Moonlight Beta: Chapter 5 - Time Of Death
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Chapter 4, Chapter 6
Pairing: Scott McCall x Fem!Liam Dunbar
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Scott had brought Lia to his house after she started to show signs of healing, instead of taking her to her house. After explaining to his mother why the girl was looking like a mess, she immediately checked on the healed wound despite knowing she had alreayd healed.
Lia had showered and changed to more comfortable clothes, which were Scott's, and after that she called her mother and told her she will be staying over at a friend for the night, and she will come back during the day the next day because she will have the day off tomorrow.
"So... Lia is staying over for the night?" she heard Stiles when she walked toward Scott's room. "Yeah," Scott answered.
"Why...?" Stiles asked. "Because, I don't want her to be dealing with what happened tonight alone," Scott said.
Stiles was sitting on the carpet, facing Scott. He tilted his head, frowning, "All right, I get that. But--"
"She's my Beta, all right?" Scott said, "She's my responsibility." Stiles pointed at him, "Are you sure it's only that?" he asked quietly. Scott frowned, "What do you mean?" he asked and pulled the bag of money from under his bed.
"Never mind," Stiles said with a sigh, and he nodded to the bag, "What's that?"
Lia decided to walk in when she heard the bag unzipped. Scott sensed her coming and looked up. "Hey," she said, and Stiles looked over.
"Lia! What's up? Feeling better?" Stiles asked. Lia nodded and when Scott nodded her to come in, she did. "Yeah," she answered, and sat down between them, "Is that the bag from last night?"
"Yeah," Scott said and looked at her, "I, uh... I lied." He opened the bag, showing her and Stiles the money inside, making their eyes grow wide.
"Oh... wow," Lia said softly. There was a moment of silent before Stiles spoke, "You counted it yet?"
"No," Scott answered. "We should probably count it," Stiles told them. Lia nodded slowly, "I guess so," she muttered. Scott and Stiles each took a side, letting the money spill onto the floor.
A cassette tape fell with it, and Lia picked it up with a frown, flipping it over.
It said, "Play Me".
Lia, Scott and Stiles looked at each other in confusion. "Do you have a radio to play it?" Lia asked Scott. "Uh, yeah, hold on," Scott said as he got up. He walked out of the room for a moment and then came back with a radio.
He sat down on his spot and put the tape in. The trio listen to a man's voice.
"After entering the IP address, you will be connected through a Darknet portal to an untraceable bank. Once logged in, enter your account number to receive wire transfers. The IP address will deactivate with each transfer. You will be assigned a new IP address if you choose to continue down the list. Remember, visual confirmation is always required for payment."
Stiles hit pause, looking at Scott, "Ever made a wire transfer?"
"Never had enough money," Scott answered. "Me either," Lia muttered. Stiles gave the girl a look and when she looked at him in confusion, he looked at Scott, "So you didn't understand a word of that either."
"I don't understand any of this," Scott said, "Why would someone use all this money just to kill us?"
"Someone wants you dead, dude," Stiles said, "Badly. And Lia, she may not be in that list, but the is another..." He looked at Lia, "You can be in the next one."
"Thanks," Lia muttered sarcastically while Scott gave him a look. He rolled his eyes and started to put the money away. Stiles looked at him, "Whoa, whoa, what are you doing?"
"It's late," Scott pointed out, "You and I got the PSATs in the morning."
"No, I meant the money," Stiles said, "$500,000. You know how much money that is?"
"It's $500,000," Lia said in a duh voice. Scott couldn't help but smirk lightly while Stiles pointed a finger at her, "Hey, shh." He looked at the Alpha, "It's half a million dollars. Scott. What are you going to do, just slide it under your mattress?"
"I have to talk to Derek," Scott said, "The money's his."
"You mean his and Peter's," Stiles corrected. "Who's Peter?" Lia asked when Scott opened his mouth. "Uh, Derek's uncle," he answered, and he looked at Stiles, "And what does that mean?"
"It means maybe we should proceed with caution," Stiles said. Scott frowned, "You don't think we should tell Derek?"
"No," the human said, getting up, "No. No, of course we have to tell him. I'm just… I'm just saying, some of that money's Peter's, right?"
"Yeah."
"Right," Stiles said, "Peter. Homicidal killer? Remember? You want to give $500,000 to him."
"So we should give Derek his money back, but not Peter?" Lia asked suddenly, "I don't think it's right..." Stiles gave her a look. "What?" she asked.
