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Summary: Veda's parents are hiding something; she is sure of that. After dragging her all over the country, like their on the run, they settle down in Beacon Hills where apparently everyone has a secret. She is tired of the lies and excuses and is determined to find the truth. As always, it is easier said than done. IsaacXOC

Teen Wolf – Reinventing Your Exit
Chapter 10 :: Breakin' A Sweat

Veda, Stiles and Scott pulled up to the warehouse that the show was going to be in. Scott helped her step out from the back of the Jeep. "Thanks." She smiled and walked to the trunk where Stiles was. The doe eyed boy opened the back and pulled out a black garbage bag. "You alright?" Scott asked his best friend. "Yeah, why?" Stiles answered quickly. "It's just you didn't say anything the whole way here." Stiles shrugged his shoulders. "Nah I'm fine. Can you grab the other bag?"

Scott shook his head. "No I can't. Remember Deaton said you had to do it alone." Veda gave his a sympathetic smile. "Okay this plan is really starting to suck." Stiles stated as Scott looked toward the entrance of the building. "No; not here. Not now." With that he took off in a slow run leaving his friends behind.

"What? Scott?" Stiles called after him. "What am I supposed to – plan officially sucks." He turned to Veda. "You better get in there with him." He stated as he tossed the one bag of mountain ash to the ground. "Sorry Stiles. You got this." She smiled and started after Scott. "Hey Veda?" Stiles spoke softly and she stopped in her tracks. "Thanks for not telling Scott about my dad." He was looking down at his feet, looking much like a little kid who was nervous.

She looked back to the direction Scott went in before walking back to Stiles and pulling him into a huge hug, catching him off guard. His wrapped his arms around her and squeezed her back just as tight. "Of course, that's what friends do. However, if you want to talk to someone then I'm here to listen." She pulled back with a smile and gave him a light punch to the shoulder. "Now get to work, abdominal snowman." She gave a laugh as she spun on her heel and ran to the door. "I'm not a snowman!" Stiles yelled out to her, rolling his eyes.

It was warm inside, the strobe light bouncing off the walls and the sea of bodies that filled the room. The gray eyes girl frowned at the scene; how was she supposed to find Scott in this mess let alone Jackson? Muttering to herself she pushed into the crowd, sweating bodies bumping into her as people threw themselves around to the beat. She finally spotted someone she knew. "Matt!" She yelled out his name over the music to grab his attention. "Hey, Veda!" He smiled at her. "I didn't think this was your scene." He added.

"Oh, it's normally not. I came here with Scott; he didn't want to come alone." She answered. "I seemed to have lost him in the drowning abyss of sweat." Matt laughed. "He's over there talking with Allison." His words made her eyes widen. "I didn't know Allison was here." She stated out loud. "Uh, yeah. She actually came with me." He stated proudly. Veda looked over at her friend and noticed that Scott wasn't with her anymore and that she looked distraught. "Hey you should check up on her." She stated to Matt. "Yeah, I'll see you later." With that he was off after the dark haired girl.

Veda scanned the room against for Jackson but she couldn't find him anywhere. She did bump into Mr. Harris and was a little freaked out to see her teacher at this type of setting. Hands fell upon her waist pulling her into a warm body. "Hey Sunshine." The words sent shivers down her spine, her body swayed with his as a smile fell upon her face. "Hey Stud." She whispered as she leaned her head back against his shoulder. His lips pressed open kisses to the side of her neck, dragging slowly up to her ear. She bit her lip and closed her eyes as his hands traveled up and down her sides. He chuckled in her ear and spun her to face him. "So what are you doing?" He smiled. "Playing look-out. I can't find the target though." She pressed a kiss to his nose. The two of them moved around in the hunt for Jackson when Veda saw him. "There, he's right there." She yelled.

There was a murderous look in his eyes as he moved effortlessly in the crowd toward the DJ stage. She gripped Isaac's hand and pulled him through the crowd to cut Jackson off. Erika and her reached the boy at the same time; Veda ran her hand up his chest and to the back of his neck while Erika pressed herself against his back. The two danced on both sides of him, Isaac falling in step behind her. Erika moved to the front of Jackson facing Veda; the two girls dancing together between the males. Veda wasn't going to lie; it was getting pretty hot in there. Erika and her were grinding on each other Erika's right hand was reached back behind her keeping Jackson close while her left hand tangled in the gray eyed girls hair. Jackson's eyes locked with Veda's and she bit her lip. His eyes were dark, intense and as hard as steel. With this distraction working, Isaac grabbed the syringe out of his pocket. Within a second Jackson had his nails in Erika's side and just missed Veda's hitting Isaac instead.

