Chapter 27: To Catch a Ghost Rider

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Before anyone could stop Malia, she attacks Theo with such rage, it thickens the air in the kitchen.  She jumps him, pushing him to the ground and straddles him as she punches him over and over till blood spurts from his mouth and nose. 

"No, Tara, don't."  Theo mumbles as Malia continues to pound his face in.  "It's okay, you don't have to stop."

Malia growls and snarls as she attacks.  Letting out another snarl, "Trust me, I won't."  She flings her claws out, ready to kill him. 

Theo snaps out of his daydream of his hellish prison and gasps in fear as he sees Malia with her claws out and ready to strike.  But, Liam and Scott grabs her and stops her.

"Malia, enough!" Scott shouts.

"Hey." Liam shouts and helps Scott pull her off Theo and holds her back as she growls and snarls to get out of their grip. 

John steps forth, "Malia, no killing." He turns and glares at Theo, "At least, not till I have my turn." He sneers and roughly pulls Theo to his feet and shoves him against the wall with a loud thud. 

Theo grunts and struggles out of his grip.  Hayden rushes to grab John's arm to stop him. 

"Mr. Thompson, enough!" She protests. 

John continues to glare at Theo as he holds him up against the wall, "Hearing all these stories about you.  You with the Dread Doctors.  You killing your sister.   You trying killing Scott and my daughter.  Oh, what I could do to you." He snarls at Theo with such anger.  "Hell would be too good for you."

"Let me help you with that, John." Malia snarls and tries to get out of Scott and Liam's grip, but Scott holds her back.

"Slow down, okay?  Both of you." He says to John and Malia.  "He's going back in the ground." Scott states.

Liam shakes his head, "You can't.  He remembers Stiles."  He protests.

Josie and Scott look over to Theo in shock.  How can he remember Stiles?

"Scott and Josie remembers Stiles.  Lydia and I remember Stiles."  Malia points out.

"The Dread Doctors knew all about the Wild Hunt.  He can help us." Liam says.

"Or he could kill us." Scott states the obvious.

"He's right, Liam.  We can't trust Theo.  Not again." Josie says.

"I didn't say we should trust him, but we might can get some answers from him.  He's my responsibility.  Noshiko gave me the sword."  Liam says as he shows them Kira's sword.

John still holds Theo up against the wall and turns to look over to Liam, "I won't risk my daughter and grandchild with the likes of this piece of shit."

Theo sighs and rolls his eyes, "It's so awkward when Mom and Dad fight."  He says sarcastically.

Liam, Scott, and John turn to him, "Shut up!"  "Shut up!  "Shut up!"

John lets go of Theo, making him fall to the ground with a loud thud and pained grunt.  John sighs and moves to stand next to Josie and sees Edward starring at him, "What?"

"I've heard about you.  You're John Thompson." Edward says with a glare.
"The old John Thompson before the bond took over.  I'm not that monster anymore." John states.

Edward looks into his eyes, seeing the pain of the past haunting his soul.  He could see the ache of redemption he searches for.  Edward nods, believing him. 

Hayden walks over to stand next to Liam and face Scott, "You both are right.  If Theo tries anything, we'll send him back to the Skin-walkers.  But for right now..."  Scott cuts her off.
Scott shakes his head, "He goes back now." 

"Except Liam's the one with the sword."  Theo points out. 

Everyone turns to glare at him, "Shut up!"  They shout.

Theo snaps his lips shut and stays on the floor. 

Scott gestures Josie, Edward, and Liam to follow him into the living room, so they could talk alone.  Leaving Hayden, Malia, and John with Theo. 

Malia smirks to herself as they leave out of the room and moves to towards Theo, but Hayden stands in her way.

"Malia..." Hayden warns.

"Can you give me a second alone with Theo?"  Malia asks.

"Why?" Hayden asks with caution.

"So I can kill him." Malia growls out the obvious. 

Before Hayden could tell her why she couldn't kill him, Theo speaks up from behind them as he still sits on the floor, leaning against the wall with blood splattered over his cheeks and dripped from his nose.  

"Okay, look, I know that there's mixed feelings all around.  But I might be your only option to stop the Wild Hunt."  He says.

Malia gives him a bored look, "Let's kill him."

