Fair, warning I got super lazy with this chapter and the next one. Mainly cause my hand has been cramping up a lot lately. Every fanfic is allowed to have a sucky section, right? I also want to thank Pizzafan123 for the continued support. You're the best!
In the woods, a man and woman argued in a small house trailer. They had been living there for some time now and the woman just about had enough. To make matters worse the lights went out and the man goes to investigate. Looking out the window the wife saw her husband talking to someone in a hooded sweat suit. The man pointed up and the kanima's tail whipped down from a tree and wrapped around the man's neck pulling him off the ground. She was immediately frightened as the hooded figure then pointed at the trailer. Next thing she knew, the man's body was thrown through the glass and landed on the table. She lets out as horrified scream as something pulled the body back outside again. The kanima crawled in through the broken window. It approached the terrified woman but seeing that she is pregnant it pulled away and left. This caused the woman to go into labor.
While Scott and Stiles waited on the Jackson situation, in the Sheriff's office, they get a call from Allison and she explained everything that she found out. "If Jackson doesn't know what he's doing, then he probably doesn't know that someone's controlling him." Allison reasoned.
"Or he doesn't remember." Scott told her.
"What if it's the same thing that happened with Landon?" Stiles asked. It would make sense.
"A fugue state?" Allison wondered.
"He'd have to forget everything. The murder-" Scott said.
The killing of the garage mechanic.
"Getting rid of the blood." Allison stated.
Jackson appeared to be in a trance as he showers rinsing off blood from his hands.
"Yeah and there's the video and someone else helped him forget that." Stiles stated.
On the night of the full moon and hooded figure tampers with the video camera.
"Whoever's controlling him." Scott concluded.
"Are you sure Jackson has no clue about any of this?" Allison asked Stiles.
"He thinks he's still becoming a werewolf and that being with Landon somehow delayed it." She explained.
"So do we try and convince him he's not?" Allison offered.
"If it helps us find out who's controlling him, then yeah." Scott told her.
"Do you think he'll talk to us after what we did?" Allison asked. Scott and Stiles exchanged looks.
"Yeah, it's us. He'll talk to us. Right?" She asked hopefully. But she was wrong.
Jackson placed a restraining order against Stiles and Scott. They couldn't be no more than 50 feet from him and that included school. Once the order had been read the Sheriff tells both of them that they were lucky that Jackson didn't press charges against them.
Melissa was still upset over the whole thing as she and Scott walked out of the station. Scott could tell that his mother was just about at her limit.
"It's not just this." She said as she randomly stopped them in the hall. Scott looked at his mom who just about defeated, "Although, a restraining order is a new low that I didn't think that you would reach quite this soon. It's everything; the completely bizarre behavior, the late nights coming home, having to beg Mr. Harris for you to make up that chemistry test that you missed." She told him.
"I missed a chemistry test?" Scott asked in shock. Behind, Melissa stood Stiles with a sad look on her face.
"Really, Scott? Really?" She paused for a moment to collect herself. "I have to ground you. I am grounding you. You are grounded." She told him.
"What about work?" He asked. She considered it for a moment.
"Fine school and work, but no TV." She told him.
"My TV's broken." He said lamely.
"Then no computer."
"I need the computer for school." Scott reminded her. Melissa's grounding policy wasn't working out in her favor.
"Then no, uh-" Melissa started to say. She looked behind her and noticed Stiles leaning against the wall. "No Stiles." She declared. Both Scott and Stiles are shocked at the decision.
"What– no Stiles?" Stiles asked in shocked as she tried to make her way over to them.
"No Stiles!" Melissa yelled in a stern voice that causes Stiles to fall back. "And no more car privileges. Give me your keys. Give 'em to me!" Scott helplessly handed them over. Melissa struggled to take the keys off because her hands were shaking badly. "Oh, for the love of God." She mumbled. Her voice nearly cracked.
"Mom, you want me to-" Scott started.
"No." Melissa replied still struggling with the keys. Scott placed his hands over hers. She looked at him with a massive amount of sadness. "What is going on with you? Is this about Allison?" She asked him in a small voice.
"Do you really wanna know?" Scott asked her, but behind Melissa Scott could see Stiles shaking her head with 'you can't tell her everything motion'.
