Chapter 9: Venomous 2x05
I pulled off my somewhat 'heavy' bed sheets and got dressed in a white tunic and a green utility jacket. I walked up to my mirror. I realized it was the first time in a year since I've worn a dress not including the time I went to Allison's aunt's funeral; I didn't have anything to wear for that except a dress but today I especially felt like wearing a dress. Of course it was still nowhere near as close to what I used to wear; I threw away most of my wardrobe a year ago. But I'm sure Lydia would get a kick out of this.
The piece of toast shot out of the toaster. I spread the butter then the jam and Scott sat down on the table to join me.
"Has your stab healed?" I asked him. He got stabbed by Allison's psychotic grandfather last night at the hospital. Actually, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the events that happened the last couple of days. I skipped school and hung around Beacon Hills; getting to know the town better. No one was suspicious because technically I'm a 'senior' if I continued school and I was still quite new to the town so no one knows me yet. So first of all there's been another murder, Stiles saw that it was the same thing that went to Isaac's house the other night and he said he couldn't move at all right after he touched this transparent goo. Next I've heard that Lydia 'cut' her hands and her bed was all bloodied and now she's being counselled. Then Stiles, Scott and Allison found this 'bestiary' which they thought was a book but actually it a USB drive on Gerard's keys and it's an encyclopaedia; 900 pages telling you all the creatures the Argents have found and this include the lizard like thing and apparently Derek called it a 'kanima'. And damn I can't believe I missed Stiles and Derek in the pool during the Cyclones's lacrosse game!
"Yeah, it was only a stab from a dagger and it didn't take as long to heal as the wound from Derek." He lifted his shirt to reveal a healed torso. "Hey you know we've gotta leave early; Stiles's car is still confiscated from the murder scene a few nights ago."
"All right, all right let's go." We headed out and got in my car.
*Jane, pick up Lydia, Stiles, Allison and Jackson from the library. Stiles will explain." I trusted him even though that was the oddest text message I've ever gotten soon my way to the library I called Stiles like Scott suggested.
"So why am I picking you all up from the library?" I went straight to the point.
"Derek thinks the kanima's Lydia, he proved it wasn't Jackson and to him, the only suspect left is Lydia. She thinks that we're going over to your house to study but it's best for her to not know about everything yet. Look just hurry up, okay and FYI they're on their way to kill her."
"Okay I-" But I was stopped by a tall body with sandy curled hair and blue eyes. He smiled at me.
"Sorry for missing all the private chemistry dates." He jeered. I smiled and cocked my head sarcastically. I stepped to one side to continue walking on but he did the same to block me.
"What's your problem?" I said and so he stepped out of the way to let me through but soon after I was pushed up against the lockers by Erica but I quickly pulled her off of me and I pushed her against the locker using my right hand. When she couldn't breathe I let her go. She was surprised by my strength but she laughed it off and walked away with Isaac. I ran to the library and I ushered for them to come with me. Lydia seemed a little suspicious and Jackson seemed a lot different; tenser and he didn't seem like himself before he got the bite.
"If we're doing a study group why didn't we just stay in the library?" Lydia looked back and started to walk to the library.
"It's kind of crowded-" I explained pulling her the way we were walking.
"Yeah, I've been getting theses really claustrophobia symptoms that just is-" Lydia raised her eyebrows; not believing Stiles's unconvincing lie. "Okay, we're meeting up with somebody else." Stiles falsely admittedly. Lydia queerly believed him but yet she still had an argument.
"Oh, that would've been a great idea. Too late." Stiles joked.
"Okay hold on-" Lydia whined.
"Lydia, shut up and walk." Jackson aggressively snapped.
As we all got out of my car, Lydia questioned us again.
"If we're studying at Scott's house, where's Scott?"
"He's meeting us here, I think-" I assured.
"I hope." Stiles interjected. Stiles and Lydia led the way to the front door I was in the middle; Allison and Jackson behind me.
"Thanks for doing this." Allison quickly whispered to Jackson but I still heard her.
