Stilinski House and Derek's Loft | Afternoon into Evening

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"Eric"	Derek had barely had any time to creep on high schoolers before he'd received the text to head to the Stilinski home. Which would be why he wasn't looking happy. Wait. No, that was just how he always looked. "When was he here?"
Sheriff Stilinski	"About a half hour ago. I placed a motion sensor security alarm in Stiles' room after he started sleepwalking again," he explained. "It went off while we were in the hospital. Waved at the camera and everything."
Chris	Chris had been looking around Stiles' room and stopped at a desk where a chess set was all laid out. "What's this? What are these sticky notes for?"
Sheriff Stilinski	"It's what Stiles used to explain to me about all of you." It hadn't worked well at first.
Allison	"Maybe it's a message from Stiles," Allison said, leaning over the set. She frowned when she noticed the Isaac pawn was off to the side.
"Eric"	Derek was just giving the Sheriff a look for not warning him about the motion detectors in Stiles' bedroom. "Why is my name on the king?" A beat. "Our name."
Sheriff Stilinski	"Typically the king is heavily guarded," Sheriff Stilinski said. "Though I guess the alarming detail is that you're one move from being in checkmate."
Chris	Chris frowned. "It's not a message from Stiles, it's a threat from the nogitsune."
Allison	"He's at the loft," Allison said. "That's what he's trying to tell us."
"Eric"	"So, it's a trap," Derek was simply forced to say.
Sheriff Stilinski	Sheriff Stilinski shook his head. "I don't think it is."
Chris	"I think your opinion might be slightly biased, Sheriff."
Sheriff Stilinski	"Hear me out, what we're dealing with here is basically someone who lacks motive," he said. "No rhyme, no reason, right?"
Alllison	"Meaning what?" Allison asked.
Sheriff Stilinski	"Our enemy's not a killer," he said. "He's a trickster. The killing is just a byproduct."
"Eric"	A very common byproduct. "It still smells like a trap."
Derek	Derek agreed with...himself. "If you're trying to say it won't kill us I'm not feeling too confident about that."
Sheriff Stilinski	"It won't. It wants irony, it wants to play a trick, it wants a joke," he said. "All we need to do is come up with a new punchline."

