Everyone searched everywhere for Stiles but they turned up empty. Imani knew she needed to be away from other people to hear what Stiles heard. She was Jackson's body being loaded into a body bag and then into an ambulance and saw Melissa going with them.
She followed her dad into the change room and he spoke to Scott and Issac. She didn't really listen all that much.
"We've got an apt out on Stiles. His jeep is still in the parking lot." The Sheriff said looking at Imani, she was the one to check she nodded her head in response. "So that means... Well I don't know what that means. Um look if he answers his phone, if he answers his emails, if either one of you see him..." Sheriff listed.
"We'll call you." Issac reassured. Imani was paying attention to their reactions. Scott's intrigue her because he was freaked out by his best friend missing but seemed to know who took him.
"Look he's probably just freaked out from all the attention or something. We'll find him." Scott said which completely contradicted the look on his face a few moments earlier.
"Yeah. I'll see you ok?" Sheriff said before leaving, Imani nodded her head once in a bye and followed her dad. As they left she put her hand on her dad's shoulder getting him to stop.
"Dad? I'm going to wait at home for Stiles just in case." Imani said nodding towards her car. The Sheriff nodded realising that had come in different cars.
"That's a... good idea." He said, he was so out of it. Imani gave a half smile and pulled him into a hug and poured all her nervous energy and love into that hug. The Sheriff felt it.
"Hey it's going to be ok." He whispered. She nodded. They parted and she headed to her car getting and got to her drive way parking. She didn't get out, instead she tuned into the listening device. It was strange the device Imani found she understood what was going on better if she closed her eyes.
Imani sat back in the seat of her car and meditate listening in. She heard thuds and a door shutting, then a groan she determined as Stiles. Imani frowned 'maybe he was pushed down stairs?' she thought. A few moments later shuffling was heard and then crackling like electricity. She heard muffled yells when a big crack was heard of electricity.
"They were trying to warn you it's electrified." She heard Gerard's voice. Imani gritted her teeth and balled her fists, she knew that no good muggle had something to do with it.
"What are you doing with them?" Stiles asked. Imani frowned who would Gerard have that required something to electrified and then thought back to earlier. 'Erica and Boyd' She thought.
"At the moment just keeping them comfortable. There's no point in tottering them, they won't give Derek up. The instinct to protect their Alpha is to strong." Gerard explained.
"Ok." Stiles said "So what are you doing with me? Because Scott can find me alright? He knows my scent. It's pungent you know? It's more like a stench. He could find me even if I was buried at the bottom of a sewer covered in decal matter and urine." Stiles continued. Imani was slightly disgusted.
"Jeez Stiles nice visual." Imani muttered.
"You do have a knack for creating a vivid picture Mr Stilinski. Let me paint one of my own. Scott McCall finds his best friend bloodied and beaten to a pulp. How does that sound?" Gerard threatened. At this Imani reached for the keys in her cars ignition turning on her car.
"I think I might prefer more of a still life landscape you know?" Stiles said there was a pause and Imani could tell Gerard was sizing Stiles up "What- what are you 90? Look I can probably kick your ass up and down this room." Stiles said. Imani now knew where Stiles might be, the Argent's house. She heard a smack and Imani jumped slightly.
"Ok. wait, wait, wait." Stiles muttered and there was another smack. Soon there were repeated smacks and sounds of fist hitting flesh. Imani was livid. She didn't want to hear her brother getting beaten any more so went to drive out the driveway and try to find the Argent's house. But she had no idea where they lived. It would be pointless to go searching and she couldn't use her apparating pendant because then how would she explain herself? Imani sighed and got out her car heading into the house and sat on Stiles bed. Her dad arrived home a few minutes later.
"Yeah I'm not finding any clues here. Listen if he... if he shows up at the hospital... ok thanks." Sheriff said hanging up from whom ever he was speaking to. He sighed and looked at Imani who looked back at him. They both looked away and she put her elbows on her knees, and her head in her hands.
"Where the hell are you Stiles?" Her dad whispered.