"I need to talk to her anyway." Jackson admitted. When we all stepped into the house Stiles closed the door, locked it and slid the latch on the bolt lock. Lydia looked at him uncannily. Jackson gave Stiles a look; implying that he should give Lydia and explanation.
"Uh, there's been a few breaks – ins around the neighbourhood." He then put a chair underneath a door to act as a barrier, "and a murder, yeah it was bad."
I saw Allison look at Jackson and tilted her head towards the stairs. He sighed but seemed to obey.
"Lydia, follow me. I need to talk to you for a minute."
"Seriously, what is going on with everyone?" Lydia rhetorically asked and sighed again. We literally waited for them to be out of sight for us to breathe normally again. I listened in on what they were talking about. Jackson's pissed about some key that Lydia still hasn't given to him, I tuned out since it didn't sound that interesting.
"So can someone care to fill me in," I circled one hand then threw my hands in the air, "in this plan- thing you've got going on? Or what exactly is happening right now?" I asked Stiles and Allison. Stiles angled his head and his jaw drop, probably in frustration. "Sorry for my ignorance," I put my hands in the air as if I was surrendering, "if you have haven't noticed I've been AWOL these past couple of days." I reasoned, even though he sighed Stiles still explained to me.
"That 'study group' stunt we pulled," he pointed to nowhere, "that was just to get away from Erica and Isaac killing Lydia. You know what?" he slightly pulled the curtains to a window close by, "they're probably here, oh sh-" I looked out to see what he was cussing about. Derek and his guard dogs: Erica, Isaac and Boyd were standing across the road on the grass looking murderous.
"They're here." I declared. Allison started to call Scott.
"It's me." Said Allison.
"What's wrong?" Scott asked.
"You need to get her now. Right now."
"Okay. I'm leaving now, on my way." Allison hung up and was slowly tapping the screen of her phone.
"What are you doing?" I questioned her.
"I think- I think I have to call my Dad."
"No, but if he finds you here – you and Scott-" Stiles chimed in.
"I know. But what are we supposed to do? They're not here to scare us, okay? They're here to kill Lydia."
"Just- just wait until Scott gets here, okay? And if we have no more options, call your Dad."
"I got an idea; just shoot one of 'em." Stiles put forward.
"Are you serious?!" I ranted. They can easily catch an arrow.
"We told Scott we could protect ourselves, so let's do it. Or at least give it a shot, right?"
"Okay." Allison reluctantly said.
"Look, they don't think we're gonna fight, so if one of them gets hit, I guarantee they'll take off. So just shoot one of 'em." Stiles clarified.
"Which one?" Allison wondered.
"Uh- Derek. Yeah, shoot him, preferably in the head." Stiles prayed.
"If Scott was able to catch an arrow, Derek definitely can." Allison pointed out. I looked out of the window again. But there was only Derek, Erica and Boyd. Where the heck is Isaac?! I was going to mention it but Stiles spoke again.
"Okay, uh, just shoot one of the other three then."
"You mean two." I stated.
"No, I mean three," He looked out of the window to see if I was right. "Where the hell is Isaac?"
"I'll go check on Lydia." I headed up the stairs then I heard someone bang against the floor. When I got up to the top I saw Allison coming up.
"We need to get Lydia, Isaac's downstairs looking."
We saw Lydia.
"Get back. Someone's trying to break in, okay? Go. Lydia, go!" Allison shouted. Lydia ran away and Allison and I hid in Scott's bedroom. We closed the door and Allison and I faced away from the door. She had her crossbow ready and I had my claws. She nudged me.
"What?"
"See that dripping over there?" she responded.
"Stiles it's here." We firmly shouted. She walked over to the dripping goo on the window.
"Trust me."
"What are you gonna do with that?" I asked.
