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Ariane stands at the service desk with Derek and Argent. Somehow, the charges were dropped. Ariane didn't know how, but she wasn't complaining. She shoves her phone, wallet, and keys in her pockets.

"Sorry, but I can't let you walk out with this." Parrish says holding up Argent's taser, "It's way above the legal voltage limit."

"I only use it for hunting."

"Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure you could use it to jump-start a 747."

"This property belongs to me and the charges were dropped." Argent says before turning to Ariane and Derek, "Although, I'm not exactly sure who's responsible for that."

"I am." Stilinski says, "I'll take care of this, Parrish."

"Sheriff, I'm not kidding." Parrish says leaning toward him, "This thing's a few watts from being a lightsaber."

Stilinski takes the taser from him, "I said I'll take care of it."

He looks at the others and nods towards his office. They follow him in as he heads to his desk. Derek closes the door behind him.

"The specialist I saw in LA told me the thing that every doctor says when he's trying to avoid a lawsuit." Stilinski says, "We can't say for sure." And then I spoke with Melissa." He pulls out two pictures, "These are brain scans. My wife's and Stiles'. I knew they were similar."

Argent takes the pictures and overlaps them as Stilinski continues, "But those are the same. Exactly the same."

"And I'm guessing this isn't possible?" Derek says

"Not even remotely."

"So the trickster is still playing tricks." Ariane says as Argent sets the pictures down

Derek sighs, "But why this trick?"

Stilinski looks down, "When I was in the Army, an officer told me, "If you want to defeat your enemy, you don't take away their courage. You take away their hope."

"You don't look like a man who gives up hope easily." Argent says

"But Stiles might." Stilinski nods, "If this thing inside him, if it's using his mother's disease as some sort of psychological trick, then this isn't just a fight for his body. It's also a fight for his mind. Right?"

"You know, he's left people severely injured." Argent says

Ariane tilts her head, "And others severely dead."

"That's why I need the three of you. I need people who are experienced in this kind of thing. I need you to help me stop him."

Argent turns to him, "And by stop him, you mean trap him."

Stilinski nods before handing him his taser. As Argent takes it, he raises his brows at Stilinski.

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Ariane sighs as she enters Argent's office.

"This is everything non-lethal I could find." Allison says walking over to the desk

"Take all of it." Argent says

"What's the plan here?" Stilinski asks

"Our best shot right now is for Derek to try to pick up Stiles' scent at Eichen House. Especially if he went through something stressful there."

"Should all five of us be going to the same place?"

Argent turns to his daughter, "Where else has Stiles been showing up?"

"School, the hospital."

Ariane shuts her eyes, "Okay, wait. We did this already. He disappeared. We started looking for him. Then walked right into a trap at the hospital."

"He's getting us to repeat the same moves." Argent says

Allison frowns, "So, what do we do? Wait for him to come to us?"

Derek shakes his head, "We can't. Not if the Oni find him when the sun goes down."

"Scott's working on them right now, with Kira." Stilinski nods

"That's the problem." Ariane sighs, "We're all trying to outfox the fox."

Stillinski looks over as Derek looks down, "Listen. I'll understand if anyone wants to back out."

"I'm not gonna be the first wolf to run from a fox." Derek shrugs grabbing a weapon off the table

"Apparently, I'm carrying the lightsaber." Argent says

"Dad, you and Derek hit Eichen House." Allison orders, "Sheriff and Ariane, it's you and me in the hospital. We all meet in the school."

Stilinski nods before following her out. Derek grabs a bag off the table before heading toward the door. Ariane follows him before he turns back. She furrows her brows before noticing he's looking past her. She turns and notices Argent loading his gun.

"Making sure you have a few lethal options just in case?" Ariane says. Argent turns to her.

"I like to prepare for the worst."

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Ariane leans back against the wall as the elevator door closes. It's silent for a second before Stilinski chuckles, "You know what, I don't know how you guys do it. You're all so strong. You're fearless. Hell, you even manage to keep your grades up."

Allison stares straight ahead, "I am failing Econ."

"Is that Coach's class?" Stilinski sighs. He turns to Allison who nods, "Well, I'll have a talk with him."

Ariane looks up as Allison exhales deeply. Stilinski notices her watery eyes and leans over to stop the elevator, "Hey. You okay?"

"I'm not..." She stops, "Fearless. I'm terrified. I'm always terrified. I... I act like I know what I'm doing, but I don't. I don't know if Isaac is dying right now. I don't know if I made a mistake with Scott. I don't know what my dad is thinking. I don't know if we should trust Derek. I don't know..." She cries, "I don't know anything."

Stilinski immediately wraps her arms around her. Ariane looks on from the other side of the elevator. Truthfully, she had felt exactly how Allison did. When she first learned about the supernatural and training from her parents, she was terrified. Always afraid that whatever assignment she went on with her parents or whenever she went into the woods to train, she wouldn't come back. She hadn't known what to expect.

Of course, eventually, she had learned to just put on a brave face. When you become a hunter, you couldn't be scared of what could happen. You had to be fearless.

"You know what's funny? You sound just like a cop." Stilinski says earning a laugh from Allison, "Hey. You're gonna be okay."

"Okay." Stilinski says as Allison nods and pulls away. As he goes to start the elevator up again, his phone buzzes in his pocket.

"What's that?" Allison asks

Stillinski's face hardens, "Someone's breaking into my house." Ariane walks over leaning over Allison's shoulder, "After Stiles started sleepwalking, I had some security precautions put in. Motion sensors. Cameras."

Stilinski clicks the app and pulls up the camera. It shows them a room with someone sitting on the bed.

"Is that his room?" Ariane asks. The camera zooms in as Stiles slowly waves back at them.

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After getting the alert from Stilinski's house, the group rushed over to the home. Of course, Stiles' room was empty. They all gather around his desk and look down at a chess board. All of the pieces had the names of their family and friends.

"What is all this?" Argent says, "What are these sticky notes for?"

"This is what Stiles used to try and explain to me about all of you." Stilinski says

Allison nods, "Cool, maybe it's a message from Stiles. The real Stiles."

Argent reaches over and picks up a piece that had fallen off the board. He turns it upwards and reads the sticky note. Isaac.

"You think there's any reason my name's on the king?" Derek says

"Well, you're heavily guarded." Stilinski points, "Though I guess the alarming detail is that you're one move from being in checkmate."

"It's not a message from Stiles." Argent says, "It's a threat from the Nogitsune."

"He's at the loft. That's what he's trying to tell us." Allison says

"And he wants us to come there."

Derek looks toward the window, "Night's falling."

"This couldn't sound any more like a trap." Ariane says crossing her arms

Stilinski says his head "I don't think it is."

Argent looks over, "I think your opinion might be slightly biased, Sheriff."

"Hear me out." Stilinski points, "What we're dealing with here is basically someone who lacks motive. No rhyme, no reason, right?"

"Meaning what?"

"Our enemy is not a killer. It's a trickster. The killing is just a by-product."

"If you're trying to say it won't kill us, I'm not feeling too confident about that." Ariane scoffs

"It won't. It wants irony. It wants to play a trick. It wants a joke. All we need to do is come up with a new punch line."

"The sun is setting, Sheriff." Argent says, "What do you have in mind?"

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