It was 2 in the morning when Stiles called Jewel and asked her to come to the Sheriff's station. They meant business and she had sworn to solve this kanima business ASAP.
She walked into the Sheriff's station and saw none
"What are you doing here?" The deputy asked "You need anything?"
"Actually I was-"
"I called her"
She turned and found Scott, Stiles and Sheriff entering the station
"It's 2:00 in the morning." The Deputy said, sounding uninterested
"Believe me, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't extremely important." Sheriff said.
"We look at the hospital stuff first, okay?" Stiles said pulling Scott and Jewel aside
"Why?" Scott asked
"Because all the murders were committed by Jackson, except for one, you remember?" Stiles asked
"The pregnant girl, Jessica." Scott realized
"Yeah. Since Matt had to kill her himself, somebody from the hospital could've seen him." Stiles said
"Now" Jewel spoke up "Can one of you stop babbling like I'm invisible or something and care to enlighten me?" she asked
"It's Matt" they both said at once
"What's matt?"
"He's the kanima's master. We saw them outside Lydia's house after party. He's the one controlling the kanima"
Jewel exhaled
"Kids" Sheriff called and together the four entered
"I don't know, guys. I mean, look at this. There was a six - car pileup that night, the hospital was jammed." Sheriff said looking at the security footage
"All right, just keep going. Look, he had to have passed one of the cameras on that floor to get to Jessica, okay? He's gotta be on the footage somewhere."
Stiles muttered, while Jewel stood near the window, looking at the crescent moon, waiting for them to find anything. She missed her mother. She wanted to stay home and mourn, but she and Allison both needed time to grieve alone. And for Jewel, killing Matt and the Kanima was now the priority
"That's him! That's Matt!"
Jewel whipped her heard towards the three males and walked to them to see the security footage paused where a person in black jacket is visible
" All I see is the back of someone's head." Sheriff stated
"Matt's head, yeah. I sit behind him in history. He's got a very distinct cranium, it's weird." Stiles explained
"Are you crazy?"
"All right, fine, then look at his jacket, huh? How many people do you know who wear black leather jackets?" Stiles asked
"Millions, literally."
"Okay, can we scroll forward? There's gotta be a shot of him coming at one of the cameras." Scott said
The video feed played and Stiles made it stop again
"Right there! Stop, stop! See, there he is again." Stiles pointed
"You mean there's the back of his head again." Sheriff asked
"Okay, but look. He's talking to someone." Stiles pointed
"He's talking to my mom." Scott noticed
Jewel excused herself and took out her phone. She decided not to call her family because either way they would have known about this. So called the one other person she trusted
"Jewel" he sounded groggy
"I didn't wake you, did I Derek?" Jewel softly asked
"No you didn't. Actually I was in my old house with Deaton."
"Why?"
"I'll tell you later. You wanna talk?"
"Not right now" Jewel wiped her unshed tears "We found the kanima's master"
"Where are you?"
"The Sheriff's station"
"I'm on my way. Just be safe. Okay?"
"I'll try"
And she hung up
"And if they match, that puts Matt at the scene of three murders. The trailer, the hospital, and the rave." Stiles looked pleased
"Actually, four. A credit card receipt for an oil change was signed by Matt at the garage where the mechanic was killed." Sheriff noted
"When?"
"A couple hours before you got there."
" All right, dad, if one's an incident, two's a coincidence, and three's a pattern, what's four?"
"Four's enough for a warrant." He got up from his seat "Scott, call your mom back, see how quick she can get here. If I can get an official ID, I can get a search warrant. Stiles, go to the front desk. Tell them to let Scott's mom in when she gets here."