"No, you right about it," Scott told his Beta. "Oh come on, I didn't say that," Stiles said. Scott gave him a look, "Stiles, what are you saying?"
Lia could smell Malia's scent and looked to the door. "Malia is coming." Scott and Stiles looked surprised and exchanged a quick look before putting the bag under the bed.
The second they did, the door opened and Malia walked in, drenched from the rain. Scott and Stiles looked down at the new Beta. Scott raised his eyebrows, impressed with his Beta, while Stiles raised his eyebrows and nodded, clearly impressed as well.
"Not bad," he muttered. "We found Satomi's pack," Malia said, and the trio looked at her, "Derek and I. But they're dead."
Scott's eyes grew wide, "All of them?" Malia nodded, "All the ones we found." Stiles frowned, "Then where's Derek?"
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A few days later, Lia met up at the McCall's with Kira, Scott, and Stiles to review the plan to try and bait the benefactor. Lia, however, was not convinced that this was a good idea to go through with.
"Is three enough?" Kira questioned, meaning the three laptops they had ready as monitors. "Depends on how many cameras they have. But I think so," Stiles replied.
Lia was fidgeting, clearly uncomfortable and anxious with this whole idea, "Are we really doing this?"
"We're doing it," Scott said, "Tonight."
Lia looked at her pack members, "But, isn't it kind of dangerous?" She couldn't help but worry for her new pack. Especially Stiles who was the human of the pack. Lia knew he could hold his own but it felt like pack instinct to keep him safe.
"It's incredibly dangerous," Stiles said with a nod, clearly not trying to calm the Beta much, "And borderline idiotic."
"Have you guys done something like this before?" Lia asked as she looked at Stiles, hoping they had experience in this so the rest wouldn't be walking in completely blind.
"Something dangerous? Or something idiotic?"
Kira butted in when she noticed how Stiles' words weren't helping the Beta relax at all, "I think it's a yes to both."
"You don't have to be part of it if you don't want to," Scott told his Beta in a comforting manner, feeling bad that she was already being sucked into the drama.
"I'm not scared," Lia said. Stiles snorted to himself at her words before ruffling her hair teasingly, "Well then freshman, you're borderline idiotic."
Lia failed to hide the small smile that made its way onto her lips from Stiles' words. Stiles then turned to his best friend, "If we do this, we don't know what's coming for us. You know that, right?"
"How do we even know something's definitely coming?" Kira asked.
"Because the tape from Garrett's bag said visual confirmation required," Scott explained.
"Simon said the same thing," Stiles said, recalling the guy who tried to kill them during the junior testing day. "He couldn't get paid by The Benefactor until he had proof that you guys were dead."
"So the idea is..." Scott trailed off, "'What if you kill someone on the dead pool, but you can't send the proof?'"
"You don't get paid," Kira answered the rhetorical question.
Lia frowned, "But how does that get us any closer to whoever the Benefactor is?"
"He still needs to know if the target is really dead," Scott answered.
Stiles nodded at his friends' words before adding, "Especially if it's someone high on the list."
"So if they want visual confirmation..." Lia trailed off.
Scott nodded, "He's gonna have to come get it himself."
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Lia, Scott, Kira, and Kira's Mom Noshiko were all in Scott's room as they prepared for the procedure which would put Scott in an almost death-like state.
Lia, feeling like she was the only sane one there, was incredibly concerned about the backfire that this could have.
"Are you guys totally sure about this?" the blue-eyes beta had been pacing back and forth.
Kira glanced from her to Scott, "I think Lia's kind of nervous. Maybe you should tell her it's going to be alright," she advised Scott, knowing that he was the alpha and she would listen the most to him.
Scott looked over at the freshman who was extremely anxious, terrified even. He smiled at her softly as she stepped closer, "It's gonna be alright." However, Scott's words weren't able to fix everything. Lia looked over at Noshiko who was helping Kira learn how to use her powers.
"So, you've done this before, right?" Lia asked.
"I've seen it done" the older Kitsune corrected.
Lia frowned lightly, "Is that just as good?" she asked. The youngest in the room was holding onto her last shred of hope.
"No," Noshiko answered bluntly and honestly.
Kira gave her a look, "Mom, you're not inspiring confidence." The girl was already worried enough that she might mess this up, she needed her mother to have confidence in her and not upset Lia even further.
"Good. This is a terrible idea."