"Right here." They both heard Stiles's voice from the doorway. Imani snapped her head up to look and see if she was hearing things. She wasn't.
"It's ok. Dad it's ok." Stiles said as their father went over to look at the small cuts and bruises on Stiles's face.
"Who did it?" Their dad said sounding mad.
"It's ok. It was just a couple kids from the other team. They were really pissed about loosing and I was- I was mouthing off you know. The next thing I know-" Stiles explained. Imani was impressed by how honest Stiles sounded.
"Who was it?" Their father interrupted.
"Dad I don't know. I didn't even see them really."
"I want descriptions."
"Dad come one it's not even that bad." Stiles sighed trying to get him to drop it.
"I'm calling that school. I'm calling them and I'm going to personally go down there and I'm gonna pistol whip these little bastards." Sheriff said. Imani knew both needed to calm down.
"Dad!" She practically yelled from her spot on Stiles bed, having not moved.
"I said it was ok." Stiles said calming down a little, so did her father.
"God." The Sheriff whispered and pulled Stiles into a big hug. Imani could see Stiles really needed that hug as well as Noah. Imani slowly stood up and went over. Eventually her brother and father broke apart and Stiles went over to her and she pulled him into a big hug to. She pulled him as close as she could not wanting to let go. She may not have known her brother very long, not even a year, but the two people in front of her were her only family aside from Harry she had. She had a second chance at having parents, one was already gone, she was going to hold onto the two she had left.
Whilst the siblings were hugging the Sheriff quickly sent out texts to everyone telling them they'd found Stiles. Eventually the siblings broke apart.
"You probably want to get changed and rest." Imani said. Stiles nodded. Imani walked out of his room and dragged their father with her. Imani went down to the kitchen and made herself a cup of tea before sitting on the couch knowing she couldn't relax for long before she had to find out what was happening with Jackson. A few minutes later there was a knock and Noah answered it.
"Oh hi Lydia." He said Imani looked up hearing the name.
"Hi I came to see Stiles." She said quietly. He let her through and saw Imani on the couch.
"Hey Lydia." She said gently.
"Hi Imani." Lydia greeted.
"Stiles is in his room. Up the stairs first door on the left." Imani said pointing.
"Thanks." Lydia said.
A few minutes later Imani saw Lydia leaving but her dad didn't. Her dad nodded for her to follow him to Stiles room having a gleam in his eyes that Imani hadn't really seen before. She frowned following. He told her to wait by the door as he spoke to Stiles. She leant against the doorframe when he sat down in the chair next to Stiles.
"Listen I know that getting beaten up and with what happened to Jackson has got you pretty shaken. But be happy about one thing." Her father said and Imani knew where it was going.
"The game." Imani said smiling a bit. It was then Stiles realised she was there.
"You were amazing." The Sheriff said.
"Thanks guys." Stiles said.
"No I mean it. Look it was pretty much over, and then you got the ball and you started running. You scored and the tide just turned. And you scored again and again." Sheriff praised, Imani decided to add in a comment of her own.
"You weren't just MVP of the game. You were a hero." She said.
"No I'm not a hero sis." Stiles said
"You were last night." Sheriff said. Their dad left patting Stiles and her on the shoulder and she heard Stiles last comment of "I'm not a hero." She discreetly reached over picking up Stiles's lacrosse shirt and removed the listening device from before he could find it or before it went into the wash. She so wished the device recorded conversations but that's not what is was built for. It was built for someone to tap into, to record Imani needed a different device on her end.
Imani soon got the overwhelming feeling that she needed to be somewhere and said she was going to bed and got to her room closing the door and arranging her pillows again before aparating with her pendant. She ended up outside a warehouse and saw Chris Argent's car. She slowly advanced inside and heard multiple werewolves and the Kanima. She crept inside and apparated behind crates getting a closer view of the fight. She saw Peter hiding, watching as well. The werewolves were getting between badly and thankfully Imani had found spray bottles at home to put her potions into. She saw Issac get up but Alison went over stopping him. He didn't attack her but she attacked him. She wanted to use protego but that would raise to much suspicion. Instead when Alison had walked away from Issac she crept behind the crates he was near and sprayed the healing potion near him most of it landing on his cuts. His accelerated healing was already in progress but this would help more.
