Chapter 25: Everyone's Got Fake Names

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Stiles POV:

I finally end up back outside of Daniels 3 hours after I got 'rescued'? Or whatever that massacre was? Honestly, I don't feel bad at all that those guys got ripped to shreds by that scary Eve lady. I'm actually a little bit pleased. I arrived at the shop again in the middle of the day, so some of the businesses were open and whatnot. I walked through the broken door of Daniel's book store and grabbed my stuff. I checked the few books I left here. Most of them and the keys were at his apartment, so I wasn't so scared. I walked back out and headed to the bakery shop next door, they were open, yet there wasn't really anyone in there except a little old lady behind the register. I walked in.

"Hello?" I said to get her attention as she was kind of staring into space.

"Oh! Yes, hello. What can I get for you?" She said, slightly startled.

I may not have my wallet, but I didn't put all my money inside it in the first place. I learned after the attempted mugging the first time I was here. It mainly had my driver's license and some spare change, and my metro card. I grabbed $5 from my bag and pointed to two pastries on the counter. I was hungry. The lady started to grab them and was packing them up for me.

"Hey, I was wondering, do you know what happened to Daniel? The guy who owned the bookstore next to you? He's a friend, but I just got back to Portland, and I don't know how to get in touch." I asked.

"Oh, Daniel? He's in the hospital. Nothing too serious, I was told—just a few scrapes and bruises. Someone broke into the store and beat him up. They didn't even take anything. It was just useless violence. A shame it was Daniel; he was such a nice boy, he didn't deserve it." The old lady said while taking my cash and handing me both pastries and a coffee I didn't order.

I thanked her and went to the police station.

It's the only thing I could do. I don't know what hospital Daniel's in. But the break-in must be a police report, and they must know where he is. And it is as good a time as any to say hello. It took me not too long to get to the police station. Like I said before, it was only 3 blocks from the bookstore. I walked in; I looked kinda depressing, my clothes were all dirty, there was definitely a little blood on my shirt from being hit in the head a bit too hard, and I'm sure I looked beaten up. Overall I was a mess.

I wiped my hand down my face and told the guard I was looking for Sergeant Wu. At least Wu would be friendly. I waited for a while. I almost fell asleep. But Wu came by looking busy, and a bit annoyed until he saw me.

"Stiles! When did you get back?!" He said, grabbing me and pulling me into the station.

"And what happened to you?" He said after actually looking at the state of me.

I sighed. "Long story. Are the captain and Nick here? I rather tell everyone."

"Yeah, sure, here you can drop your bag here. And sit, I'll go round up everyone. Grab a coffee and some donuts." Wu said as he walked off to go get the others.

I looked around and sneakily opened his laptop, opened the crime reports on break-ins, and searched up Daniel's info. Like the hospital and what exactly happened, I quickly shut out of it once I got what I was looking for. I turned around and saw Nick and ...uh… Hank walked in. Wu was nowhere to be seen. I waved; I might as well do it myself. Hank looked surprised while Nick looked shocked. They walked up immediately.

"Get mugged again?" Hank asked.

"Har har har, try kidnaped," I said, sitting back in the seat, not really in the mood for jokes.

Well, at least now they looked concerned.

"Trouble follows you, huh?" Hank says, looking at the blood on my shirt.

"Every single day," I respond.

I take a big sigh. Alright, where did Wu go? I want to sleep, and to get that; I need to report this crime and go. I see Wu come in and leads us all to the captain's office. I get a little nervous but push it down and just wave awkwardly.

"Hey, guys." I smile rather more of a grimace.

"When did you get back? How are you?" The captain asked.

"I got back yesterday later in the day. And I'm okay, aside from getting kidnapped outside my friend's place. You know, witnessing 3 psychopaths kill some people and somehow rescue me was surprisingly not too weird." I said, somewhat sarcastically.

But, indeed, it's not really weird for me. Wu, Hank, Nick, and the captain were not expecting that.

"You were kidnapped?!" Wu shouted but quieted down after realizing he was a little too loud.

"I mean, why? How? And when?" Wu asked in succession.

"Well, I don't know the reason why they kidnapped me, but it happened when I got here yesterday, and they literally chased me down the block and then threw me in their van, and then I woke up chained to a chair somewhere else. I don't know what they wanted from me because before they had the chance to ask, they were all murdered." I said, explaining myself more.

"You killed them?" Nick asked.

"No, no, the three psychopaths that I met," I said; the Eve lady is gonna give me a new set of nightmares for a while.

"I have no idea who they are, and I'm pretty sure they all gave me codenames. I never met any of them before, but they sure were strong. Like wesen strong." I said to Nick.

Not that I saw any of them woge but, the telekinesis mind shit, it's not humanly possible.