Lia couldn't help but panic more because of this, and Scott took her hand. "Do you want us to do it without you?" Kira snapped at her mother, and both of them stared down at each other.
Lia and Scott looked between them before glancing at each other.
"Put your hand over his heart," Noshiko said, giving in.
Before Kira did as told, Scott grabbed her arm to pause for a moment. "Hold on." He turned towards Noshiko, "What happens while I'm out? Am I gonna feel anything?"
"It might feel like you're dreaming," Noshiko answered.
"Good dreams or bad?" Scott asked.
"I suppose that depends on you," Noshiko told him.
Scott laid back down on the bed, and gently let go of Lia's hand. Noshiko nodded to Kira, who hesitated.
Kira took a steady breath before she put her hand above Scott's heart, making electricity crackle through his body, slowly shutting it down temporarily.
Scott gasped loudly, looking up in pain.
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Lia, Stiles, Kira and Noshiko surrounded Scott's semi-dead body, which was lying on the table in the hospital morgue. Melissa entered the morgue after giving a performance of a lifetime when breaking down after finding out her son was 'dead'.
"I still hate this plan," Melissa said as she wiped her tears away. "I mean this is pretty significantly terrifying. He looks dead."
"Give me your hand," Noshiko said softly. Melissa looked at Stiles and Lia, who nodded. Melissa held out her hand, and Noshiko took it and put it on her son's chest. "Wait for it."
Melissa sighed in relief when she sensed the faint heartbeat. "Is that enough to keep a werewolf alive?" she couldn't help but ask.
"Enough for an alpha," Noshiko answered.
"How much time do we have?" Melissa asked.
"45 minutes."
She nodded, "What happens after that?"
"I bring him back the same way," Kira answered confidently, holding Lia's hand.
"No, I mean what happens if he stays like this longer than 45 minute?" Melissa asked, and the group of teens looked away awkwardly.
"No ones told her?" Noshiko asked.
"What?" Melissa asked, "What happens after 45 minutes?"
"He dies."
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Stiles, Kira, and Lia were in front of the three laptops as they spoke with Chris Argent over the phone in a room.
"I'm ready. Try it now."
Stiles turned the three on to see the cameras that Chris had placed all around the hospital were successfully on.
Lia smiled knowing that it was starting to go in a good direction for them.
***
Scott's Mind:
Scott woke up inside one of the body drawers. He looked behind him, seeing that the narrow square shaft seemed to go on forever. He crawled through the shaft drawer, and crawled out to find himself falling out of a locker and at the high school.
Scott got up and started walking down the hallway. "Catch," the famished voice of his Beta rang through his ears.
Scott immediately caught the lacrosse ball and saw Lia standing there in her lacrosse jersey. She smiled, "That's why you're team captain." She winked before walking down the hall and into a classroom. Scott followed in confusion, dropping the ball behind him.
Scott walked into the classroom, looking around, but he didn't see Lia.
There was a laptop open on the teacher's desk. On the screen, the Benefactor's code scrolled to a stop. The "Keyword" prompt flashed. Scott typed in his own name, hitting enter.
The list uncoded into a list of the assassins.
The Mute
The Orphans
The Chemist
Scott thought that the dream was telling him to take this list as his own dead pool. "I can't do that. I can't kill them."
Lia appeared next to him, "Someone has to."
Scott turned at her, "Why me?"
"Because you're the Alpha," Lia said.
"I'm not a murderer," Scott said.
"But you are a predator," Lia said.
Scott shook his head, "No, we're predators. But we don't have to." Lia looked at him curiously, tilting her head. "We don't have to."
Scott shook his head, starting to breathe heavily, slamming the computer closed. He heard gasping of pain behind him, and turned around quickly. Lia was on the floor, with the Mute standing above her with his tomahawk on Lia's back.
***
Reality:
Stiles, Lia and Kira were still watching the computer screens until one went completely out. "Is that supposed to look like that?" Lia asked, being the first one to notice the screen going out.
"No," Stiles muttered, "No, it's not."
"Where is that?" Kira asked.
"It's the roof," Stiles answered, "Someone's gonna have to check it out."
"I'll go," Kira told them, turning to leave.
"Whoa, whoa," Stiles said, making her turn back to him, "This might not just be a malfunction."
"That's why I'm bringing this," Kira said as she pulled out her Katana before starting to walk away.
"I'm coming with you," Lia immediately said.
Kira slowed down for a moment so Lia could catch up before the two girls started towards the roof, ignoring Stiles' protests, "Okay! And you're both coming right back immediately. Especially you Lia!" Stiles sighed to himself. "Kids."