"He belongs to me." A unknown voice came from Jackson's lips before he pulled his claws back out of the werewolves and moving toward the stage again. Veda watched her friends fall to the ground and Isaac reached for the syringe only to have someone kick it out of reach. Veda grabbed it quickly before someone could step on it and break it. Isaac took it from her and made his way after Jackson. Veda's eyes scanned the room looking to find someone watching them. There was no one that she could spot. Everyone was dancing in a chaotic frenzy. She jumped when a hand landed on her shoulder but it was only Erika. "Come on." The brown eyed girl lead her through the crowd, following Isaac who was now dragging Jackson out of the dance room.

They ended up in a small storage room and Isaac threw Jackson into a chair. "Now what?" The blonde haired girl asked. The three of them looked at the lacrosse player with an air of tension around them. "I-I'll call the boys." Veda finally stated as she pulled out her phone. She tried Scott first, but after a few rings it went to his voicemail. "Uh Scott, we got Jackson. Now what? Call me back... like soon." She hung up.

"He didn't answer?" Isaac asked in a groan already knowing the answer. "I'll try Stiles." The doe eyed boy answered on the second ring. "Veda, I did it! The fairy dust is all down and surrounding the building." He sounded so proud of himself. "That's great Stiles. See I told you that you could do it. Just an update for you: we got Jackson. Well Erika, Isaac and I did. I can't seem to find Scott and he didn't answer his phone." She paused as Jackson shifted a little. "Can you come here quickly? We are in the storage closet in the main hallway." With Stiles agreeing to meet them she hung up the phone.

Isaac slide his hand into hers while the stared at the unconscious boy. The door swung open causing them to jump, Erika almost pouncing on the intruder. "No, no no! It's just me! It's me!" He closed the door behind him and whispered. "Freak." Veda rolled her eyes at him, Erika had ever right to be on attack mode. Stiles moved more into the room. "Well, he okay?"

Isaac let go of her hand and took a few steps up to Jackson, letting his claws come out. "Let's find out." He went to strike Jackson but his arm was grabbed in a crushing grip. A few bones snapped bringing the blue eyed boy to his knees. Veda was horrified and what made it worse was that Jackson never even opened his eyes. Once Isaac got away from him he moved back the group clutching his arm in pain. Veda stood close to him and looked at his injured arm, it was already starting he healing process.

"Okay, nobody does anything like that again, okay?" Stiles stated as he pointed to the others. "I thought the Ketamine was supposed to put him out." Isaac stated through his pain. "Yeah, well apparently this is all we're gonna get. So let's just hope whoever is controlling him decided to show up tonight." Stiles stated as he looked over at Erica who nodded. It was in that moment that Jackson's eyes opened, though he didn't look at any of them, it was more as if his eyes were rolling into the back of his head. "I'm here." That creepy voice spoke again catching their attention. "I'm right here with you."

Veda wanted to pull Stiles back as he took slow steps toward the possessed adolescent. "Jackson is that you?" he asked.

"Us. We're all here." Stiles looked back at them with a confused look before facing Jackson again. "Are you the one killing people?"

Veda didn't know what she disliked more, the fact that Jackson was talking as if he was controlled by multiple people or that fact that Stiles was now crouched down right in front of the other boys face. It was too close for comfort especially with what just happened to Isaac. Her boyfriend must have felt her anxiety as he pulled her close so that her back was against his chest.

"Well who did they murder?" Stiles was still continuing with his interrogation. "Me." The voice was unhappy now, very menacing and upset. "What? Wait, what do you mean?" Stiles wasn't the only one in the room who was confused. Jackson's eyes changed into a golden red as he started twitching. "They murdered me!" Stiles moved back quickly, almost tripping over his feet in the process. "Okay more Ketamine. The man needs more Ketamine." Jackson's skin was starting to change into the Kanima's scaly texture. "Come on!" Stiles urged Isaac to move faster. "Ugh, we don't have anymore." Isaac stated as he held up the empty bottle. Stiles stared in disbelief. "You used the whole bottle?"

Erika tapped on Stiles shoulder causing all the teenagers to look over to Jackson who was rapidly transforming now. "Alright, out! Everyone Out!" Stiles commanded and they raced to the door. With their panic it was a surprise that one of the supernatural adolescences didn't rip the door off the hinge by accident. They slammed the door and threw themselves against it. "Alright, someone find something to put against the door." Stiles request was deemed pointless when a loud shriek of the Kanima was heard before he busted out of the side wall of the room, racing past the four terrified high school students. "yeah, cause ya know he was gonna use the door." Veda stated.