"Well, I'll see what I can get from the code names; let's hear it." The captain said, opening his computer.

"Oh, I guess I could explain what they look like as well. One guy didn't give me his name, and honestly, it was really dark, and I didn't see his face too well, but the other two gave my names. The scary lady, who I'm almost positive that she is a wesen, told me her name was Eve; I'm sure she was wearing a white wig, and she was wearing a black trenchcoat. Honestly, she's probably gonna give me nightmares for a few years. There was not a speck of blood on her, but all the people around them were dead, I think. I assumed from the screams before I was rescued that they had dealt with them." I said while the captain seemed to type.

Nick pulled out his notes to also jot this stuff down.

"And the last girl that was there was somewhat close to my age, and she has short black hair and all-black clothes, and she said her name was trouble. But nobody's name is trouble." I said, laughing a bit at the cliché nickname.

But everyone else around me reacted differently; they all looked shocked.

"Trouble? Are you sure?" Nick asked, grabbing my shoulder.

"Yeah, you know her?" I asked Nick.

But I didn't need to know the answer because from their reaction, obviously, they didn't know her. Was she in on this whole wesen thing? Most likely considering the situation, I met her in.

Does that mean that the people who kidnapped me somehow knew I was a Grimm? If that were the case, it would make more sense why they kidnapped me, but it also doesn't make any sense how they figured out I was one. I didn't go around telling anyone except for Daniel. But Daniel wouldn't tell anyone.

Hmmmmm, weird, very weird.

We talked a bit more about the kidnapping, and I showed them on a map where I was held captive, or at least the closest I could remember where I was held captive. I spent about an hour there; I went over all the things that happened with Wu and Hank. Wu told me I could talk to him about wesen if I ever needed to.

I was debating about telling him about Beacon Hills and the monsters that dwell there, but I decided against it for now, for Peter and Derek's sake, the fewer people that know about them, the better. I said I was gonna go put my bags away. Head to the hospital and see Daniel for a bit, then sleep.

But Nick wanted to talk more so he gave me the address to a Spice and Tea shop and told me to meet him there later. I wonder why this place of all places, but whatever floats his boat. Maybe I could buy some good tea.

Trubel POV:

I searched again and again. That kid was smarter than he looked. He gave a fake name. Stiles, no one by that name, and his description fits anyone in the Portland area.

It seems the Black Claw members that kidnapped him tossed his ID and wallet, so we've got nothing. I groaned in frustration. This is gonna be harder than I thought.

I guess I have to widen the search; if not Portland, then let's go through the rest of the states. I'm bound to find him at some point, be it social media or arrest records; something will come up eventually. Hopefully soon.

Stiles POV:

I walked through the hospital; I was looking for room 403; I walked by quickly, reading the numbers on the wall in my head. I stopped suddenly standing outside of 403. I looked at the name, and two names were on the wall under the number 403. The first name was Simon Adam, and underneath was Daniel Brown. Well, it looks like it's the right room.

I quietly opened the door, poking my head in. Daniel was mid-conversation with Simon when they both turned, noticing me at the same time. Simon was curious, while Daniel was plain shocked.

"Stiles? You're back!" Daniel says happily.

"Yeah, I got here yesterday, sorry I didn't know where you went; I lost my phone and got mugged again. But don't worry, I went to the police and stuff. Anyway, how are you?" I asked.

I would've talked about the whole kidnapping and stuff, but we had company and probably not the best place to talk about it. I should wait until we're completely alone. But I think Daniel understood because he just nodded and continued to tell me about what happened to him.

"Oh, I'm okay; I only caught the wrong side of a baseball bat to my head. Someone was breaking into a few shops in my neighborhood; apparently, it happened in other neighborhoods too. Just gang war stuff getting out of hand. I was lucky this was the only injury I got. They said I could leave tomorrow since I don't have a concussion, but they wanted me to stay an extra day just in case. Did you pass by the shop, was anything stolen?" Daniel asked.

I feel like Daniel was also holding back what he was trying to say, but we can get to this later anyway.

"I didn't have much of a chance to look, but it just looked like stuff was thrown around. I didn't think anything was stolen. Not that I stayed too long though it was really late. Anyway, I wondered if I could drop some stuff off at your place and check on a few things, but I don't have your key. Also, I was invited somewhere later today, that's why I have to go soon, but I'll come to pick you up tomorrow." I offered.

"No, it's all right here; take the key. Just lock the door before you leave. I'll see you tomorrow." Daniel says as he hands the key off to me.

" Sure," I said, grabbing the key, and I left after saying goodbye.

I dropped my stuff off and changed my clothes before heading off to this Tea and Spice shop. Hmmm, I wonder what's gonna happen next?