"On it." And Stiles ran out. Jewel walked back to her area near the window waiting for things to her. Her attention was snapped back when she heard someone whitstle. She turned to find her eyes widening
"What do we have here? Jewel Argent. You are much hotter than your sister, you know. Maybe I should have dated you first" Matt grinned aiming the gun from Stiles to at her
"What do you want?" she growled
"From you? A lot actually. But I don't think I can name them here" he smirked
"You son of a bi-" she stepped forward
"As much as I hate this sweetheart, you keep one more step forward and I'll be force to fire this baby"
"Try me" she growled and started walking forward when Matt shot her. She stumbled and crouched down, holding her abdomen which was profusely bleeding
"Jewel!" the three yelled
"No one moves from their place" Matt said
"You shot her. She needs medical attention" Sheriff pleaded
"Well I don't think so"
"Matt, whatever's going on, I guarantee you there's a solution that doesn't involve a gun." Sheriff tried to reason
"You know, it's funny you say that, because I don't think you're aware of just how right you are." Matt chuckled
"I know you don't wanna hurt people." Sheriff said
"I don't about him Sheriff, but I feel like hurting someone badly" Jewel growled, her eyes starting to flash green. Scott sent her a panicked glance not knowing what to do.
"Actually, I wanna hurt a lot of people." Matt chuckled "You four weren't on my list, but I could be persuaded. And one way is to try dialing somebody on your cell phone, like McCall is doing. That - that could definitely get someone hurt. Everyone. Now!"
He led the three of them outside the cabin leaving Jewel behind. Now she had no choice but to call her dad
"Dad" she gasped
"Jewel where are you?"
"The sheriff station. Hurry. The kanima's master is here. He already killed a few people in here and" she drew a breath in pain
"We are on our way"
Jewel quickly put her phone away as Matt entered following Stiles and Scott
"What, are you gonna kill everyone in here?" Scott asked
"No, that's what Jackson's for. I just think about killing them, and he does it." Matt laughed evilly
"What do you want?" Stiles asked
"You, delete the evidence form the computer. You shred these papers. Now!" Matt barked making the two do his work
"Deleted. And we're done. All right, so, Matt, since all the people you brutally murdered deserved it because they killed you first - whatever that means - I think we're good here, right? So I'll just get my dad and Jewel and we'll go, you know? You continue on the whole vengeance thing. Enjoy the kanima." Stiles said laughing a little. But Jewel knew he was as much nervous and afraid as she was
"Look Matt, whatever the things going on, Jewel is not looking good. She needs to be treated before the injury gets worse" Scott was more terrified. Partially because he didn't knew whether Jewel could recover from the bullet wound or not
"Sounds like your mom's here, McCall." Matt smirked hearing a car pull at the station ignoring the painful whimpers of Jewel
"Matt, don't do this. When she comes to the door, I'll just tell her to leave. I'll tell her we didn't find anything. Please, Matt." Scott pleaded
"If you don't move - now, I'm gonna kill Stiles first, then this lovely sister of your girlfriend and then your mom."
He led Scott outside and when he opened the door relief flooded Jewel. There Stood Derek with a frown. Suddenly he fell backward. It was no surprise that Jackson attacked him. Jewel tried to limp her way to Derek but a searing pain on the back of her neck made her go numb. She was just a few feet away from Derek
"Oh no no no no. Jewel, you belong to me. I like you. You cannot just leave me here alone. If I can't have you than no one can"
Derek almost growled at Matt for saying such things to his girlfriend
"This is the one controlling him? This kid?" Derek asked, sounding bored
"Well, Derek, not everyone's lucky enough to be a big, bad werewolf. Oh, yeah, that's - that's right."
Jewel's eyes widened. He knew?