John cracks his knuckles, "I could drown you from the inside, you know?  And I could get away scot-free." He gives Theo a warning finger, "Try anything.  Anything.  You'll be wishing you were back where you were.  With your sister.  Trust me on that, Raeken." John sneers at him and moves to the fridge to get something to eat. 

Malia smirks at John when she could smell the piss in the air, "I like you now." She says to John.

John chuckles softly and grabs some food to cook.

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In the living room, Scott paces as Josie sits on the couch with Edward.  Josie gives Edward a loving hug and a smile. 

"I missed you so much." She says happily.

Edward smiles and hugs her back, "I missed you, too." As they pulled away, he looks down at her belly, "Congratulations to you both.  I'm very happy for you.  I wish our reunion was at brighter circumstances."

Josie nods and turns to see Scott stop with his pacing.

"How could you free him, Liam?  This is Theo we are talking about?" Scott says furiously. 

"We had a plan to trap the Ghost Riders.  We were going to build a lightning rod and we found Mr. Douglas trying to do the same thing.  He saw them.  So, we formed a plan to try and trap the Ghost Riders in the bunker.  Mr. Douglas said we needed something to absorb the electricity so they wouldn't ride the lightning out of there.  I thought Theo still had Josh's power, but he doesn't.  Not even Tracy's.  But, he knows more than we know." Liam says.

Scott paces again, still furious and unsure. 

Liam scoffs, "What, you don't trust me?"

Josie stands up with the help of Edward, "We don't trust him."

"Do you?" Scott asks.

"No.  But I think we can use him." Liam says.

"Remember who he is.  He got into your head and you tried to kill me.  And when that didn't work, he did kill me." Scott reminds him.

"And me.  Remember, we share a bond.  And he killed Tracy, and Josh, and his sister." Josie says.

"But this might be our only chance to get Stiles back." Liam argues with them.

"Can't we just try to find somebody that we at least trust?" Scott suggest, practically begging.

"This might be a mistake.  But you don't know that yet.  And you made mistakes when you were learning to be an Alpha." Liam points out.

Memories of every mistake Scott has made rushes through his mind, "Yeah, I made a lot.  But we don't have time for mistakes."  Desperation filled Scott's eyes, "I can't lose Stiles."

"So we should try anything we can to save him.  Right? Even Theo." Liam points out.

Scott sighs, he hated this.  They were getting desperate, but still, he had a really bad feeling about this. 

"Convince me."

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Liam, Scott, Edward, and Josie walk back into the kitchen.  They see John cooking over the stove and Hayden was practically holding Malia back to prevent her from killing Theo.  Josie moves to lean on the bar while Scott stands with Hayden and Edward to make sure Malia doesn't do anything to attack Theo as Liam walks up to him. 

"I can put you back in the ground anytime."  He says as he holds the sword up.

"You also need a transformer that can handle five billion joules of electricity." Theo points out, seeing Liam sigh in annoyance. 

"I know where to find one and I can show you how it works."  Theo adds.  "I'll tell you...if Malia promises not to kill me."

Everyone hears Malia growl lowly at him.

"She promises." Liam nods.

Malia frowns and scoffs, "No, I don't."  She turns to Scott in disbelief, "We're really gonna do this? Trust him?" She asks as she glares at Theo.

"You got a better idea?" Hayden asks.

"I've got an idea.  It may not be better.  But at least it's not him." Malia snarls and storms out the door.

John sighs and puts a casserole dish into the oven and moves towards them, wiping his hands on a washcloth that was draped over his shoulders, "I can't say I blame her.  Scott, are you sure you want to do this?" He asks him with caution. 

Scott begins to speak, but hesitated a little, "I don't know what else we can do.  All I know is that we need to get Stiles back." 

John nods in understanding, "Ok, then." He looks over to Theo and gives him a warning finger again, "Remember my words, Raeken.  I hold my promises dearly."

Theo gulps soundly and moves to sit at the table.

"Now, who's joining for dinner?" John asks them all.

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After making his discovery, Sheriff Stilinski made it his own personal duty to rip and tear away the wallpaper and the wall.  His breathing picks up at every inch that exposed to his eye.  Once he ripped off the last piece of wall, he finally sees what has been hiding.  A door.  He couldn't believe it.  A door in his house, all this time?  Maybe it was possible.  Maybe, just maybe...he had a son...and this was the door to his room?