***
Scott's Mind:
Once again, Scott woke up inside one of the body drawers. He crawled and fell right out of a locker, falling into the school. He got up and started walking again.
"Catch!"
Scott did so, but somehow this time he had his claws out. Scott looked at Lia.
"That's why you're the Alpha."
Scott then somehow was now in the locker room. He was leaning against the sinks, looking at his reflection in the mirror.
Lia was standing behind him, crossing her arms over her chest. She watched him examining his fangs in the mirror. "There's something different, isn't there?"
"I've got more fangs," Scott said, "I noticed it during the quarantine. I don't know why."
"Maybe it's part of being an Alpha," Lia suggested, "Like you're becoming more of a werewolf."
"Or more of a monster," Scott muttered.
"What if it makes you stronger?" Lia suggested and smirked lightly, "What if I said it makes you sexier?" Scott smiled unconsciously. "It's like you're--"
But he heard a stab and turned around to see now the Mute killing Lia. "Evolving" It finished as Lia fell forward, but Scott rushed to catch her. He looked at the tomahawk in her back. He looked at the Mute, glaring.
The Mute placed a finger over where his mouth should have been.
***
Reality:
Kira and Lia made their way to the rooftop. They were looking around until one of the boxes exploded into electrical sparks, startling both girls. "Looks like someone did something to it," Lia said.
They heard behind them growling, and Kira turned first to see a Berserker.
"I think somebody did," Kira said and got out her Katana swiftly while Lia turned around to become face-to-face with the creature.
The Berserker growled as it approached them. Lia's face morphed into her werewolf one as she growled back. She flicked her claws out before roaring and charging at the creature to fight. The Berkserker blocked her moves, and then it gripped her by her throat, lifting her up, throwing her back several feet into the chain link fence, making her fall.
Kira tried to fight but was knocked out a few moments after. "Kira, Kira, get up!" Lia's shrieks finally pulled Kira out of the trance, and she helped the older girl get up to her feet.
The berserker was still standing, ready and eager to keep on fighting.
Lia groaned as she, once again, was thrown to the ground by the Berserker. "Lia, run! Get out of here!" Kira yelled as she tried to fight the Berserker by herself. But the Beta ignored her pack member pleas, getting right back up.
"Lia!" Kira warned. Lia roared, jumping on top of a fence that covered the box panel of the hospital, about to claw at the berserker.
***
Scott's Mind:
Scott, once again, woke up in one of the body drawers. He crawled and fell out, getting up again.
"Catch!"
Instead of the lacrosse ball, it was the tomahawk that he caught. He then looked down to see Lia on the ground, a wound in her chest.
"Why did you do that?" Lia whimpered.
"Let me help you. Let me show you how." The Mute's hand guided Scott to swing the tomahawk. And Scott did exactly that again and again.
***
Reality:
Stiles, Lia, Kira and Chris stood around Scott. Kira managed to wake Scott, who screamed as he opened his eyes. "Scott, hey!" Lia said as they looked at him in relief, while the Beta placed her hand on his arm.
"What happened?" Scott asked, "Did it work?"
They all exchanged a look; they failed to capture the Benefactor, whoever it may be. Instead, they had caught the attention of the werejaguar Kate Argent, Chris' sister. Kira's Mom had gotten injured. Nothing to come out a success from this plan.
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Addobbi di Natale: decorare casa per le feste
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Addobbi di Natale: decorare casa per le feste
Decorare casa in vista delle festività natalizie non è solo un’attività piacevole e divertente, ma una vera e propria tradizione. Qualcuno vi si dedica in un giorno ben preciso, ad esempio un mese prima di Natale oppure l’8 dicembre; altri invece lo fanno quando ne hanno voglia, dedicando magari qualche minuto al giorno a decorare un punto ben preciso della casa e arricchendo via via ogni spazio con nuovi addobbi.
Chi desidera non solo divertirsi e rendere la casa festosa, ma anche strappare qualche complimento genuino ai propri ospiti, deve scegliere con attenzione le decorazioni da utilizzare. Data la grande varietà di addobbi e oggetti natalizi oggi disponibili, per ottenere un effetto davvero sorprendente è preferibile decidere in anticipo stile, tema e colori sui quali puntare.
In questo articolo vi spiegheremo come procedere alla scelta degli addobbi di Natale e alla decorazione della vostra abitazione.