The small group moved around the building to find Jackson but couldn't seem to find the scaly lizard. "Maybe he went outside." Stiles stated as he raced for an exit. Veda followed close behind but the only one they saw outside was Derek who was looking at the black mountain ash. Stiles stepped over his barrier and started talking to the older male. "So we kinda lost Jackson inside but it's…" Erika and Isaac stepped out and saw the ash as well. Veda sat on the steps of the building to catch her breath and to wrap her mind around everything.

Isaac moved to stand in front of the ash to examine it only to feel like they couldn't pass over it. It was just an instinct that they knew this was a wall. "Oh my god! It's working!" Stiles threw is hands in the air in victory. "I did that!" He bragged as a loud growl came from inside the building. Derek didn't look calm anymore. "Scott!" He sounded worried which made Veda worry – she hadn't seen the brown eyed boy since she was taking with Matt. 'What?" Stiles asked Derek at the name. "Break it!" Derek commanded as he looked at the building in worry. "What? No way." Stiles sounded offended by the suggestion of ruining his masterpiece. "Scott's dying." Derek stated. Everyone froze.

Stiles blinked. "Okay what, how do you know that?" He asked. "OH MY GOD STILES I JUST KNOW! BREAK IT!" Derek yelled in a panic. "Alright!" Stiles dropped to his knee and took in a deep breath before splitting the ash with his hand. As soon as there was a break Derek raced into the building. Veda took in a deep breath and looked over at the boy. "You did a good job Stiles – the plan just didn't go as planned." She forced herself off the step and stood near Erika and Isaac. "We made a good team." She smiled at the blonde who smiled back. "Yeah I guess we did, didn't we?"

A buzzing of her phone caused her to look down. "Shit! I'm going to be in even more trouble." It was her mother asking her if the study group was almost done and that it was getting late. "I better get you home. I'll be in the Jeep." Stiles stated as he jogged over to his car.

Erika rolled her eyes and walked away from the couple so they could say goodbye. "I'll see you tomorrow?" Veda asked as she wrapped her arms around him. "Maybe you'll see me later. Leave the window unlocked." He kissed her forehead before kissing her lips. "We'll see." She smiled at him before heading toward the Jeep. Sliding in the front seat she gave Stiles a small smile. "Are we waiting for Scott?" She asked. "Nah, he is with Derek and I need to get you home. Just text him for me." He started up the Jeep.

Veda sent the message before calling up her mother. "Hey ma, sorry we're kinda on the way. Stiles just needs to stop by his dad's job to drop something off and I will be home right after that." There was a small pause. "Nah, I have my key. Night, love you." She got off the phone and closed her eyes. "Why do I feel like you're not used to lying to your parents?" Stiles asked her. A small laugh escaped her. "I'm that obvious? I don't lie to my parents. I never needed to." She stated. "Are you serious? Did none of your friends ever have fun?" He asked. "Didn't have any." She replied. "What? You're joking right?" Stiles couldn't believe that she didn't have any friends, yeah she was shy in the beginning but now it was like she had been part of the group for years.

"I never had time. My parents moved around too much and I didn't see a point. I thought that was going to be the case here too. But then I met Scott and you and well everyone else. But the two of you had such a concern for your other friends. When you guys were worried about Boyd that one day I knew that if I wanted to make friends then you guys were the ones I wanted." She felt Stiles look at her once the came to a red light. "Sure, everything with you all is new and scary. I've never been in trouble before, I never felt the fear that I do like when I stand in front of the Kanima – hell I've never been outside of my house past seven o'clock at night." She looked over at him.

"You're being serious?" Stiles asked and she nodded her head. "But you don't act like it. You talk to us like you've known us for years. Your relationship with Isaac seems like a breeze to you." Stiles stated. "How is that?" The light turned green. "I think it's from all the years of watching people interact. I mean trust me. I feel lost in all of this. I have no idea how to gossip, I'm constantly worried about when I tease you that I might actually say the wrong this and get you mad at me. My relationship? I have no idea what I'm doing there either." She laughed a little. "All I know is I don't regret anything I've done yet."

"Good. I'm glad you don't." Stiles smiled at the road. The rest of the ride was silent but it wasn't uncomfortable in any way. When they pulled up to her house she sat for a minute. "I still stand by my offer that if you need anyone to talk to about what's going on with your dad I'll listen. I've seen you help everyone else; it's about time someone helps you too." With that she opened the door and exited the vehicle. Halfway to her front door she spun around on her heel and waved. "Good night Stiles."

A/N: I know it's short and not much different from the episode, but at least it's something. I love the idea of Stiles being her best guy friend. I really hope to update again soon. You guys are wonderful for sticking around.