With a hesitant reach, Sheriff grabs a hold of the knob and slowly turns it.  The door opens with a loud creak.  When Sheriff pushed the door wide open, he thought he was going to lose control of his heart.  His breath.  Inside was a room, an empty room with with windows that were covered with exterior of the house, but you could still see light from the moon streaking through the cracks.  Dust covered every inch, spiderwebs in every corner.  How could he not know about this room? 

"Noah.  Come out of there."

The sound of his wife's voice snaps him out of his thoughts.  He turns and sees her in her robe, hugging herself as she frowns at him in confusion.

"Did you know about this room? Why was it sealed off?" He asks.

Claudia shrugs, "The previous owners probably did it.  I...People do crazy things."

Sheriff looks around in deep thought and slowly walks towards his wife, "What if this was his room? What if this means we had a son?" He stops in the middle of the room and sees his wife shake her head at him, keeping her eyes to the ground. 

"Noah..."

He couldn't believe she didn't want to listen, "Claudia, this could be the proof we're looking for."

"There are so many simple explanations for why this is here.  But we had a son we've forgotten is not one of them." She disagrees with him.

"Aren't you curious?" He asks, frowning at her.

With no hesitation, "No.  I'm not." She states strongly and then gives him a soft look, "You're making yourself crazy.  I think we should just leave it alone."

Sheriff sighs deeply and slowly shakes his head, finding this room, seeing the possibilities forming around him...

"I can't." 

Claudia exhales slowly and scoffs as she turns to head back to bed, leaving sheriff to his thoughts in the empty room.

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(Josie's outfit for the day...except for the heels and purse....flats only ^^^)

"Oh, hell naw!" Toby exclaims when he sees the sight of Theo Raeken in front of him.  Standing before him in front of the entrance of Beacon Hills Forest, Toby and Myst couldn't believe it when Josie told them over the phone about Liam's so called brilliant plan.

"You got to be kidding!" Myst exclaims in disbelief at Liam and Hayden who wince with guilt as they drag a chained Theo with them. 

"We were desperate." Liam says.

"I can see that." Myst says sarcastically.

"Nice to see you too, Myst." Theo gives her a bitter smile. 

"Don't make me turn you into a frog." Myst snarls.

Toby struts over and looks closely at Theo, scoffing, "All bark and no bite.  But, when provoked hard enough, you scratch." Toby moves back, "So, you are the Theo Raeken I've heard so much about."

"And you must be a friend of Myst's." Theo scoffs.

Toby glares at Theo, "Don't mess with me.  Or I'll summon your sister and make hell a reality for you." He says softly as he got up in Theo's face. 

Theo's body shakes as fear lights up in his eyes.  Toby psyches him out, causing Theo to flinch, then chuckles and walks back to stand next to Myst.

"Why did you summon him?" Myst asks, crossing her arms over her chest. 

"We needed someone to absorb lightning into this body.  Like how Josh did when he was alive.  We thought Theo still had his powers...but..." Liam trails off.

"Of course he doesn't, I took them from him.  They didn't belong to him." Myst scoffs.

Hayden looks at her with hope, "Do you still have them?"

Myst sighs, "No, the powers died with Tracy and Josh.  If I knew we needed them I would have kept them, but Ghost Riders had to come and mess with us." She mutters bitterly. 

Toby sighs, "So, since Theo doesn't have any powers, besides his crappy werewolf powers, why is he still here?"

"He knows about the Ghost Riders and he remembers Stiles.  He knows a lot more than what we do."  Liam explains.

"And I could be the best chance at helping you guys stop them." Theo adds.

Myst and Toby look over at each other and burst in to laughter.  Toby leans on Myst's shoulder as he snorts in laughter.  Myst clutches her belly as laughter rolls through her.

Hayden and Liam were startled by their laughter and Theo looks at them unamused. 

Soon, the laughter dies down and Toby lets out one more snort, "Oh, you serious?" He frowns.

"YES!" All three say in unison and frustration.

Myst sighs and rolls her eyes, "How can Theo Raeken be any helpful?"