"Yeah. Is this about your father? It is, isn't it?" Melissa asked. Scott continued to look towards Stiles who nodded her head. Scott nodded his as well. "Okay, you know what, um– We'll talk about this at home. I'm gonna go get the car." Melissa told him and walked away.
Scott made his way over to Stiles. "I'm the worst son ever." He told her. Stiles looked over at his friend and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Well, I'm not exactly winning best daughter prizes." She told him and glanced what was happening right inside her father's office. Mr. Whittemore was clearly not happy about how the situation was being handled and was yelling at the Sheriff.
Back in Derek's lair, Derek informs Erica and Isaac that they both Scott and Stiles' help.
"And why is that?" Isaac questioned.
"Because it's harder to kill than I thought and I still don't know who it is." Derek admitted.
"But they do?" Erica asked.
"They might. Stiles won't talk to me and we know that Scott won't either. That's why one of you to get on their good side." Derek told them.
"Erica should do it. Last time I encountered Stiles I got attacked with a bat." Isaac complained.
"You were supposed to scare her not attack her." Derek told him.
"She started it."
"Mm. Scott or Stiles?" Erica purred.
"Either." Derek said.
Both Erica and Isaac began to walk away. But Isaac doubled back. "You know, the full moon's coming, Derek." Isaac reminded him. Derek was holding a large chest and dropped it to the ground.
"I'm aware of that." He opened it up and pulled out all types of chains and cuffs.
"Oh my, those look comfortable." Erica said, with sarcasm.
"I thought you were going to teach us how to shift whenever we wanted." Isaac told him with a hint of anger.
"There hasn't been time." Derek replied.
Isaac wasn't delighted with that answer. "But if you have to lock us up during the full moon that means you're alone against the Argents."
"They haven't found us." Derek reasoned.
"Yet! So how about we forget the kanima?" Isaac suggested, but it more like he begged.
"We. Can't! There was something about the way Gerard looked at it." He remembered the look on the man's face when he encountered the creature. "He wasn't afraid– at all. I don't know what he knows or what he's planning. But I'm sure about one thing. We have to find it first." Derek told them.
Allison, Scott, and Stiles met in the library. Only now they had to be super extra careful because thanks to Gerard, the school now was infested with security cameras watching their every move. It was sort of easy in the library. Allison posed as a student, who was looking for a random book, while Scott and Stiles were on the other side of the bookshelf. She handed them her tablet with the translations Landon made.
"It's everything Landon can translate. And trust me, he was very confused." She whispered to them. It was the library after all, but there could've also been some wondering ears as well.
"Yeah, what'd you tell him?" Scott asked.
"That we were part of an online gaming community that battles mythical creatures." Allison replied as if it was the dumbest thing in the world.
"I am part of an online gaming community that battles mythical creatures." Stiles told them. Both Scott and Allison gave her judgment eyes.
"Does it saying anything on how to find out who's controlling him?" Scott asked breaking the silence.
"Not really. But Stiles was right about the murderers." Allison replied.
"Yes!" Stiles lets out a whispered cheer, "why am I excited about that?" She questioned aloud, but mainly to herself. Scott smacked her on the head. Stiles shot him a look for the assault.
"It calls the kanima a weapon of vengeance. There's a story in there about this South American priest who uses the kanima to execute murderers in his village." Allison recited.
"All right, see? Could be used from good."
"Until the bond grew strong enough that it killed whoever he wanted it to." Allison finished.
"Whoa, major backfire." Stiles reacted.
"Here's the thing, though. The kanima's actually supposed to be a werewolf. But it can't be-"
"Until it resolves that in its past which manifested it." Scott said reading off the translation.
"The words therapy come to mind. Which is something Jackson could really use." Stiles told them. Allison had a thought.
"What if it has something to do with his parents? His real parents." She asked picking up a random book.
"Yeah, does anybody actually know what happened to them?" Scott asked, looking over at Stiles. She shrugged her shoulders.
"Landon might. But if he doesn't then we would have to go straight to Jackson, who by the way has a restraining order against us." She told Allison pointing between herself and Scott.
"Well, he doesn't have a restraining order against me, so I'll talk to him myself." Allison offered.
