Cyrus Graeme was in the kitchen of his single parent, two-story home pouring himself his favorite nighttime snack. A bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios. His mother, Tara, was sitting at the kitchen table going over some case files from the Beacon Hills Police Department. She was a Deputy who never seemed to leave home at work. Cyrus watched as he ate. Things have been a bit different since his dad died. He was also a police officer, a detective, but was killed in the line of duty. Cyrus wanted his mom to quit the force after that, but she insisted that he and Beacon Hills needed her, now more than ever. He didn't completely blame her though. It was pretty much all she knew and the benefits provided were great. He just wished she took some time for herself to at least breathe.

Her police radio blared to life with dispatch on the other end. "Calling all Beacon Hills Department and State Police Officers to Beacon Hills Preserve. We have a 10-54."

Mother and son both looked up understanding the code and what it meant for their night. His mom was going to work again with a possible killer on the loose. Cyrus looked up from his bowl with his mouth half-full. He made sure to swallow it all before asking, "You're not actually going, are you?"

"You know I have to. You know Noah can barely handle this job without me." Tara said as she gathered her files to get ready to leave. Thankfully she never got undressed from work.

"Just make sure he's keeping you safe out there, not the other way around." Cyrus responded. He didn't want her to go, but he trusted that she'd be safe with the whole department with her, but especially Noah Stilinski. He was his best friend's dad and the two surmised that their parents may have had feelings for each other. Cyrus wasn't sure about how he felt about the idea. He loved Stilinski as an uncle, but didn't like the idea of someone replacing his dad. He shook the thought from his head. That wasn't important right now.

"I will, but you need to worry about Stiles. Knowing him he's already planning on getting you and Scott involved with what's going on. Please stay home tonight. Don't let Stiles lead you astray when he's supposed to be following your example." Tara said before heading to the door.

"Yes, ma'am." Cyrus said to get her out of there. Next to his bowl his phone began vibrating to life. They both knew who was calling him.

"I mean it, Cyrus. Stay home." Tara said with pleading eyes as she opened the door.

"I got it, mom. I'll be home and ready for practice tomorrow." Cyrus said as he watched her leave. As soon as she did he answered the phone. "Yeah, I heard. Pick me up before Scott so my mom thinks I'm still home."

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Cyrus and Stiles pulled up to Scott's house, deciding to park on the street instead of the driveway. Stiles couldn't contain his excitement. "Call Scott so we can beat our parents to the body."

Cyrus looked at him with a guilty expression. "I... left it at home."

"Dude. Why?" Stiles asked, clearly confused.

"My mom tracks it and she told me to stay home."

"Good point."

"But..." Cyrus started to say before reaching into his bag and pulling something out. "I have a flashlight! Anyway, you tried earlier, right? Just go get him, we're already late."

Stiles grumbled to himself about always having to do everything before getting out of the car and climbing atop porch and making too much noise to get his attention.

Ella was sitting in her room. She had just moved to Beacon Hills and she didn’t have a lot to do. She knew high school would be the hardest part. She didn’t know anyone…her brother was somewhere else in the house. She didn’t know where though. She stood up from her chair and moved to her bed, she grabbed her laptop and opened it. She planned on watching the news but when she saw that there was a 10-54 her first instinct was to get up and go investigate. Maybe this place had other werewolves..she didn’t know much. She went around the house looking for her brother, it didn’t take long for her to find him. “Hey Bro, I’m heading out for a bit, I might stop at the store do you need me to pick something up?”

Her brother looked at her, “No, but this doesn't have anything to do with you going out to investigate the 10-54?” They both only knew what it was because they both had pretended to be older at one point and worked in a station. They looked old enough for it so they faked documents. They decided that by moving to Beacon Hills they would stay with their normal files. So they were sticking to their real names and files. “No not at all.” She tried to sound as unsuspicious as possible. She watched him shake his head, he knew what was going on but he chose to remain quiet.

She made her way out the door in all black and took off, she was fast and had forgotten it was a full moon. Her eyes turned yellow as she took off into the woods. She was in control and she used her abilty to smell to track down the body and when she found it…in half… she ran the other way.

Scott’s plan was to spend the night at home. His mom had gone to work for the night so he was home alone. When he turned on the news and heard the reports of someone missing and a body found in the woods he knew full well Stiles and Cyrus would be over. He did his best not to think about this as he went upstairs. He heard a noise coming from downstairs and he grabbed his bat as he walked down to the porch. It wasn’t long before Stiles was leaning off the roof upside looking at him. “Stiles! What are you doing here?” Stiles shook his head as he laughed, “Let’s go, we have something to investigate. Cyrus is waiting for us.” Scott shook his head and sighed as he followed Stiles…time to most likely get themselves in more trouble, something they could not afford.

