Ch. 20
Lennon searched the crowd for Isaac but to no avail. Sighing, she squeezed her way past the crowd and towards a lounge area. She had meant to get out and have a little werewolf free fun, but apparently, that wasn't going to happen. Especially as she bumped shoulders with Scott.
"Scott! What are you doing here?" Lennon asked. She followed his eyeline to where Allison and Matt were dancing. "Oh no, Scott, please."
"This isn't about her." Scott shook his head. Lennon tilted her head and gave him a look, making Scott sigh and roll her eyes. "Okay, not completely. But we've got something going on. I didn't know she'd be here. Or you, for that matter what are you doing here?"
"I'm here with Danny and his date." Lennon explained. She didn't know how Scott would handle news that she technically helped set Allison and Matt up. She was about to say something, but Allison was making her way over.
"What are you doing here?" Scott asked her.
"You told me to go out with him." Allison said, confused.
"No, not here!" Scott sighed frustratedly. "You don't get it, we have a plan."
"You have a plan?" Allison's eyes went wide. "Okay, okay. My father and Gerard they're coming here."
"Oh this isn't good." Lennon muttered under her breath, but Scott and Allison ignored her.
"What did you tell them?" Scott asked, panic in his voice.
"I-I told them. . ."
"Allison!" Scott bellowed
"I-I had to tell them!" Allison defended. Scott stared at her incredulously.
"Oh god," he mumbled, studied Allison's face. "They know it's Jackson."
"People are dying, Scott. What am I supposed to do?" Lennon felt uncomfortable standing there, witnessing this fight. It was awkward when it was a nothing fight, but it was even more so when it was about saving the town from their friend and local lizard person.
"You're supposed to trust me!" Scott told her.
"I trust you!" Allison cried. "More than anyone!"
"We had a plan," Scott said, looking at the ground, trying to pick up the pieces of their already broken idea.
"So do they." Allison assured him.
"This isn't going to work." Scott shook his head. Allison's eyes went wide again.
"Wh-what do you want me to do? Okay? I can-I can fix this!" she informed him quickly. "Please, please Scott! Just tell me."
"Just stay out of the way." he told her, and turned to leave.
"Scott!" Allison called out.
"Stay out of the way!" he growled. Scott pushed past Lennon and left the girls there, staring after him.
"Are you going to be okay?" Lennon asked, moving closer to Allison. The dark haired girl took in a deep breath and forced a smile onto her face.
"Yeah, I'm going to be fine." Allison nodded. "I'm going to go find Matt. I'll see you later."
"Yeah. Text me if you need me." Lennon hugged Allison and watched her go back to where she left Matt. Lennon turned and began to walk around, looking out at the crowd, her eyes scanned over the couples making out on the pillars and a part of her wished she could be one of them, just to have that sense of whimsy. That nothing else mattered because she was a teenager and nights like this would be looked back upon as something to remember from youth, and she could tell her children about it and give them speeches like her mother did. But all of that has changed. She may not have been directly involved in all of the supernatural madness, but just knowing about it was enough to change her perspective. The truth that the things that go bump in the night were real wasn't as unsettling as the fact that her own friends were the creatures in question.
"You need to leave." Lennon whipped around to see Erica standing behind her. "Go. Now!"
"I-I can't, Danny brought me here." Lennon told her. "Erica, what's going on?"
"Jackson is here." the blonde walked forward. "You need to go, Lennon."
"If people are going to be in danger, then I'm going to stay and help." Lennon insisted. "In any way I can."
"You can't, now please go." Erica grabbed Lennon's wrist and tried pulling her towards the door. Lennon planted her feet on the floor and stared determinedly at Erica.
"I'm not leaving my friends behind." Lennon told her. "I appreciate your concern for my safety, but I'm staying." Erica studied the brunette for a few moments, then let go of her wrist.
"If you're not going to leave, then it's your neck." Erica told her. "Just watch your back and be careful. We've got too much going on to rescue you."
"I'll be fine. Don't worry." Lennon assured her. Erica went to walk away, but Lennon called after her. "Make sure Isaac stays safe?"
"Of course." Erica smiled at Lennon, and there was an unspoken peace between them. "He's a part of my pack." and with that, Erica disappeared into the crowd. Lennon looked around and her eyes were met with the sight of Scott and Isaac, talking and seemingly exchanging something. She took advantage of their distracted conversation and took him in. It was the first she'd seen him in a while, having spent a lot of time with Stiles, and any other time was spent on homework and helping her increasingly pregnant mother around the house and taking care of Jude.
Isaac's tall, slender frame was slightly twisted and bent, so he could listen to Scott as they talked quickly. He had cut his hair just a bit, but it still formed the ashy blonde curls she loved to run her fingers through. His face was just as handsome as she dreamed at night and his icy blues eyes were as sharp and piercing as ever. He looked up at her abruptly, and Lennon felt his gaze pressing against her skin. The weight of his eyes on her felt like she was being pulled down to the floor, the gravity of everything they had had pushing her to a breaking point. Sucking in a deep breath she gave him a sheepish smile and briskly took off, rejoining the crowd, searching for Danny.