"I've learned a few things lately. Werewolves, hunters, kanimas. It's like a frickin' Halloween party every full moon. Except for you two. My beloved and Stiles. What do you turn into stiles?" he asked
"Abominable snowman. But, uh, it's more of, like, a wintertime thing, you know, seasonal." Stiles snapped sarcastically
"Hey!" Scott shouted but before he could do anything, Jackson attacked Stiles and he fell over Derek, paralyzed
"You bitch." Stiles swore
"Get him off of me. " Derek growled
"Oh, I don't know, Derek. I think you two make a pretty good pair. It must kinda suck, though, to have all that power taken away from you with just a little cut to the back of the neck. I bet you're not used to feeling this helpless." Matt teased
"Still got some teeth. Why don't you get down here a little closer, huh? We'll see how helpless I am" Derek challenged. Matt ignored him and bent down to face Jewel, who quickly whipped her face away. Matt grinned, pushing some hair out of her face
"You are so pretty. So what are you?" Matt asked
"Get away from her!" Derek growled
But matt ignored him "I know your family hunts the werewolves, but you are special. They call you The Huntress, don't they? The best huntress of this community. Much better than your sister even though you both are twins. Your eyes glowed green like werewolves. But you cannot be one, can you? Of course you live with hunters. You definitely cannot be one. But then what are you? Is this something to do with your beauty because I have to admit, I have never seen a girl like you in every aspect." he said in a slight seductively tone, sliding one of his fingers around her face
"Don't you dare touch her!" Derek growled again
"Aw. Is your little boyfriend angry?"
"Trust me. Let him recover and he'll show you how angry he can be" Jewel snapped
"I like you. You are feisty. Now that you have been shot on your abdomen, helpless with the kanima venom, you are still being challenging. God, I love this woman"
Jewel almost screamed in pain which was enough indication for the three that she wasn't healing herself.
"Jewel! Why aren't you healing?" Stiles asked, panicked
"So this works on you too, doesn't it?" Matt manically smirked
"What. Did. You. Do . to her?" Derek growled
"I just shot her with this rare variety of wolfsbane. It has wine red petals. What's the name. wait. Aconi-"
"Aconitum Hemslayenum" Jewel said with her teeth grinding
"That's the one! Unfortunately I brought only one bullet. It is very expensive, you know. Almost cost me a fortune" he grinned "I heard that it also very effective on big cats. Especially panthers. Wait" he stopped "you are a werepanther of sorts, aren't you? That's why it is affecting you"
It was the partial reason. A panther being her primary animagus form, she had gained a lot of traits of a cat. Including their weaknesses
"You should've given me a chance." Matt said "'Cause remember how I said I'm not the kind of guy who would say something like, "well, if I can't have her, no one can." It's not totally true because, Jewel, if I can't have you, no one can!" Matt laughed
Suddenly another car pulled at the Station
"Is that her? Do what I tell you to and I won't hurt her. I won't even let Jackson near her." Matt said to Scott
"Scott, don't trust him!" Stiles yelled.
"This work better for ya?" Matt asked pointing the gun at Stiles
"Okay, just stop! Stop!"
"Then do what I tell you to."
"Okay. All right. Stop!"
Matt turned to Jackson "You, take 'em in there." Then he turned to Scott "You - with me."
The two walked outside where they saw Melissa "Mom?"
"You scared me, where is every –" she stopped seeing Matt point a gun at her son
"Mom, just do what he says. He promised he wouldn't hurt you."
"He's right." Matt evilly smiled then shot Scott on his abdomen
"Scott! Stiles! What happened?" The Sheriff yelled from inside hearing a gun fire
"But I didn't say I wouldn't hurt you." Matt noted
"Wait, baby –" Melissa began
"Back, back!" Matt growled at her
"Mom, mom, stop, mom!"
"I said get back!"
"Mom, do it. Please, mom." Scott pleaded. With teary eyes, Melissa backed up
"Get up, McCall." He barked. Scott got up and did what Matt said.
They went inside but a gasp from Melissa grabbed their attention. She was shaking literally once she saw Jewel on the floor, withering in pain and a gun shot on her abdomen which was profusely bleeding
"Get here!"