"Okay, what do I do?" Scott asked. Stiles bumped him on the shoulder.
"Dude, you have a make-up test, remember." Stiles reminded him. Scott lets out a sigh.
"If he does anything, you run the other way." Scott told Allison.
"Like what exactly?" Allison asked. Stiles rolled her eyes and stuck her head through the shelf.
"He means if he does anything evil." Stiles explained.
Melissa was trying to get some housework done, when she noticed that Scott's door was opened. "Really, Scott?" She said noticing the mess inside. She quickly picks up the mess and was about to leave when her motherly instincts kicked in.
"Am I gonna do this? Am I gonna do this? No, I am gonna go to work. I am gonna go to work. I am just gonna straighten up. Just a little bit. Just a tad. He won't even know I was here." The urge to snoop overpowered her and she started flinging stuff out of drawers and riffled through his books. Eventually she finds a 12 pack box of condoms but when she upends it, there is only one left.
While Scott was taking his make-up test, Allison followed Jackson down to the locker room at school. Just as she was about to enter when the door opens and Matt stepped out. Somehow she found herself invited her a rave that was happening that Friday. She heard a chocking noise coming from inside the locker room.
"Jackson?" She called out. She heard running water.
"In here." Jackson called back, she made her way to the showers and noticed how naked Jackson was. She made a shocked expression. "Is something wrong?" He taunted.
Allison quickly covered her eyes. "Y–you could've warned me."
"You're the one that walked into the boys' locker room." He told her.
"I thought I heard you-I th-forget it." She tried to leave, but he blocked her way out.
"Did you wanna talk about something?"
"We can talk later." She chocked out.
"No. Let's talk now."
Allison knew that she was in trouble. Her heart was already racing. He began taunting her about how the werewolves would turn on her and her family, about Scott and their relationship. She then grabbed at his throat and tried to take him down but he landed on top of her. And like that it seemed Jackson to confused as to what was happening. It was then Scott shows up and both of them fight, breaking a sink, a tile wall and knocking over several lockers.
Stiles wasn't having much luck either. Landon wasn't willing to tell her anything about Jackson's real parents, but it seemed like he knew something. "But you are telling me that you could tell me something if you wanted to tell me?" She tried.
"Was that a question?" Landon asked with a smirk on his face. Stiles wasn't sure anymore.
"It felt like a question."
"Well– Tell me if this feels like an answer." He began walking away, "No." He said over his shoulder. Stiles followed him helplessly.
"Landon! Landon, come on! La– wait!" She is suddenly grabbed by Erica and pushed against a wall. "Ouch, Erica."
"Why are you asking Landon about Jackson's real parents?" She asked. Stiles noticed that Erica had her claws out.
"Why are you bringing out the claws on camera?" Stiles asked indicating at the camera that was in the corner. Erica retracted her claws when she noticed the camera as well.
"If you're wondering about Jackson's real parents, they're about half a mile from here. In Beacon Hills cemetery." Erica told her. She walked away, but Stiles quickly followed.
"Do you know how they died?" Stiles asked. Erica stopped and turned her direction towards Stiles.
"Maybe. If you tell me why you're so interested." Erica told her, when Stiles didn't answer the answer was clear. "It's him, isn't it?" Erica asked looking at her.
"What? Who? Him who?" Stiles asked, trying to play it off.
"The test didn't work, but it's still him. It's Jackson." Erica, then walked away. Stiles knew exactly where she was headed. They were now close to the locker room and Stiles was begging Erica not to tell Derek.
"You can't tell Derek, okay? There's a lot more to this that you don't know about. And just because you got the Alpha bite makeover doesn't give you a license to go around destroying people lives." Stiles begged.
Erica was about to respond, when both Stiles and her noticed water coming from under the locker room door. In that moment, Scott lunged through the door and landed in the hall in front of Stiles. Jackson followed and continued to wrestle with Scott. Erica was able to get a hold on Jackson as Stiles held Scott back. Matt arrived on the scene and noticed Allison's tablet. He picked it up, wipes away some water and sees the bestiary translation. He quickly emailed it to himself, without anyone noticing and handed it back to her. Mr. Harris appeared out of nowhere and gave all of them, including Matt, detention.