"Why me?" Isaac asked Scott as Scott handed him the syringe.
"Because I gotta make sure that Argent doesn't completely ruin the plan." Scott explained. "Okay look, you better do intravenously, which means in the vein. When you find him, you pull back on this plunger right here. In the neck is probably going to be the easiest. So you find a vein, you jam it in there, and pull back on the trigger. Be careful."
"Oh I doubt I'll even slightly hurt him." Isaac chuckled.
"No, I mean you." Scott looked Isaac in the eyes. "I don't want you to get hurt." an understanding flashed between them and Isaac watched Scott back away, and go find his vantage point. Isaac pushed off the wall and found Erica, setting off into the crowd to find Jackson.
"Don't lose focus," Erica began as their eyes moved over every body in the crowd. "But Lennon is here."
"I know." Isaac murmured back. They caught sight of Jackson across the room and beelined for him. "I saw her."
"I tried to get her to leave, but she's stubborn."
"That's her." Isaac said. They closed in on Jackson and Erica reached out, grazing her fingers along his neck and keeping her hand there as she turned around his body. She leaned in, pressing a light kiss on Jackson's neck and pulling him in to dance, Isaac blocking her between them, his hands on her hips. Erica leaned her head back and exposed her neck to Jackson, her lips meeting Isaac's. Both boys gave in to Erica's body. Jackson leaned forward, kissing up and down Erica's neck and Isaac slowly reached into his pocket, pulling out the syringe. He pulled back on the plunger and began raising his hand, keeping eye contact with Jackson. Suddenly his hands were at their backs, his sharp, pointed claws digging into their skin.
"She belongs to me." he growled. He pulled his claws out and let them fall to the ground, kicking the needle out of Isaac's hand. Isaac got up on his elbows, and reached for the syringe, but it was kicked farther away by a dancer. He glared at the unknowing bystander and moved for it again, finally getting his hands on it. He stood up, only a few paces behind Jackson and lunged, jamming the needle into the young man's neck. Jackson immediately went down and Isaac dragged him off, Erica helping.
"Stiles!" Lennon ran forward, grabbing the boys hand. "What's going on?"
"Uh, we're trying to keep Jackson from making another kill." he answered, pulling her along with him towards the back of the rave. "We've got his sedated so hopefully that works."
"So now what?" Lennon asked.
"I'm not sure." Stiles said. He pulled open a door and they were immediately met with Erica and Isaac getting into defensive stances.
"Uh no no no no! Just us! It's just us! Don't freak." Stiles put up his hands in surrender and they backed off.
"Is he okay?" Lennon asked, looking at Jackson, who was unconscious on a metal folding chair.
"Well," Isaac moved forward, towards Jackson. "Let's find out." he brought up his hand, and claws emerged from them. Lennon felt a small shudder move through her body, still not used to the abnormal things her friends could do. He moved his hand back towards him and swung it back out, as if to backhand Jackson across the face, but Jackson's hand shot up, grasping Isaac's forearm and digging his fingers in. His face was still relaxed, and he still seemed unconscious. "God, shit!" Isaac groaned as Jackson's hand continued to crush. Jackson finally let go and Isaac moved quickly back over, standing next to Stiles.
"Okay, no one does anything like that again, okay?" Stiles commanded as everyone nodded. Lennon moved to Isaac stood before him.
"Is it broken?" she asked, studying the bruising forming already. Isaac shook his head.
"Sprained, most likely." he answered. "But I can already feel it healing. Oh I thought the ketamine was supposed to put him out."
"Yeah, well apparently this is all we're going to get. So let's just hope that whoever's controlling him just decided to show up tonight." Erica nodded, looking to Stiles. Suddenly, Jackson's eyes opened and glared up at them all.
"I'm here." he said, his voice raspier and more gruff than usual. Everyone looked over to him, eyes wide with shock. "I'm right here with you."
"Okay that's freaky." Lennon whispered. Isaac nodded next to her as Stiles moved forward. "Stiles,"
"It's okay." he turned back, assuring her. He gave her a soft smile and turned back, pulling up the legs of his jeans as he crouched down in front of the chair Jackson was in. Everyone behind him subconsciously leaned forward.
"Jackson, is that you?" Stiles asked.
"Us." Jackson answered in the gruff voice. "We're all here." Lennon furrowed her brow and Stiles looked back at them, then turned back to Jackson.
"Are you the one killing people?" Stiles asked.
"We are the ones killing murderers." Jackson replied.
"So all the people you've killed so far-"
"Deserved it." Jackson cut in.
"So we got a little rule book that says you only go after murderers."
"Anything can break if enough pressure's applied."
"Alright, so the people you're killing are all murderers then?" Stiles questioned.
"All." Jackson answered with finality. "Each. Every one."
"Well who did they murder?" Stiles asked.
"Me." Erica, Lennon, and Isaac exchanged confused glances as Stiles shook his head a bit.
