Isaac, Erica and Breslin stayed at the school to deal with Jackson, while Allison and Lydia ran to Deaton for help. Hoping he would know what was going on with Jackson. Ryder, Anya, Stiles and Scott had arrived at Derek's only to find him not home.
"Well what do we do now?" Anya asked slouching back against a tree. They were out in the woods, looking for any sign of Derek or his insane uncle. Anything or anyone that could help Jackson.
"Look for something to sedate Jackson with. If we can knock him out we can chain him up soundly and safely at the old Hale house so he can't hurt anyone at least. We can figure out what to do from there." Ryder stated walking over to Scott.
"That...is better than Stiles's usual ideas so lets roll with it. Lydia and Allison went to Deaton. I'll text them and ask if they can get something to sedate Jackson and get it to Isaac." Scott pulled out his phone and then froze. A bit of panic in his expression on his face. Stiles ran over and read the phone over Scott's shoulder before sighing and turning to look around the woods.
"What? What's going on?" Anya asked running over and doing the same. Taking the phone from Scott's hand.
"Jackson isn't here. Can't find him or smell him. Warning he is probably headed your way. Isaac." Ryder read aloud taking the phone. She whipped her head up to look at her brother, "Well shit."
A growling sound rippled through the woods causing Ryder to jump and run into Stiles who caught her.
"Yeah I think we should get back to the jeep. Like...right now." Stiles mumbled while the group started to back away from the direction the sound came from. Scott's eyes changed to their crimson and his canines extended, Anya stepped behind Scott and watched the trees.
Jackson jumped down from one of the branches and landed a few feet away from the group. Their backs to him. The howl he let out caused goosebumps to rise across the skins of the gang as they ran away from their crazed friend. Ryder bit her lip hard to keep from screaming, she would not sound like a little girl her first time in this situation. She refused to. Stiles kept his grip on her arm as they took off running. Scott turned and stayed back though to keep Jackson at bay until Allison and Lydia got the sedatent.
"Stiles get Ryder and Anya to Deaton. Get something to sedate Jackson and then send someone whose a good shot." Scott demanded moving to defend himself. Stiles nodded quickly and pushed the girls into the jeep.
"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" He mumbled as he started the car and turned to head to Deaton's. Ryder sat in the passenger seat while Anya sat in the back pulling things out of her backpack. In a few seconds she handed a collapsible bow up to Ryder.
"This one would fit you better than the other one so here. And don't...test the string in the car." Anya warned as she slipped the black metal object into Ryder's pale hands. She took it and just stared. Giving worried looks at her two friends.
"What...are we going to kill him or something?" Ryder panicked. Stiles sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Only if that's the option we have to work with. Your plan should work though. Man you should have been around when all this was starting you could have been sooo much help. You have no idea."
The moment the jeep was stopped the three jumped out of the car and ran into the vet clinic. Anya carried a sort of staff with a pointy end and handed the quiver of arrows to Ryder. Stiles lead the group through the front of the vet clinic and through the back where Allison, Lydia and Deaton waited. Allison eyed the bow and then turned back to the materials laying out on the table.
"Nice to finally meet you Ryder. Though I wish it was on better terms. As for what you are here for..." The man said turning to the contents sitting on the table. Vials of different things strayed out before their eyes, "Allison and Stiles will use mountain ash to encircle Jackson. If Scott is in the way that's not a problem because even though the supernatural can cross the circle of mountain ash, he can handle himself against Jackson. One of you who is a damn good shot is going to have to use this and knock Jackson out. It will only work long enough to get him back here where we can strap him down and hopefully get some answers to all of this."
Stiles nodded and grabbed the mountain ash without a second thought and Allison did the same.
"I'll take Lydia back to school and get the other pack members. Stiles, take Ryder with you guys okay? I'll meet you back here and you better have Jackson." Anya explained before leading Lydia out. Ryder was about to ask how exactly Lydia was going to get back to school if Anya came here in Stiles's jeep before she saw Allison toss keys to Anya.
"Alright then, let's go. We can put the sedatant in one of the heads on the bow. It would be easier with a gun but we don't have time." Allison stated, Ryder remembered Scott explaining that she was from a family of werewolf hunters, her last name meaning silver in french.
"You're the boss." Ryder said with a smile on her face, she didn't like Allison that much and she didn't know why. Allison just kind of looked at her for a moment before smiling back and following after Stiles outside while Deaton got to work on getting the back room ready for Jackson when they brought him in.
Allison took the sedatant and a syringe, transferring the clear liquid into the needle. Ryder handed her one of the arrows that Anya gave her and handed it up to Allison. Stiles started the jeep and pulled out, speeding back to where they had left Scott with Jackson.