Decorare casa per Natale: da dove cominciare
Il primo passo da compiere per regalare alla propria abitazione un’atmosfera natalizia d’effetto consiste nel decidere lo stile principale. Questo dovrà essere in grado di adattarsi al meglio allo stile dell’arredo, assecondandolo e arricchendolo.
Com’è facile immaginare, lo stile guiderà anche la scelta dei colori dominanti, ai quali sarà possibile aggiungerne altri per offrire un effetto più movimentato e sorprendente.
Così, se l’abitazione presenta un arredo in stile scandinavo, sarà opportuno puntare su decorazioni bianche e argentate, aggiungendo, in punti strategici, elementi blu; se invece l’arredamento è in stile shabby chic, via libera, oltre che al bianco, al rosa cipria e all’azzurro. In questo caso, sarà inoltre possibile introdurre qualche elemento rosso, come un cuscino, un plaid, delle calze appese al caminetto e così via.
L’arredo tradizionale e quello country si adattano alla perfezione ai colori tipici del Natale, come il rosso, il verde e l’oro, mentre un’abitazione in stile marino potrà giocare con le tonalità di bianco e azzurro.
La scelta del tema
Sebbene non sia d’obbligo, scegliere un tema può aiutare a ottenere un effetto finale ancora più interessante e originale.
A seconda delle vostre preferenze, potrete decidere di incentrare le decorazioni della vostra abitazione sul tema dello Schiaccianoci o di altre storie natalizie, oppure di creare un vero e proprio villaggio di Natale, posizionando piccoli lampioni, cassette postali e ghirlande decorate.
Decidere quali stanze addobbare
Dopo aver deciso stile, colori dominanti e tema, dovrete fare un ulteriore passo avanti e chiedervi: quali stanze desidero addobbare?
Se il vostro obiettivo è quello di creare la giusta atmosfera per accogliere con calore i vostri ospiti, dovrete concentrarvi sulle stanze nelle quali questi si soffermeranno, primi fra tutti l’entrata e il salotto. Quest’ultimo in particolare è lo spazio che, nella maggior parte dei casi, è destinato ad accogliere l’albero di Natale e il presepe, nonché la maggior parte degli addobbi di Natale.
Nel caso in cui i vostri ospiti dovessero fermarsi a pranzo o a cena, meglio effettuare qualche piccolo intervento anche nella cucina o, se separata da questa, nella sala da pranzo.
Laddove voleste regalarvi il piacere di immergervi totalmente nell’atmosfera natalizia, allora potreste trasformare anche la vostra camera da letto e persino il bagno.
Per finire, se disponete di un cortile o di un giardino privato, non potrete non posizionare qualche addobbo davanti alla porta d’ingresso e in alcuni punti strategici.
Quali sono gli addobbi di Natale irrinunciabili
Eccoci finalmente arrivati a uno dei momenti più divertenti: la scelta degli addobbi di Natale. Sebbene questa possa variare in base al tema da voi scelto e allo stile, ve ne sono alcuni che risultano dei veri e propri must have per gli amanti del Natale, prime fra tutti le ghirlande.
La ghirlanda, la quale può essere acquistata già decorata oppure può essere addobbata, secondo il proprio gusto personale, con lucine, pigne, palline e via dicendo, viene in genere posta sulla porta d’ingresso, all’interno –se questa si affaccia sul pianerottolo del condominio – o all’esterno – se disponete di un cortile privato.
Per rendere ancora più accogliente la porta di casa, potrete posizionare tutt’attorno dei festoni. Questi ultimi sono perfetti anche per decorare le finestre, le porte interne e, se avete la fortuna di averne uno, il caminetto.
Un altro addobbo immancabile, in particolare se in casa vi sono dei bambini, è il calendario dell’avvento, disponibile in tante varietà. Tra i più belli rientrano quelli in legno a forma di casetta, di caminetto o di albero di Natale e dotati di cassettini all’interno dei quali è possibile inserire piccoli regali.
Tra gli altri addobbi natalizi che non possono mancare nella vostra abitazione rientrano i villaggi di Natale in movimento, spesso dotati di musica, gli gnomi e gli schiaccianoci, tutti perfetti per essere posizionati sotto l’albero o sulle mensole, insieme a pigne e candele.
Irrinunciabili naturalmente le palline, da appendere non solo all’albero, ma anche a festoni e ghirlande, e il centrotavola, perfetto per rendere natalizia anche la cucina.
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