Running with Wolves

Chapter 31

I looked at the scary motel, then held onto Stiles' hoodie more,
Scotty said" I've seen worse."
Stiles said" Where have you seen worse?"
Coach said" Listen up. The meet's been pushed till tomorrow. This is the closest motel with the most vacancies and least amount of good judgment when it comes to accepting a bunch of degenerates like yourselves. You'll be pairing up. Choose wisely." Stiles lifted me up as we walked away from coach.

Stiles said" All right, so I have four."
Scott said" Four? You have four suspects?"
" Yeah, it was originally ten. Well, nine technically, I guess. I had Derek on there twice."
" So who's number one? Harris?"
" Just because he's missing doesn't mean he's head."
" So if he's not dead, our chemistry teacher is out secretly committing human sacrifices."
" Yeah, I guess that just sounded way better in my head."
" Well, what if it's somebody else from
School? Like, you remember Matt? We didn't know that he was killing people."
" Excuse me? I'm sorry, what?" He sat up," I-Yes, we did. I called that from day one, actually." Stiles stood up, I sat up on the bed,
" Yeah, but we never really seriously thought that it was Matt."
" I was serious. I was quite serious, actually. Deadly serious. No one listened to me."
" Who were the other three?"
" Derek's sister, Cora. No one knows anything about her, and she's Derek's sister. Next, your boss."
" My boss?"
" Yeah, your boss. I don't really like the whole Obi-Wan thing he's got going on, you know. It freaks me out." Scott looked funny, I giggled, jumping across to his bed and laying my head on his shoulder." Oh, my god. Have you still not seen Star Wars?"
" I swear, if we make it back alive, I will watch the movie."
" It... just makes me crazy."
" Who was the last one?" I jumped back over to Stiles,
" Lydia. She was totally controlled by Peter, and she had no idea, so..." They fell back at the same time, how do they do that?!
I said" What different about Motel and hotel?"
Scott said" Motel's are less popular."
" So like Stiles." Scott coughed,
Stiles said" Bubby?!"
" What?!"
" You- just... I can't with him, Scott. Are you the one teaching him this stuff?"
Scott said" I've told you, I don't say anything around him."
" Stop enjoying this."
" I'm not."
" You both su-hmm, Bubby, you're supposed to be nice to your big brother." I giggled," And being nice means you don't say things like that, okay?" I giggled again, bouncing over him," And you're not paying attention to me, great. You know, I liked when you listened to me."

I was bouncing up and down on the bed, Stiles went to a vending machine, then Scotty walked out.
I said" Scotty? Scott! Where..." He closed the door, I tilted my head, then yawned, I rubbed my eyes, then laid down, closing my eyes.
I was lifted up, I rubbed my eyes and saw Stiles, He looked at me for a few seconds then walked.
We got to Allison and Lydia's room,
Allison said" Last time I saw Scott act like that was during the full moon."
Stiles said" Yeah, I know. He was definitely a little off with me too, but actually, it was Boyd who was really off. I watched him put his fist through the vending machine. And, Riley, eyes." I opened my eyes, then nuzzled my face into Stiles' neck,
Lydia said" See, it is the motel. Either we need to get out of here right now, or... someone needs to learn how to do an exorcism asap, before the werewolves go crazy and kill us."
" Okay, just hold on, all right? What if it's not just the motel? The number in the office went up by three, right?"
Allison said" You mean like three sacrifices?"
" What if this time it's three werewolves?"
" Scott, Isaac, and Boyd."
" Maybe we were meant to come here."
Lydia said" Exactly! So can we get the hell out of here now? Please?"
" Wait, hang on. Let me see this." He put me down, I whined loudly, then went to Allison, holding out my arms. She lifted me up,
She said" What is that?"
" 28-year-old man hangs himself at the infamous Glen Capri." Stiles pulled out papers from the bible, Allison put me down. They started going through stuff,
Lydia said" Look at these two. They both mention the room 217. These were probably all the suicides that happened in this room."
Allison said" So if every room has a bible..."
" There could be articles in all the rooms."
Stiles said" That's a beautiful thing. Most places leave a mint under the pillow. This one leaves a record of all the horrible deaths that occurred."
" What if the room next door has the one about the couple?" Stiles ran out, Allison and Lydia followed him, I yawned, then heard a buzzing. I whimpered, and walked out of the room, I saw Stiles, Allison and Lydia go into a room. Then it stopped and Ethan walked out, I ran to Stiles, he grabbed my arm.
We started walking down the stairs,
Ethan said" Didn't you hear what I just said? I don't know how I got there of what I was doing."
Stiles said" Okay, you could be a little bit more helpful, you know? We did just save your life."
" And you probably shouldn't have." He walked away,
Lydia said" What now?"
Allison said" I'll find Scott. You guys grab Isaac and Boyd. The best thing we can do is get them out of this place."
" What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Stiles said" Oh, no, I w-"
" Stiles."
" All right, Lydia. I didn't want to say anything, but this- everything we're going through- we've kind of been through something like this before, a lot like this."
" What do you mean? When?"
" Your birthday party, the night you poisoned everyone with wolfsbane." Lydia walked away, we followed her,
" Lydia, I'm sorry, okay? Look, I didn't mean that you're trying to kill people, okay? I just- I just meant that maybe-maybe you'r somehow involved in getting people to kill themselves, you know? Which now that I say that out loud, it just sounds really terrible, so I'm just going to stop talking." We stopped,
" Stiles... do you hear that?"
" What?" Lydia crouched down, I looked at Stiles," Lydia, what do you hear?"
" A baby crying. I hear... I hear water running. Oh, my god. She's drowning the baby!" She stood up," Someone's drowning!"

