It wasn't the run KC had wanted but walking from the school to the Stilinski house with Derek wasn't that bad. It seemed to have the same mind clearing effect a run would have had. As they entered the house Derek grumbled something under his breath before heading upstairs. KC joined Stiles in the living room, a questioning look on her face.
"Captain eyebrows isn't happy Isaac is spending his first full moon here, around humans." And that made KC guilty for not telling Stiles her suspicions. "But Scott didn't want to risk his mom and Dad's working late tonight."
"Which just leaves us and we know how to handle werewolves."
"Exactly!" Stiles and KC grinned at each other until a thought struck KC.
"What about Jackson?"
"What about him?"
"Derek bit him too!"
"Scott hasn't said he's a werewolf and Derek said he's rejecting the bite." KC's heart plummeted, but she couldn't give up before she even began.
"Derek also said there were only two ways the bite could go, werewolfism or death, apparently being a werewolf doesn't mean you're always right, because either Scott's wrong and Jackson's a werewolf or he's rejecting the bite, but he's not dead." KC said, already dialing Jackson's number. She wasn't surprised when he didn't pick up. "I'm going to see how he's doing."
"It's a full moon!" Stiles protested.
"And all the wolves," that Stiles knew of anyway, "are upstairs. Jackson is one of us. He helped us take down Peter. We can't just not check up on him on his first full moon after being bitten."
"He helped us with Peter because he wanted to get bitten." Stiles shot back.
KC lifted her chin, time for the low blow. "What if it was Lydia?"
Stiles jumped to his feet, fury in his eyes. "Lydia is currently missing." He hissed. KC hated it, but she knew she had him.
"Exactly, what if out of control werewolf Jackson finds her?" Stiles glared at KC. She knew she was aware she was using Lydia against him, but she didn't care. That should worry her, but all her worry was directed elsewhere. She was already dialing another number.
"Hello." Allison greeted.
"Are you free to talk?" KC questioned.
"Yeah, give me a minute." Silence fell between the pair. "Alright, I'm alone. What's up?"
"Derek and Scott are helping Isaac deal with his first full moon. No one's heard from Jackson or Lydia. Stiles and I were going to go look for them. Want to help?" And once again KC was using Lydia's disappearance to her own gain, but she also fully intended on finding both Lydia and Jackson.
"I'll meet you at Jackson's house." Allison hung up and KC turned to Stiles.
"Allison said she'd meet us at Jackson's." Stiles made a face, but he knew as well as Allison and KC that they had no leads on where Lydia might have gone, but Jackson might be able to provide some since Lydia and Jackson were dating or had been. KC wasn't entirely sure what their relationship status was other than not soulmates. The two headed out to Stiles's jeep. It felt odd for KC to actually be inside it since the last time she'd been near it she'd been pushing it to Aunt Lu's garage. Not to mention she was so used to running everywhere in town that she rarely rode around in a car.
Stiles drove to Jackson's house, well down the street from Jackson's house. He parked there, and they walked the rest of the way. KC stopped when she saw and odd flash of color across the street from the corner of her eye. "Isn't that Isaac's house?" KC asked, looking at the crime scene tape.
Stiles nodded. "Yeah, his dad was murdered last night." KC didn't like the sound of that, but Allison's arrival distracted her from thinking about it anymore.
"How are we going to get in?" Allison asked as the three crept towards the Whittemore's back door. Stiles picked the lock while KC stood and judged Allison. All three of them had the skills to break in, how else did she think they were getting in? It wasn't like they had a key. The back door popped open and the three of them slid inside.
As quietly as possible the three of them made their way up to Jackson's room. As KC had feared Jackson wasn't there. "Why does he have a camera?" Stiles asked. KC didn't know, but-
"Maybe it'll give us clues as to where he went." KC said as Allison picked up the camera. Allison rewound it until Jackson appeared on the little screen. He was sitting straight up in bed, eyes glowing unnaturally.
"That's not a werewolf flash." Stiles said. He and KC were watching over Allison's shoulders.
"So, Derek bit Jackson and Jackson rejected the bite because he was turning into something that's not a werewolf." KC listed off, trying to get things straight.
"The question is, what is he turning into." Allison added.
"I don't know about you guys, but I don't think whatever he is should be loose around Beacon Hills." Stiles said as the video continued with Jackson slithering out his window.
"We need to find him and get him to Derek." KC agreed. Derek was the one who knew everything, and he was the one who bit Jackson, he should know what Jackson was becoming and why. A chill shot through KC. "Put the camera back." She hissed suddenly, shoving at Allison and Stiles. They needed to hide, now! Allison and Stiles gave KC the same odd look, but KC kept pushing them until Allison put the camera back and they hid in Jackson's closet. KC followed them, leaving the door open a crack so she could see into Jackson's room. Stiles, Allison, and KC peeked through the crack. Jackson slithered back into his window, followed by Matt. Well hell, the chill KC had gotten at Kate's funeral must not have come from Gerald, or at least not just from Gerald.
"Sleep Jackson." Matt commanded, and nope, that wasn't helping KC's bad vibes and chills. Matt walked over to the camera. KC had a sinking suspicion he was deleting the footage of supernatural Jackson. Which would limit the proof they had to convince Derek that something had happened to Jackson when he bit him. How was Matt involved in this? How did he know about the supernatural? The three of them watched as Matt left and then waited another two minutes before leaving the closet.
"What the hell?" Stiles demanded. "How did you know they were coming?"
"I'm developing a spidey sense." Not entirely a lie. She did appear to be developing a sixth sense, but it probably came from being not human, but that was between her and Isaac until she got some answers.
"He deleted the footage." Allison announced, confirming the worst of KC's fears.
"So, he knows Jackson is supernatural. He doesn't want him to know, which how the hell does Jackson not know? How does Matt know? And what the hell is Jackson?"
"Right now, he's out like a light. I don't know what Matt did to him." Allison supplied. KC began to pace. They needed answers. And they needed them before they mentioned any of this to Derek, he might not believe them otherwise.
"Let's get out of here. We're not going to get answers or find Lydia here." Stiles suggested. KC and Allison agreed. KC once again took shotgun in the jeep and Allison followed the jeep in Lydia's car which Allison had borrowed to find Lydia.
"Are you sure your family won't freak?" KC questioned when the three of them stood in the Stilinski driveway.
"They know Stiles is human. They should be okay."
"Yeah, but he's also a boy." KC laughed. Allison shook her head as the three headed inside.
~Credits~
Disclaimer: Bloodie Ash does not own Teen Wolf