"Mom" Scott called and Melissa followed them, crying and scared for everyone
" Matt? Matt, listen to me –" Sheriff tried to reason as Matt imprisoned Melissa behind the bars
"Shut - shut - shut up! Everybody shut the hell up! Now, get up, or I shoot her next!" Matt yelled pointing the gun at Melissa
"Please, he needs to see a doctor. Jewel too needs a doctor" Melissa pleaded
"You think so?" Matt challenged
"Hey, hey, you listen to me!" Sheriff started
"It's all right. I'm okay" Scott said, pressing his hand on his wound
"Oh, honey, you're not okay." Melissa whimpered
"It doesn't hurt, mom." Scott said
"'Cause that's the adrenaline, okay? Please, let me - let me just take a look at him, okay? I mean, I can help stop the bleeding." Melissa cried
"They have no idea, do they?" Matt smirked
"Please. Let me just take a quick look. I –"
"Shut - shut - shut - shut up! Lady, if you keep talking, I'm gonna put the next bullet through his head." Matt threatened
"Okay. Okay." Melissa agreed and Matt dragged Scot away to another room
"The evidence is gone. Why don't you just go? " Scott asked
"You - you think the evidence mattered that much, huh? No, no, I - I want the book." Matt demanded
"What - what book?"
"The bestiary. Not just a few pages, I want the entire thing."
"I don't have it. It's Gerard's. What do you want it for, anyway?"
"I need answers."
"Answers to what?"
"To this." Matt lifted his t-shirt to reveal gross looking kanima scales on his skin
"He wants the bestiary." Chris said, preparing himself
"That's not from Scott. He wouldn't have texted me. And he definitely wouldn't have mentioned Derek and Jewel." Allison said
"The sheriff's station?" Gerard asked
"Jewel's there. She called me. It looks like she's been shot" Chris said, panicked, but not showing
"Can't she heal?" Allison asked, less worried
"I don't know. But she isn't" Chris answered "If Derek's really there, I doubt it's willingly."
"You think Jackson's there, too?" Allison asked
"His master is there. There is a chance." Chris answered
"How many do they keep on in a night shift?" Gerard cuts
"Since budget cuts, maybe four at the most. My guess would be they're either dead or paralyzed by now." Chris said
"This might just be the confluence of events we've been hoping for. " Gerard smirked
"Confluence or conflagration?" Chris asked
"I'm open to both." Gerard smiled
"What do we do now?" Allison asked
"Maybe you should tell us. That authority falls to you now." Gerard said
"no it doesn't. Not at her age." Chris hissed "As the elder daughter, the authority falls in the hands of Jewel"
"But she's not here. And in that case, it's Allison's duty to lead. She's almost 18. She knows there's a difference between revenge and retribution. Don't you, Allison? Make the decision from a vantage point of strategy over emotion, and we'll follow your lead." Gerard said
"I want Derek dead." Allison deadpanned
"What about Scott?" Chris asked
"Scott's not the one who forced my mother to kill herself." Allison answered
"He's not exactly an innocent bystander either. You can't pick and choose –"
"But I can prioritize. And the priority right now is Derek."
"What about the others? Derek's pack?"
"If they try and protect him, then we kill them. All of them."
Once they got ready and pulled out, Chris pulled Allison to the side "I hope you recall Derek being your sister's boyfriend" he hissed
"I recall" she deadpanned
"Are you seriously considering killing Derek?" Chris asked
"dad, we lost mom. And it's all because of Derek. Are you seriously considering him to be left alone?" Allison demanded
"What happened to Victoria, there must be a reason for why Derek did it. But let me tell you something, I know one thing. Jewel cannot handle losing Derek after losing Victoria and Cedric. You cannot kill him"
"That she should have considered before dating one of those" Allison spat and turned to leave
"What about you? You dated Scott even after we denied, behind our backs"
She froze and looked at him
"Every time you thought no one was watching, Jewel was. She just kept the things to herself because she knew how it felt to lose someone you love. Be it Scott or anyone else. You are not killing Derek"
"You will stop me?" Allison asked "Dad, we hunt werewolves. And Derek is a werewolf"
"And he is my daughter's boyfriend. And I've seen them. And I will stop you. If it means destroying Jewel's world, I will stop you from hunting Derek. And Derek hasn't hurt anyone exactly. We go by the code"
"He has. He has hurt mom. And I'll kill him for that" she spat and entered the car. Chris sighed and got into the driver's part
"Hey. You know what's happening to Matt?" Stiles asked, after seeing Matt's issue
"I know, the book's not gonna help him. You can't just break the rules, not like this." Derek answered
"What do you mean?" Stiles asked
"Universe balances things out. Always does. "
"Is it because he's using Jackson to kill people who don't deserve it?"