"Wait, what? What do you mean?"
"They murdered me." Isaac stood up and moved closer to the girls, Stiles glanced back at them, then turned back to see why Isaac moved. Jackson's eyes were like a reptiles. "They murdered me." Stiles stood up and moved back towards the group. Jackson's right arm was full-on scales and claws now, and Lennon could feel the tingle of fear creeping up and down her spine.
"Okay, alright, more ketamine. The man needs ketamine. Come on" Stiles said, holding out his hand.
"We don't have anymore." Isaac informed him, holding up the empty bottle.
"You used the whole bottle?!" Stiles' nostrils flared as he grabbed the empty bottle from Isaac. Erica patted his shoulder, her eyes wide and staring at Jackson. Isaac, Stiles and Lennon looked over as well and froze in fear. Jackson was standing up and straight, his face and body covered in scales, and he took in a deep breath, and let out a loud roar.
"Um, okay, our, everybody out!" Stiles yelled
"Go, go, go, go!" Isaac and Erica pulled Stiles and Lennon out of the all turned and shut the door, throwing their bodies against it.
"Okay, find something to move in front of the door!" Stiles said. He turned, looking for an object to do so, when the wall next to them burst, and the kanima leapt out quickly. Lennon's hand had grasped someone else's at the loud sound and she looked down, seeing it was Isaac's.
"We should go find Scott." Stiles said weakly. Everyone nodded and Stiles reached back, grabbing Lennon's hand and pulling her along with him, Lennon's other hand falling from Isaac's quickly.
Stiles and Lennon weaved through the edges of the crowd and finally made it to the door, going outside. They stepped down the stairs and out into the parking lot. Stiles pulled her around to the back, where they met Derek Hale.
"Hey, um," Stiles began as they watched the door. "So we kind of lost Jackson inside but it's-" Isaac and Erica ran through the door, and abruptly stopped, looking at the ring of sand surrounding the building that Lennon hadn't noticed before.
"What is that?" she whispered to Stiles.
"Mountain ash." he replied. "It keeps supernatural creatures confined inside of the ring. Oh my god it's working." he grinned. "Oh, this is so-I did something!" Lennon watched Stiles' mini-celebration with chagrin, looking at the scared and worrisome faces on Isaac, Erica, and Derek's faces.
"Scott. . ." Derek said under his breath.
"What?" Stiles asked, looking at the Alpha. Lennon looked over as well.
"Break it!" Derek told Stiles.
"What?! No way!" Stiles cried.
"Scott's dying!" Derek insisted.
"Okay, what? How do you know that?"
"Oh my god, Stiles! I just know!" Derek yelled hurriedly. "Break it!" Stiles nodded and turned, crouching down over the line. He lifted his hands up and waved them over the ash. As soon as the line was broken, Derek rushed over it, and into the building.
"Derek's got this handled. There's nothing more we can do." Erica said, her and Isaac approaching Lennon and Stiles. "Stiles, why don't you take Lennon home."
"I came here wi-"
"With Danny, we know." Erica said. "I'll let him know you left with Stiles." Lennon looked to Stiles, who nodded. Lennon sighed and turned, walking back towards the blue Jeep, and Stiles quickly followed, putting an arm around her back and opening the passenger door for her.
"What's wrong?" Stiles asked as they drove back towards town. Lennon shrugged noncommittally and looked at her hands in her lap.
"I don't know. Tonight was supposed to be fun and stress and werewolf free, but I guess karma had other plans." the girl murmured. "I feel so useless, Stiles. I want to help but I don't know anything about anything when it comes to this stuff."
"You think I do?" Stiles chuckled under his breath.
"You know more than I do." Lennon insisted. "I just can't stand not being able to do something."
"I know how you feel." Stiles empathized. "It sucks, not having super powers and being normal sometimes."
"I think we're far from normal." Lennon shook her head, a soft smile on her face. "We could be team human. Scrawny but sarcastic." Stiles burst out laughing, making Lennon giggle.
"I like it." he grinned over at her. "Team Human. We'll take the names, they kick the ass." Stiles pulled into his driveway and they both unbuckled their seat belts. "I'm sorry we ruined your night."
"Eh, I'm starting to get used to it." Lennon shrugged. "What are you up to tomorrow?"
"Uh, some homework, nothing else, unless Scott needs me." Stiles shrugged. "Why?"
"Well Jude has been bugging me about the next time you're coming over to play lacrosse, and I have to babysit him all day tomorrow while mom and Kevin go to a doctor's appointment and get a few things for the new nursery."
"What time do you want me over?"
"Any time." Lennon smiled. "Um, I'm making chocolate chip french toast for breakfast, so you can come around around ten, if you want."
"Oh god, yeah that sounds amazing." Stiles rested his head back on the headrest.
"Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow, Stiles." Lennon leaned over and hugged Stiles, then got out of the Jeep and walked across their yards, up her porch, and took the key from the mat, unlocking the door and heading inside for the night.
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