheriff's office to find Stiles asleep on the couch. "Oh, god," Lydia mutters before poking his forehead.

Stiles wakes with a jump. "Whoa, what? What happened? Who's dead?" He stutters out.

"No one." Lydia answers, sitting next to him.

"Yet." Anna inhales sharply. She takes out her cell phone as Lydia does the same. Stiles looks at the two girls before copying them. Anna sighs at the lack of messages from Hannah or Liam before putting her phone away. Lydia and Stiles follow and they sit together in silence.

"You ok?" Lydia asks no one in particular.

"Yeah, I'm still thinking," Stiles admits. "Still trying to figure out why Mason?"

"You're not the only one." Anna grumbles. "He wasn't even on the Genetic Chimera list.

"Neither were you." Stiles points out.

"He's on the list now," Melissa announces as she walks into the room and sets papers on the sheriff's desk. "Mason was born with twin embolization syndrome." She shows the tens Mason's file.

"You mean fetal resorb twin?" Lydia asks.

"Mmm." Melissa nods. Stiles and Anna look at each other, confused.

"He had a vanishing twin in utero?" Lydia clarifies. Anna nods in understanding while Stiles looks even more lost.

"Which accounts for the two sets of DNA." Anna sighs.

"Can someone please say it with words that have less than three syllables?" Stiles asks.

"He ate his twin," Melissa states slowly.

"Oh, god." Stiles mumbles.

"But did it help?" Lydia questions.

"I don't know," Melissa says. "But it's just bizarre enough to sound like it might be important, right?"

"It has to help. There has to be something!" Anna exclaims.

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Scott and Liam race out after the Beast as he drags a dead Dread Doctor outside. As he drops the doctor, Parrish comes out of nowhere and delivers a fiery punch.

The Beast grunts as Chris and Gerard Argent appear and the former shoots. Chris stops as the Beast reverts back to a man.

Scott and Liam watch as the man stands. Both boys notice that it isn't Mason who had just transformed into the Beast; rather, he is a different man.

"La Bete du Gevaudan!" The veteran hunter calls. "I know your name!" The man turns his head back. "Do you remember mine?"

"Argent." Sebastien Valet sneers in hatred. "I'm not looking for you, not yet."

"Who are you looking for?" Gerard asks. Sebastien smirks as he turns back around, thinking of his target. He runs away, with Parrish on his tail, thinking of the girl he's looking for.

"My little ghost whisperer. I'm coming for you."