The Kanima stopped Alison before she could kill Derek and Imani would've stopped her anyway, hopefully without revealing where she was. But Scott said something that Gerard found intriguing. They then started talking in riddles until Issac piped up.
"He's dying." Issac stated.
"I am. Unfortunately science doesn't have a cure for cancer yet. But the supernatural does." Gerard said. Imani then realised what all of this had been about. Gerard wanted power yes, but to have that he needed to be living. He was going to be turned into a werewolf and then kill Derek making Gerard the alpha.
"You're a monster." Chris said.
"No yet." Gerard quipped back looking like a psychotic killer.
"What are you doing?" Alison asked. Imani even rolled her eyes everything had literally just been explained.
"You'll kill her to?" Chris asked looking beyond betrayed.
"When it comes to survival. I'd kill my own son!" Gerard said.
"This muggle needs to be put in Azkaban." Imani thought
"Scott." Gerard said. Scott changed back to his human form and looked like he was battling himself. Although if Imani looked in his eyes, she realised he had a plan. Imani just hoped Scott knew what he was doing. When Scott picked up Derek, Derek confirmed what Imani had been thinking. Gerard becoming the Alpha. The look on Gerard's face sent shivers down Imani spine, he was truly messed up in his head. He looked high and mighty like nothing could touch him and he had already won. Imani although she hated it and would probably go to Azkaban was prepared with the killing curse or at least a body bind curse so she could get Gerard away. As soon as Gerard became a werewolf he would be able to be kept at Azkaban.
It was then Derek's jaws bit down onto Gerard's wrist. Scott let go of Derek whom fell to the ground and Gerard held his arm up like it was a miracle. But instead of his blood running red, it ran black. Imani frowned, confused. Everyone's faces of rage and fear turned into confusion and uncertainty. Gerard hadn't even noticed his arm yet.
"What?" Gerard asked finally looking at the bite mark. "What is this? What did you do?" Derek looked up at Scott shocked.
"Everyone said Gerard always had a plan. I had a plan to." Scott said looking from Derek to Gerard. Imani smiled. Gerard got out his pills he had been taking for his sickness.
"No, no, no." he muttered spilling the containers contents into his palm and crushing the pills "Mountain Ash." Gerard said angrily, then the same black blood substance came out his nose, eyes and ears. Soon he was vomiting it up. Imani winced at the sight, she'd honestly seen worse but it was still an unpleasant sight. Some of those watching had to look away, whilst others couldn't. Surprisingly Gerard wasn't dead.
"Kill them! Kill them all!" He cried to the Kanima. Imani grew tense and had her wand in her hand. Thankfully the Kanima was taken aback by it's master in such a state that Alison broke out of it's grasp. Imani looked at the front of the warehouse though hearing tires. Soon the familiar blue jeep crashed through and hit Jackson.
"Did I get him?" Stiles asked. But the Kanima wasn't about to let a vehicle take it down if it could survive multiple guns shots and three werewolves. She heard both Lydia and Stiles yelled in fear when it jumped onto the hood. Stiles scrambled out behind Lydia and legged it over to Scott standing behind him. But Lydia stunned everybody by facing the lizard creature saying Jackson's name.
"Lydia!" Everybody yelled as the Kanima went to slash her but she held up a key closing her eyes. The creature became intrigued. The creature's body slowly turned from reptilian to representing a teenager more and more, soon Jackson's eyes were showing to. Jackson slowly stepped back but the Hale men decided that the Kanima not killing Lydia wasn't enough proof and ran their claws through his torso. Jackson choked out and Lydia was horrified. Both men backed away as Jackson choked more before Lydia caught him. The two shared a tender moment Imani couldn't quite pick up. As Lydia lay Jackson down the remaining scales disappeared from his body and face.