"He knows where we can trap a Ghost Rider." Hayden says.

Myst and Toby's eyes widen in surprise as they hear their idea.

Together, all of them take off walking through the woods towards the shack where they found Mason and Josie when they were taken by the Dread Doctors.

"This was a bad idea." Liam mutters as he walks with Hayden.  Myst and Toby walks ahead with them. 

"It's not a bad idea."  Hayden protests.

"It is a terrible idea." Theo says from behind them.

Liam yanks the chains that held Theo in irritation, causing Theo to grunt and stumble.

"I told you where the transformer is.  I told you how it works.  I don't need to be there when it all blows up." Theo mutters. 

Hayden turns fast and glares at Theo, "It's not going to blow up.  They ride the lightning.  We can use that to catch one and keep him there until we figure out what they want.  It's a good idea." She protests.

"You're trying to catch a Ghost Rider.  A million things can go wrong.  Terrible idea."

"The bad idea was bringing him back.  Scott's right.  This is a mistake."  Liam says, shaking his head in shame. 

Hayden sighs and moves to stand closer to Liam, "You took a risk.  We took a risk.  But it was the right thing to do.  I believe in you." She says softly. 

Liam sighs, giving her a small crooked smile and feels her hand gently cup his face, bringing him closer for a loving kiss.  He deepens it, sliding his tongue into her mouth and pulling her closer against his body. 

"You guys want me to leave you alone? Oh, that's right, I can't." Theo rattles the chains in sarcasm. 

Breaking from their kiss, they both turn to glare at Theo. 

Myst and Toby walk closer towards them, "We don't have time to play hide the beaver, puppies.  As much as I hate to admit, Theo might be right.  But, maybe...just maybe...we have a chance.  The lighting is their weakest link, their lifeline for home.  Use the lifeline against them, who knows what will happen." Toby says.

"It's too risky, they shouldn't be doing this." Myst mutters to Toby. 

"We don't even know what do to, Mysty.  Seeing how bad it's getting out there, we don't even know what they are doing here.  Once we get one...I'll make him talk." Toby says with emotion in his eyes. 

"He'll kill you, you know that?" Myst says.

"My life isn't important.  Seth's life is.  The eclipse is just a week away.  Getting him here safe and sound matters.

Hayden, Myst, and Toby snap their heads up as the sound of thunder rumbling in the  sky was made. 

"We better hurry." She says.

Liam tugs at the chains, forcing Theo to walk with them.  Theo gives the back of their heads an angry, annoyed look and follows them to the shack.

Meanwhile, at the shack, Scott, Mason, Corey, John, Edward, and Josie all work on fixing the cage, tying the metal together.  Right as they were done, Liam, Hayden, Myst, Toby, and Theo walk in. 

Hayden chuckles softly at the sight as a wide smile grows, "You did it."

Everyone moves away to check out their work.

"Of course we did it." Mason grins. 

Liam moves and uncuffs Theo.  Theo rubs his sore wrist and points towards the transformer while walking up to it and flipping the switch.  The transformer begins to power up and glow.

"This thing can transmute the energy from a lightning bolt.  Even successive strikes." Theo explains. 

"Mason, are you sure this is gonna work?" Josie asks, unsure of the plan.  She couldn't shake off the bad feeling she had. 

"Well, whatever's inside this cage is shielded from any outside electrical current.  So the Ghost Rider won't be able to use lightning to escape." Mason explains.

Corey points at the long cable connected to a metal area of the floor, "We put a lightning rod on the roof and connected it to that conduit cable.  Drawing the Ghost Rider to that spot." 

"We can't send him directly in because the cage neutralizes electromagnetism.  Lightning will just bounce off it.  Which is the same reason it'll hold him in." Mason says.

Toby frowns and pokes Mason's shoulder, "If the Ghost Rider lands there, how do we get him in the cage, boyfriend?" He asks.

"We have to lure him in." Mason explains.

"Bait?" Scott asks in disbelief.

"I'll do it."  Hayden immediately volunteers.

Liam looks over to her with an unsure, worried look but Hayden gives him a reassuring smile.  

"It'll be okay.  I'm faster than you." She smirks at him.

Liam was still unsure.  He didn't want anything have to his mate. 