"And killing people himself."
"So if Matt breaks the rules of the kanima, he becomes the kanima?"
"Balance."
"Will he believe us if we tell him that?"
"Not likely."
"Okay, he's gonna kill all of us when he gets that book, isn't he?"
"Yep."
"All right, so what do we do? Do we just - do we just sit here and wait to die?"
"Unless I can figure out a way to push the toxin out of my body faster. Like triggering the healing process."
"Wha - oh, what are you doing? Aw, gross." Stiles flinched when he saw Derek digging his own claws into his abdomen
"I need to heal fast. I don't think Jewel can hold much longer"
"Where's Jewel? I don't hear her" Stiles said, panicking
"She got unconscious" Derek whined, as blood started pooling out of his wound
"There. You know, I - I feel sorry for you, McCall, 'cause right now, you're thinkin', "how am I gonna explain this when it heals?" And the sad part is, you don't even realize how incredible it is that you actually are healing. 'Cause you know what happens to everyone else when they get shot? They die." Matt chuckled. Scott frowned at him. He had already healed
"Is that what happened to you? You drowned, didn't you?" Scott asked
"He shouldn't have let them drink." Matt muttered, pacing around
"What - who - Matt, what do you mean?"
"Lahey! He shouldn't have let them drink."
"What, who was drinking?"
"The swim team, you idiot! I didn't know what was happening. I didn't know they had just won state, and Lahey, he's letting his favorites come over to have a couple drinks to celebrate. Who cares if they're 17, right?"
"Were you at Isaac's?"
"He had this first edition Spider - man, or was it Batman? And we were gonna make a trade. But then I'm over there and I hear music. And everyone's having a good time, and I see Sean. He throws Jessica in the pool. And then - and then Bennett goes in and – "
"Bennett? What - the hunter?"
Matt nodded "And then Camden. Isaac's jarhead brother, he grabs me. He thinks it's funny."
"They threw you in." Scott said, realizing
"I - I yelled that I can't swim, but nobody listens. I go under and I swallow water, and no one cares. And I see these bodies underwater. I - I see Jessica's got her hands down Sean's board shorts. Tucker's grabbing Kara. And I'm drowning. I'm dying, and they're laughing. All of a sudden, I was just - I'm lying by the pool. And Lahey is right there, right above me, and he says - he says, "you tell no one!", "This, this is your fault! You don't know how to swim? What little b*st*rd doesn't know how to swim? You say nothing! You tell no one! No one!"
Matt paused "And I didn't. I didn't tell anyone. And I would see them at school, and they wouldn't even look at me. I'd wake up in the middle of the night. I'd gasp for breath. And my parents, they thought I was an asthmatic. They - they - they - they even gave me an inhaler. They didn't know that every time I closed my eyes, I - I was drowning. You know about that little white light that they talk about, you see when you die? Well, I didn't see anything. Just darkness. Everything was dark. But then - then came the Argent's funeral, and everything changed."
He spared one glance at the now unconscious Jewel then spoke again "I was taking some photos, and then, purely by accident, Lahey gets in one of the photos. I look down at the screen on my camera, and I just had this unbelievable rage that fills up inside of me, and I just - I look at him, and I - I wanna see him dead. And the next day, he actually was. You know, Einstein was right. Imagination is more important than knowledge. It was like something out of Greek mythology. Like - like the furies coming down to punish Orestes. You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"
"Was - was he the guy who stabbed out his eyes?"