Just as everybody thought he was truly dead the scraping of claws was heard. Imani looked closer and the claw wounds responsible for killing him disappeared. Then his eyes opened revealing shining blue eyes. He sat up slowly getting to his feet and let loose a roar, a roar of a werewolf. He turned back to himself and look confused at Lydia. The two hugged both relieved that Jackson was alive.
"I love magic." Imani said smiling slightly. Looking at the others who were stunned that the teenage boy was breathing. Imani smiled and knew it was time for her to apparate to her room. She closed her eyes thinking of her room and felt the familiar pulled, twisting sensation before it all stopped and she opened her eyes to see Gaz sitting on her desk chair. Although the feeling Imani had that night had lessened it was still there making her frown.
"Maybe some of those werewolf howls weren't made by the Argents." Imani thought out loud. She then heard the faint howl of one from deep in the woods.
The next morning Imani said she was headed to the diner for a morning shift but actually went back to the warehouse to see if she could find Gerard before anyone else could. She pulled up about a block away and apparated closer. Thankfully she landed behind crates because she saw Deaton the mysterious vet. He was crouched by a small puddle of the black substance that Gerard was bleeding. She saw a woman approach him. She frowned at their conversation.
"Retired?" Imani muttered. "Back to the library it is." She said. She appeared back in her car and had enough time to do some more quick research on Deaton before heading to her shift for her real start time. She discovered Scott had gone to Deaton with his plan of replacing Gerard's pills. Imani nodded, it made sense. Gonna have to be careful and figure out which side he was actually on before she revealed herself to him. She felt that if he was a good man and knew of the supernatural, she would tell him sooner rather than later. It'd be good to have someone to talk about supernatural issues with.
A few weeks later she headed down to the kitchen seeing Stiles already there.
"You seem chipper this morning." Imani said.
"Hey. Yeah Scott and I are going to do some lacrosse practise today." Stiles said.
"Cool. Can I come?" Imani asked curiously.
"Uh sure don't know why not." Stiles said. Imani smiled.
"Uh thanks for telling me about that cream stuff." Stiles said gesturing to his cheek. Imani smiled. She'd given Stiles some of the non-bruise salve for his cheek saying it was something they used in England and she'd managed to find some here.
"Oh don't mention it." Imani said. She'd managed to get out of telling him a name or a brand for the cream.
They soon got loaded in the jeep and headed to Scott's house to pick him up.
"Hey Stiles-" Scott said stopping from getting in the front passenger seat because Imani was there. "Oh hey Imani." Scott said.
"Hi Scott." Imani smiled. It was obvious that Scott's hello was going to continue with something to do with the past few weeks events. With that Scott got into the back seat.
"So Imani sorry if this sounds rude but... why are you coming?" Scott asked awkwardly. Imani started laughing.
"Scott!" Stiles said loudly reprimanding his friend.
"What?" Scott asked.
"It's fine Scott. I'm coming because I've only met my brother this year after 19 years of not knowing him. I'd like to hang out with him, we can't play like we were young so coming to practises for a sport he plays is the next best thing. Besides we didn't have lacrosse where I was." Imani explained. Scott had originally thought that she found out something about the supernatural and so that was her motive but discovered it was all human reasons. He nodded and remained quiet for the rest of the trip.
"So you really think she's going to come back to you?" Stiles asked Scott referring to Alison.
"Yeah I know she is. What about you and Lydia." Scott asked. Imani went over to the bleachers and sat on the closest one.
"Ah. Well the 10 years plan for making Lydia fall in love with me may have to stretch to 15 but the plan is still definitely in motion." Stiles said.
"Why don't you just ask her out?" Imani called from her seat on the bleachers. The two boys just looked at her and then Scott looked at his friend agreeing with her.
"Haha yeah ok. Why don't you just get in the goal and help me make team captain like you promised there, big guy." Stiles said completely ignoring Imani's statement and telling Scott what to do.
"Hey you know what I just realised?" Scott asked "I'm right back where I started."
"What do you mean?" Stiles asked.
"I mean no lacrosse, no popularity, no girlfriend, nothing." Scott listed.