Allison took the arrow and opened the head of it to reveal a small place to put the sedatant.
"So that's where all our arrows went. Stiles, remind me to tell Anya to quit taking them. I think she's getting paranoid." Allison smiled not seeming mad like normal people would. Ryder just sat in the back seat of the car awkwardly. She thought back to what Deaton had said in the vet clinic. If Stiles and Allison were supposed to encircle Jackson and possibly Scott that would mean...
"Wait am I supposed to be the one taking the shot at Jackson?!" Ryder asked. She wasn't sure she could even fire a bow let alone hit someone she knew with an arrow.
"Yeah, Scott says you have really good aim." Allison said and Stiles made an audible intake of breath. Memories of getting hit with water balloons, Nerf bullets, Frisbees and baseballs flashed through his mind. Each time Ryder had aimed for him she always hit him square in the upper half of his arm, his neck or his chest.
"Yeah she has aim. Don't worry about it Ryer. Just pretend its a water balloon and we're kids again." Stiles mumbled parking the car. They all got out and Allison handed Ryder four arrows.
"You only have four and the sedatant wont work right away. It will take some time so hit him somewhere that will take him down as painless as possible. We have to go help Scott. If you get dizzy or your hands start shaking take a deep breath, close your eyes and then retry your aim."
Ryder took a deep breath and nodded, tightening her grip on the black weapon in her hands and emptying her quiver of all the arrows but the four.
"Let's go help Scott."
"Jackson this isn't you!" Scott growled his eyes glowing a brighter red as Jackson jumped at him for the millionth time. Jackson's eyes were glowing their light blue, meaning he had taken an innocent life at one point. He launched himself time and time again at Scott, Scott never fought back. Only dodged. He was stalling and was glad that in his haze Jackson couldn't tell otherwise there might be more trouble than there already was.
Stiles and Allison ran along the tree line, circling Scott in with Jackson. Scott spotted Stiles who waved and then kept on going. Ryder appeared behind Jackson in the tree line just where Scott could see her. She lifted her bow and Jackson turned around, seeing her too. Even though she stood on the other side of the barrier, Scott couldn't help but want to protect her.
Lifting the bow Ryder tilted it to the side, finding it funny to hold it the way she knew was normal. That panic she had been feeling before came back full force as she pulled back the string with the arrow. Jackson jumped at her, claws extended and snarling. She flinched back as he hit the barrier. Allison called to her from a few meters away with Stiles.
"Take a deep breath and think of that fact that you're helping him not hurting him."
Ryder closed her eyes and took a second. Trying to drown out Jackson as much as she possibly could. She aimed for Jackson's upper arm and let it fly. It pierced Jackson's tanned skin and stuck. He roared out in pain and turned on the only thing he could reach to take his anger out on, Scott.
"Shit!" Ryder whispered as she pulled out another arrow and aimed at Jackson. She shot him in the leg, bringing him down for a second before he jumped at Scott and pinned her brother into the leaves, teeth going for his throat.
Ryder's hands started shaking and panic took over. Her breath came in shallow gasps and she knew she couldn't do it. A second later she felt a pair of arms around her. She looked up to see it was Stiles. He smiled calmly at her and placed his hands over hers on the bow. Instantly she stopped shaking and took her aim again. Stiles wasn't doing anything other than keeping her calm. Soon Ryder locked her eye and aimed the point of the arrow at the pressure point in Jackson's shoulder.
Ryder let the arrow fly just as Jackson was about to clamp his teeth onto Scott. The moment the arrow hit Jackson's eyes rolled back and he fell out cold on the ground next to Scott. Ryder gasped and Stiles hugged her.
"You did it! Congrats female Hawk-eye." Stiles joked. Ryder rolled her eyes and laughed.
"I don't think it's time for super hero names yet Stilinski."
Ryder broke the circle and ran over to her brother and Jackson. Allison followed and helped Scott grab Jackson and bring him back to the jeep. Stiles let go of Ryder and ran back to the jeep with the others. Ryder found herself holding the last arrow in her hand.
"I'm going to hang onto this one." She mumbled to herself slipping the arrow into her boot and tucking it so no one could see it. Around this town who knew when it could come in handy?
"Ryland let's go." Scott called. Ryder sighed and glared at him, "I told you not to call me that anymore."
"What? I owe you one." Scott said smirking as the two siblings made their way back. Stiles had taken Jackson and Allison back to Deaton so the two were taking Scott's bike.
"So you are going to annoy me?" Ryder stated more than asked. Scott laughed and handed her a helmet, starting the engine of his bike and turning it to pull out.
"Yep."