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The nogitsune	The nogitsune was staring out at the view from Derek's loft when he heard the large door start to open. He turned around slowly and gave Sheriff Stilinski a brief smile. "Hey, Dad."
Sheriff Stilinski	He felt utter relief to see Stiles again and wanted nothing more to hug him but knew it wasn't possible. He gave Stiles a sympathetic look before pulling out a pair of handcuffs.
The nogitsune	"Wanna handcuff me?" he asked.
Sheriff Stilinski	"If my son is still here, if there's still a part of him standing here in front of me, then he'd put these on willingly and come with me," he said. "Because he knows I'm here to protect him. From himself and from others."
The nogitsune	The nogitsune held out his wrists and allowed himself to be cuffed. He played along for a few moments, looking like the good son. Then it shifted over to something more devious.
Sheriff Stilinski	The sheriff looked heartbroken for a moment. "You're not my son."
The nogitsune	The nogitsune smiled and shook his head. He broke the cuffs a moment later.
"Eric"	Which meant it was time for the rest of the posse to come into the loft of pain and death. Because if you can't do anything else, you might as well have a good, dramatic entrance. Which is what Derek and the others had going for them.
Allison	To be honest Allison didn't trust the werewolves or her father to not hurt Stiles badly so she went for him first. Of course it was with a taser, but she was being as gentle as possible! With a taser.
The nogitsune	Too bad for her the nogitsune was able to catch the taser. He looked to be in a little bit of pain as he grabbed it away from Allison but he looked more amused than angry.
Derek	Derek was not surprised by that not working. He wolfed out, showing off those pretty blue eyes before rushing towards the nogitsune.
The nogitsune	The nogitsune didn't even look fazed. He grabbed Derek by the arm, pulling back until he heard a snap. Then he threw him against the loft wall easily. Alright, who was next?
"Eric"	Derek rolled his shoulders, slinking in between the nogitsune and remaining humans in the room. Once he was sure the focus was on him, he moved forward to restrain rather than attack.
The nogitsune	Hey, the nogitsune was going for restraint too. He grabbed Derek's arm and instead of breaking it like he had with the previous Derek, he just pulled it back until he had Derek in a hold. "Come on now, Derek," he said. "You of all people should know not to fight me."
"Eric"	"Let go," Derek hissed around those adorable bunny teeth and fangs.
The nogitsune	"But I thought you liked it when Stiles got rough," he said, pulling harder on Derek's arm. "Or is it awkward with his daddy watching?"
"Eric"	Derek snarled, straining against the pain. "You're not Stiles. Now give him back."
The nogitsune	"Not happening." Stiles placed his spare hand on the back of Derek's neck and whirled him around until they were facing the desk. Then he slammed Derek's face against the metal desk a couple of times before letting go.
Chris	Which was when Chris pulled out his gun and pointed it at Stiles.
Sheriff Stilinski	And then a second later Sheriff Stilinski had his gun pointed at Chris. He had brought it just in case of situations like this. "Agent, listen to me. Don't do this."
"Eric"	And Derek was busy bleeding from the head and trying to clear his head. But he was still forcing himself up to stop Chris from doing something completely stupid like kill someone Derek cared about.
Derek	And there was the other Derek, moving to hold himself back from doing something equally as stupid. Like getting shot for an evil Japanese demon.
Chris	Chris wasn't about to let a gun to his head stop him from shooting Stiles if he wanted. "I've done it before. Werewolves, berserkers, I can easily add a nogitsune to the list."
Sheriff Stilinski	"You're not going to shoot my son."
Chris	"You said it yourself, Sheriff. That's not your son." The fact that the nogitsune looked more amused than anything proved that.
"Eric"	"Put. The gun. Down," Derek growled, healing quickly with those wacky alpha powers on top of the normal werewolfness there. Which was possibly why it was a little difficult for the other Derek to hold him in place.
Sheriff Stilinski	"Put it down!" the sheriff shouted. "Put it down!"
The nogitsune	"He's going to shoot me," the nogitsune said, looking from Derek to his father. "Dad, he's going to kill me."
Chris	"Don't listen to him," Chris said. "He's manipulating the both of you."
"Eric"	"I don't care," Derek said, pulling himself up to his full height and voice starting to do that fun distortion thing. Because someone was pissed right on off. "Put the gun down before I rip your arms off."
The nogitsune	The nogitsune looked right at Chris. Because he could be manipulated too. "Shoot me. Pull the trigger. Shoot me!"
Allison	"Strife," Allison whispered. "Stop, stop it, this is what he wants! This is exactly what he wants!"
The nogitsune	The nogitsune smiled at her. "Not exactly. I was kind of hoping Scott would be here." He turned to look out the window, watching the sun go down. "But I'm glad you all have your guns out. You're not here to kill me."
The Oni	Out of the shadows, four Oni appeared. Hi, how are you?
The nogitsune	"You're here to protect me." The nogitsune took a few steps back until he was in the center of a protective circle of hunters, werewolves and cops.
"Eric"	Well, Derek had just been threatening to rip arms off for you, nogitsune. It should surprise absolutely no one that he was moving forward for some hot werewolf on Oni action. With claws.
The Oni	The oni were all about this kind of action, Derek. They were so into you. One of them was so into that he was trying to impale you with a sword.
"Eric"	...well, that was ever so slightly less attractive, Oni. Derek wasn't into that so much. Maybe a safeword was necessary? Derek snarled, lashing out with his claws in an attempt to sever his new buddy's hand. As one does.
The Oni	Your buddy's hand was severed! But it came back a moment later. Tended to happen when you're an unstoppable force. The Oni had its sword raised, prepared to do some casual lopping off of Derek's head but was pushed back when Allison kicked it in the stomach. You're welcome, Derek.
"Eric"	EXCUSE YOU, HE DIDN'T THANK HER. Derek moved back to defend the squishy, non-hunter human in the group. As one does when getting in good with the inlaws.
Allison	Allison was pretending Derek said thank you! The fight...well it wasn't going well but nobody was dead either. It probably wouldn't have gone their way if it lasted much longer but it didn't really matter when the Oni vanished a few moments later. And not only them. "Stiles is gone."

[Taken from TW 3x21 "The Fox and the Wolf" and preplayed with the ever lovely justlurkinghere. Warning for canon-level violence]