"Popularity is over rated!" Imani called. All the popularity from being 'The Chosen Ones' sister was ridiculous.
"Yeah and dude you still got me." Stiles said.
"I had you before."
"Yeah and you still got me. Ok? So life fulfilled." Stiles clarified.
"Very." Scott chuckled. Imani was laughing she'd said almost the exact same conversation with Harry, Hermione and Ron.
"No remember. No captain powers." Stiles said pausing before saying captain. Imani knew he meant werewolf but they had to dumb it down because she was present.
"Got it." Scott nodded
"No I mean it." Stiles said gesturing to his eyes and ears and flexing his arm around "None of that crap ok?"
"Ok. Come on." Scott said tapping the goals. Imani was laughing. Stiles got ready nervously.
"You promise?" Stiles asked.
"Would you just take the shot already?" Scott asked.
"Come on Stiles you made what 5 goals last game you should be fine." Imani said. She kept an eye on Stiles but out the corner of her eye she saw Scott's face change and knew he'd use his powers. Stiles got ready and shot the ball at the goals but Scott caught it easily. She saw his eyes faintly glowing but pretended she didn't.
"I said no powers!" Stiles complained stopping himself from saying 'wolf powers', he also looked at Imani seeing that she hadn't noticed anything amiss. She laughed at Stiles's comment.
They continued to practise and the more Imani watched the more she picked up on similarities to Quidditch. Being a chaser and also trained being a keeper with Wood incase something happened.
"Hey." Imani said standing and both boys stopped "Do you think I could maybe have a go?"
"Uh... sure." Stiles said unsure. Imani smiled and held her hands out for the lacrosse stick, Scott and Stiles then swapped as well. "Now don't be disheartened if you don't get it in the goal."
"Haha I won't I promise." Imani smiled. Scott came over to her.
"Do you want any tips?" Scott asked.
"Thank you but I've been watching for a while and so long as Stiles has been shooting correctly I should have it." Imani said "Besides I just want to try." Scott nodded backing off.
"Ok you ready?" Stiles asked. Imani got the ball in the net and got in a ready stance.
"Are you?" She asked jokingly. Scott lost it laughing.
"Yeah ok just shoot the ball." Stiles said tapping the goals like Scott had done just not as fluidly. Imani smiled and shot the ball, it flew into the net. It stunned both boys.
"Did I forget to mention I did sport at my boarding school? And my team won 80% of the matches." Imani said casually.
"You conveniently forgot that little detail." Stiles said getting ready again and Imani got another ball shooting it. It went in again. After about 5 more shoots and 5 more goals Stiles wanted to switch with Scott. Scott was curious and didn't use wolf powers to begin with a few balls got past him into the net. Imani was having a blast it was similar to being a chaser and she missed playing the sport she loved at Hogwarts.
"You're really good are you sure you haven't played lacrosse before?" Scott asked.
"I'm sure. I think some of the skills I have are transferrable." Imani said shrugging and picking up another ball. This time Scott added his wolf powers and was very careful about where he looked to Imani wouldn't pick up on it. She did, but she pretended not to notice. Imani got into a good stance and knew she had to make this one count. She balled up her arm muscles and took a step forwards forcing the lacrosse stick forwards and extending her arms sending the ball launching towards the net. Stiles knew what Scott was doing to and held his breath it was a brilliant shot. Even with Scott's enhanced vision he couldn't quite get to the ball in time and it bounce of the edge of his stick near the net and went into the net. Scott was stunned. Imani pretended nothing was amiss.
"Woah." Scott said quietly and looked at Stiles. Scott got suspicious at his friend's sister. Even though a DNA test had been done and Stiles and the Sheriff were human Scott wasn't 100% sure about Imani. Stiles was silent, shocked, until.
"My sister is awesome!" Stiles yelled jumping around like an idiot. Imani looked at him laughing. The rest of the day was made up of the three trading places and practising lacrosse and all three getting to know each other better.
Author: And that concludes it for season 2 of Teen Wolf. Any thoughts on the story let me know, happy to hear feedback and answer any questions.