We ran to Isaac and Boyd's room, Boyd was in the tub with a safe on his stomach. Stiles let go of my hand and ran in there, Lydia followed,
Stiles said" Here, help me." They tried getting the safe off,
Lydia said" Is he dead? How long can a werewolf stay underwater?"
" You think I know that? Ow! Wait a sec, the heater. Heater- Ethan came out of it when he touched the heater."
" What?"
" It's heat, heat, fire. Heat does it, all right? We need something-"
" He's underwater!"
" Yeah, I'm aware of that."
" Wait, wait. The bus. On the bus, they'll have emergency road flares. They have their own oxidizers. They can burn underwater."
" Are you serious?"
" Yes, go!" Stiles ran out, I starting crying, I rubbed my eyes, breathing heavily.
Stiles ran back in, I want Stiles! I want Stiles!
Lydia said" The cap, it's like a match. The cap's a match. Stiles!"
Stiles said" Yeah, I'm trying." Then it caught fire, Stiles touched Boyd with the fire and Boyd threw the safe and stood up. Stiles went to Isaac, he's under the bed," Hey, Isaac. Got something here for you." Isaac got out from under the bed, Lydia looked at me," Oh, god... hey, bubby, this is gonna hurt for just a second." He grabbed my arm and the fire touched it, I screamed, he grabbed me, I cried out. I'm really sleepy, I yawned, I laid my head on his shoulder." Watch him." I was moved, I closed my eyes, trying to fall asleep.
I heard an explosion,
I said" Stiles!" I tried to get up, but Isaac's arms wrapped around me, I whined, looking at the door.

Then I saw Stiles, Isaac let go of me, I ran to Stiles, jumping into his arms, he hugged me.
He said" You okay, Riley?" I nodded my head, nuzzling my face into his neck," Come on, we're sleeping on the bus."

I woke up,
Coach said" I really don't want to know, but in case you missed the announcement, the meet's cancelled, so we're heading home. Pack it in. Pack it in!" Then Ethan sat next to Scott,
He said" I don't know what happened last night, but I'm pretty sure you saved my life."
Stiles said" Actually, I saved your life, but not that it matters that much. It's just- it's minor detail."
" So I'm gonna give you something. We're pretty sure Derek's still alive. But he killed one of ours. That means one of two things can happen. Either he joins our pack..."
Scott said" And kills his own."
" Or Kali goes after him, and we kill him. That's the way it works."
Stiles said" You know, your little code of ethics there is sort of barbaric, just FYI." Ethan walked away, Stiles lifted me over the seat, Scott grabbed me, then Stiles sat next to Scott.
Lydia said" Coach, can I see your whistle for a second?" Lydia covered the whistle and blew," Wolfsbane." She showed her hand,
Stiles said" So every time Coach blew the whistle on the bus, Scott, Riley, Isaac, Boyd-"
" And Ethan."
Scott said" We all inhaled it."
Allison said" You were all poisoned by it."
Stiles said" So that's how the Darach got in their heads. That's how he did it." He grabbed the whistle, Scott ducked us down, Stiles threw the whistle out.
Coach said" Hey, hey, hey, hey! Stilinksi!" We drove away from the motel, I cuddled into Scott, laying my head on his shoulder.