The trio arrived at the Beacon Hills Preserve faster than they should have due to Stiles driving like a bat out of Hell. His excuse was, “No cops on the road to worry about with them all heading there.”

They got out and searched the woods, Cyrus and Stiles having flashlights while Scott came ill-prepared due to him being rushed. Their search only just began when they saw the police in the woods across the way. Cyrus and Stiles turned off their flashlights once they started running, but Stiles was caught while Scott managed to hide behind a tree and Cyrus was able to blend in with some leaves on the ground with his dark camouflage hoodie.

“Hold on. This little delinquent's mine.” Sheriff Stilinski said with a sigh. “Do you listen to all of my phone calls?”

“Only the interesting ones,” Stiles answered with a cheeky smile.

“Where's Cyrus? I know he's out here with you, when I told him not to be!” Deputy Graeme said before only yelling the last part to make sure her son heard it if he was out there hiding.

“Cyrus? He's at home. He told me he couldn't risk causing you trouble. But me? I'm a born schemer.” Stiles responded, hoping she'd buy it.

“Right… Cyrus, Scott, if you two are out there you better get home before your mom and I do.” Deputy Graeme said before she and the officers walked Stiles back to his car.

Once they were out of earshot Cyrus got up from his leaves and ran up to Scott. “Dude. That was so close.” They started to walk again, Cyrus intent on finding the body to at least tell Stiles about it for taking one for the team. He turned on his flashlight and led the way. They both stopped once they reached a clearing feeling like they heard something. Cyrus pointed his light towards the source and saw a deer, no, a stampede of deer. He pushed Scott to the ground to protect him from the oncoming assault. Thankfully they weren't trampled but they lost Scott's inhaler in the chaos.

They got up and started to search for it with Cyrus's flashlight but they found the other thing they were looking for instead. It was a young woman's body. Well, the top half. The surprise caused them both to trip and stumble down a hill.

They got up and dusted themselves off. “We found the body, now let’s get out of here. I'm getting a bad feeling.” Cyrus said, looking around.

“You should. We just saw a dead girl's body!” Scott yelled in a whispered tone.

“Why are you whispering?” Cyrus asked.

“Just in case who or whatever did that is still out here.” Scott replied.

“True, but I wonder what happened. I know her. It's been six years, but that was Laura Hale. She used to babysit me and her sister.” Cyrus said. He hadn't seen her or her family since their house and family were victims of arson six years ago.

They should've ran when they had the chance. A growl was heard causing them both to turn and look at the source. It was some kind of beast. It tackled Scott. Scott tried to turn his body and run, but it bit him. But just as it did Cyrus kicked it in the head allowing Scott to free himself. The two started to run for their lives but the beast specifically charged for Cyrus after the stunt he just pulled. The beast bit his leg causing him to fall to the ground. The beast was on him and stared into the depths of his soul with its dark, glowing red eyes. All Cyrus could see was death, but the beast stopped as if it recognized him. It got up and ran off.

Cyrus was confused but took this as the blessing that it was. He thanked God before Scott helped him up and the two ran for the road, almost getting run over by a minivan in the process. They couldn't believe what just happened.

After almost getting run over Scott managed to look over to the side, he saw someone running and whoever it was looked like a female. “Cyrus, did you see that?” Scott looked at him, and Cyrus shook his head. “I could have sworn I saw someone running away from the body…it looked like a human…a female most likely. You truly didn’t see anything?”

Cyrus shook his head again, he was still shocked. “I’m sorry man but I saw nothing. I was focused on getting away, not paying attention to my surroundings.”

Scott nodded, “That makes sense, maybe I’m just seeing things.” They both shook their heads as they walked off.

Cyrus looked back at Scott, “Do you know what that was?” Scott shook his head. Cyrus sighed, “Scott that was a werewolf.”

Scott stopped in his tracks. He thought about it, but assured himself that wasn't possible and continued walking. “Werewolves aren't real.”

“I didn't think so either, but I know what I saw and if you really did see a woman out there, maybe she's one, too.” Cyrus rebutted.

“Or she could just be a rambunctious teenager like us.” Scott replied.

“Rambunctious? How old are you?” Cyrus asked before continuing. “You may have a point there, but I know a werewolf almost killed us. Just wait until Stiles hears this. My house is close, I'll drop you off. My mom should still be out there when I get back.”

Ella had at this point been watching from the side trying to remain unseen. Although she had heard them talk about seeing her well, one of them did. She was trying to pick up as much information as she could manage but it wasn't long till she had to return home. School was coming in a few hours and she needed to get some sleep.