"God, that's Oedipus, you dumbass! The furies are deities of vengeance. Their tears ran of blood, and they had snakes for hair. If there was a crime that had gone unpunished, the furies would do the punishing. Jackson is my fury. You know, when I saw him the next night, it was like this bond had been cemented between the two of us. I knew he had killed Lahey for me, and I knew he would do it again. So I went to Tucker's garage. I even paid for an oil change. And guess what. He didn't even recognize me. So when he wasn't looking, I took a shot of him from my camera. And in a few hours, he was dead. So I took more pictures. All I had to do was take their picture - And Jackson would take their life."
"So is that hypothetical situation we talked about getting any less hypothetical?" Stiles asked
"I think so. I can move my toes." Derek said
"Dude, I can move my toes." Stiles said when they heard a small noise and smoke started filling the station
"What is this? What is this? What's happening? What's going on?" Matt asked
"I don't know." Scott answered, looking around
"Shakespeare wrote that love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Let's give them some love." Gerard said, waiting outside beside his car
Scott rushed out when he came face to face with Allison holding a cross-bow
"Oh, sh - Allison."
"Where's Derek?" she demanded
"What are you doing?" Scott asked
"If you're not going to tell me, then get out of my way."
"Allison."
"Where is he?"
"What happened?"
"Scott –" she took a deep breath "Scott, you need to stay away from me right now. I need to go. Just stay out of my way." Allison said and walked in
Sheriff Stilinski did his best trying to remove the cuffs
"Ah, God –"
"Come on, come on, come on. Come on, come on, come on!" Melissa cheered when Matt appeared in the doorway with the gun
"Matt? Matt, please, listen to me. My son has been shot, and I've heard other gunfire, and I don't know what's happening, but can you please just let me see my son?" she pleaded
"How totally clueless are you people?" Matt chuckled and suddenly the kanima appeared there. It knocked the sheriff unmovable and climbed on the bars of Melissa's cell. Derek came but the kanima threw him away. Still perched on the bars, it hissed at Melissa, who started backing away when someone threw it off.
"Oh, God, Scott?"
Scott raised his head and looked at his mother, wolfed out. Melissa gasped and started backing. He spared her one last glance before rushing out and almost crashing into Gerard
"What are you doing here? It wasn't supposed to happen like this."
"Trust me, I'm aware of that."
"I've done everything that you've asked of me. Jewel and I did it together. We're part of Derek's pack, we've given you all the information that you wanted, I told you Matt was controlling Jackson –"
"Then leave him to us. Help your friends. Leave Matt and Jackson to me. Deal with your mother. Go!" Gerard said. Before rushing, Scott bent down and picked something
"You dropped this." He handed the pill container back to Gerard "You promised to leave Teddy alone if Jewel and I did what you said"
"And I will. Go!"
Scott rushed out
Unknown to them both, Derek listened everything
Gerard grabbed Matt and led him out to a nearby stream and started drowning him. Once he was sure, Matt was dead, he let his body go.
Peter stood on a nearby bridge and witnessed everything. Then he saw the kanima appear and keep its palm over Gerard's
"No longer afraid of the water? Well, you don't have to be afraid of anything, my friend. Especially me." Gerard grinned
Chris rushed out of the station with the unconscious Jewel in his arms. He quickly drove home and started attending to his daughter. Good thing they both had arranged Mia to look after Teddy for a week because of some complications. One of the hunters, who was also a doctor, helped him. They removed the bullet she had, but she was still unconscious
"Will she get better?" Chris asked, concerned
"Depends on the type of bullet. It is wolfsbane."he looked at Chris weirdly "She isn't one of them, is she?"
"No. but she's something that has a specific wolfsbane as its weakness" Chris said
"What kind?"
"The one with red wine petals" Chris muttered
"If she's immune to their bite, then this bullet should not be much of a issue. I say she lost her consciousness because of bloodloss. She should be awake in about 6-8 hours" the hunter said and left
The whole night, Chris sat next to his elder daughter, giving her company. It wasn't a surprise to him that Allison never came to check on her sister. Allison was lost to them. This girl was someone else.
Aish