"We can paralyze one of them but without them knowing. And since they can catch an arrow, they'd be too distracted focusing on the arrow rather than what's on it." She smiled and covered the middle part of the arrows that she doesn't touch. "But they can't see you either." My facial expressions puzzled. "Well if they see you they'll go straight into defensive and attack one of us. If it's only me they see, they won't as threatened."
"Fine. I'll hide." I chuckled to myself a little because of how stupid I sound. I hid at the side of the door that blocks the person that enters. So once the person opens the door they'll be on one side of the door and I'll be on the other.
The door crashed open.
It made me jump a little but not enough to make the person on the other side hear me. The girl laughed and then sighed. Erica.
"This might make me sound like kind of a bitch, but I've always wondered what it feels like to steal someone's boyfriend. I bet it's a pretty sick rush of power. I think I might try it with Scott. You know what - I don't think it's gonna be that hard, because why would he be waiting around to steal 10 minutes with you, when he can have me anytime he wants." Allison shot her arrow at Erica's last word and she caught it with ease and even laughed about it. "You didn't really think that would work, did you?"
"Actually I did." Allison chided. Within a few seconds I heard Erica collapse on the floor. I stepped out of the shadows and Allison and I smiled at each other before bending down to Erica's level. Allison moved a strand of Erica's hair to get closer to hear ear even though she would be able to hear her fine enough. "I thought you were psychic. Bitch." Allison leapt up and walked out of the door but waited for me.
"So Erica, tell me. Is it better being choked up against locker or paralyzed the neck down? Heh." I smirked then joined Allison. As we walked down the stairs I prided Allison on her plan.
"I've gotta say Allison. That plan turned out better than I expected."I beamed and she smirked back at me in satisfaction. "Wait, let me go get Erica. Scott's downstairs." Allison smiled at herself and ran down the stairs to see him whilst I went to carry Erica down the stairs. I threw her out from the front door and I'm pretty sure I heard her whisper 'bitch'. Scott, Stiles and Allison gathered on the porch near me but Stiles asked me to go check Lydia and I did. I couldn't find her and I faced the facts the she could be the kanima so I turned around and went to join Scott and the rest but this time they weren't on the porch but near the area where Derek and Body were standing. Derek gave me a curious and ominous look; he probably didn't even notice I had been there with them the whole time. They were looking at the kanima. It was the first time I've actually seen it. It literally was a lizard: a long tail, scaly and was on all fours. It screeched at us before running away on top of the roof.
"Get them out of here." I heard Derek say to Boyd, implying on knocked out Isaac and paralyzed Erica on the floor. But then Lydia came running out of the house. Everyone was shocked to see her.
"Would someone please tell me what the hell is going on?" Lydia screamed; no one answered her.
"It's Jackson." Scott whispered to me.
As I walked into my room, Scott was playing my guitar, perching at the end of the bed.
"Since when did you play the guitar?" I joked. I knew Scott played the guitar but he hasn't played in a long time, longer than me. Hard to believe?
"You can't talk!" he laughed then explained why he stopped playing. "When high school started, I guess- I got too distracted." I pulled a face when he said that. "No! Not like that." He pulled out his phone. "Sorry, I've gotta go. Stiles says that Derek's probably gone to track down the kanima."
"You're joining Derek?"
"It's not like I'm in his pack. Besides, this thing is deadly and we can't underestimate it. And I don't anyone else dying again." Scott said. Wow, even Derek.
"And I'm staying here?"
"Yes. You know it wasn't really my plan to get you involved in all of this when you moved here. Actually becoming a werewolf wasn't on my list either but you can't die because of me."
"Scott, I'm wolf too."
"I know but just please. My Mom's gotta have at least one of us." Dang he pulled the mom-will-be-all-alone card. I sighed then said "fine."
I spat out the foam from the toothpaste. I looked up in the mirror. My hair's gotten long and I've had this hairstyle for over a year. When my life gets supernatural drama free, I'm sure I go get it cut. I jumped in bed then checked my phone. It was from Scott.
*The kanima ended up in a gay club. So it's a good thing you didn't come with us. ;)*
I laughed before drifting sleep.
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