"As soon as Hayden's out, Scott and Liam, you guys close the gates, and then I'll put down a barrier of Mountain Ash." Mason says as he grabs a large jar of Mountain Ash.

"I'll be on the roof to take down the rod."  Corey says.

"We'll be on the lookout for any other Ghost Riders." Mason says, pointing at himself, Edward, and Hayden. 

"What do you think?" Liam asks them all. 

"I think you're nuts." Myst says.

"Nuts is far from what I'm thinking." John mutters.

Toby gives them an uncomfortable look.

"I think it's the best idea that we have right now." Scott says. 

"As long as everything goes perfectly and he doesn't escape and kill us all." Theo says sarcastically.

"And your transformer works and the whole place doesn't catch on fire." Hayden points out.

"And there isn't a catastrophic solar flare." Mason points out. 

Scott gives them a little smirk, "Let's do it."

"Okay." Mason says excitedly and moves to crank up the electricity.  Everyone backed away from the cage as the sound of electricity crackling and getting louder.  Sparks danced over the metal brightly.  So far so good, everything seemed to be going according to plan. 

Suddenly, the sound of thunder rumbling began to rumble and sounded like it was getting closer. 

"Ok, Myst, I need to you take Josie out of here." Scott says. 

"I agree." John says.

"I'm not leaving you." Josie protests.

"Jojo," Scott takes her hands and pull her over to where the door was, "What if something happens, what if the Ghost Rider escapes and tries to hurt you and Seth.  I don't want to risk it."

"What if they try and come after me while you are here for nothing?  We don't know what will happen." She protests.

"Sweet pea, he's right.  It's too risky for you and Seth.  You need to be safe." John says as he moves to stand near Scott. 

Josie sighs and rubs her belly as she feels Seth squirming around. 

"You better come back to me.  Or we will go through the Riders to get to you.  You know, Seth can do that." Josie warns.

Scott nods and gives her a small smile, "I know." He leans down slowly and kisses her softly and passionately.  Inhaling sharply, they break their kiss slowly and look into each others eyes.

"I love you." Scott whispers and rests his forehead against her, holding her close against him.

"I love you, too." She whispers back.

Scott winces and looks down at her belly, felling Seth kick against his hand.  He chuckles and squats to kiss her belly.

"I love you, too, Seth.  So much.  Keep your mom safe for me.  But, stay in there, ok?  I know you like helping us, but don't risk your health.  Stay safe for us, ok?" Scott whispers.

"You're talking to a belly, Scott." Theo looks at him stupidly and annoyed.

Scott was about to say something, till a soft coo was made.  Liam, Hayden, Theo, and Scott both flinch at the sound. 

"What was that?" Hayden asks

"What was what?"  John frowns at them.

Scott leans in to rest his head against Josie's belly, frowning as he strains to hear.  The sound was made again.  Scott flinches in surprise and laughs softly.

Scott gets to his feet and looks over to Theo, "I think my son told you to 'shut up'."

Josie giggles and looks down at her belly, "That better not be your first words."

"He's definitely carrying your fire." Scott smirks lovingly at Josie.

Theo rolls his eyes. 

John frowns as he remembers something, "Child of fire." He says softly.

Scott and Josie look up towards him and frowns in confusion, "That's what Lenore said back in Canaan.  What was she talking about?" Scott asks.

"It's something what Peter told me.  He heard of a prophecy about you two.  The Child of Fire and True Anchor with True Alpha." John explains. 

"Prophecy.  Didn't Brett say something about a prophecy?" Josie asks as she looks up at Scott. 

"I never asked him.  We were so caught up with the Deadpool, I never even thought about it." Scott says then looks up at John, "What Prophecy?"  Scott asks.

John clears his throat, "'Two souls pure of light, yet walk in the world of dark, will become one when the moon falls under the Earth's shadow, and when the sun emerges into the darkness, a child of fire will be born and shall lead the world of dark into the light'.  That's what Peter said."  John said.

Josie frowns at those words, realizing what they meant, "The Eclipse.  That's what Deaton said.  That's the Prophecy." 

"And what the Skinwalkers meant when they said you carried the power that would lead our world into peace.  That power." Edward points at her belly.  "Seth is our salvation to peace."

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