"well, we can't take her home. have you seen the bruises on her neck? her dad will kill the one who even brings her back. besides, we just discovered two things about her." stiles said to someone, waking her up.
"you know..." aneksi started tiredly, a hand on her head as she sat up. "you need to stop talking about me when i'm right here."
stiles placed himself on the edge of a bed and smiled down at her. aneksi looked around herself and sighed when she wasn't in derek's loft anymore.
"thank god you're awake. we didn't actually think you'd pass out like that." he chuckled.
"where am i now?" she asked with a frown.
"scott's house, his room to be exact." stiles answered, and she looked over his shoulder and gulped.
scott mccall stood there, a pretty blank expression on his face. he studied her, most likely knowing about her now. maybe that was good, because then he'd stop acting so strange and hostile.
"what happened to isaac?" she mumbled, glancing at stiles.
"he's fine, don't worry. we're just having a bit of a panic right now because of... well, you." stiles shrugged, making scott crack a smile.
"glad to be the centre of attention." she joked and rubbed her face with her hands. "i just want to know what's wrong with me."
"good thing we're here to help you." scott uttered while mirroring stiles's position.
"not to be rude, but how are you going to help when you know nothing i don't?" she mumbled and licked her lips.
"i meant as support. we'll help you find out what's going on. we are after all your friends, even if you don't remember. i heard you grew claws and canines. that must mean you're part werewolf at least."
"part werewolf?" she scoffed, her eyes flickering between the two. "what other options might i be a mix of?"
"isaac told us about your dream, the one in the library. can you tell me the important parts of it?" scott asked gently, not wanting to press her or make her feel forced.
"i just remember someone talking about experimenting, which is absurd. also something about vampires and how i wished they could feed on something else other than blood." she recalled, scratching her upper arm. "if you're suggesting that i'm a victim of a supernatural experiment–"
"we might suggest that." stiles cut her off, fidgeting. "i mean, come on. everything else points to that. the disappearance, the notes, your dream, the fact that there are so many weird things about you?"
"if that's true, then someone must be watching over me, following all my movements. that puts you guys in danger." she pointed out, leaning forward with her hands intertwined in front of her. "if someone took care of me for four months, i'm sure he or she is waiting for me to discover all my powers, waiting for me to confirm that this sick thing is working."
the two boys gave each other a look, as if now being worried about what she said. aneksi pressed her lips together and fiddled with her fingernails. her own words scared her, and all she wanted to do now was so curl up in her bed and stay there forever.
"the sooner you discover all your possible powers, the better. we can help you control them and maybe help you strenghten them." scott offered, weakly shrugging.
"you're right. i need to get over this whole shock-phase." she mumbled, exhaling.
"well, it's only been a few hours..." stiles commented, earning a glare back.
"but i've been aware of all these strange things since i woke up. i just didn't know about werewolves until last night..."
"we are ninety percent sure that you're part vampire. the only way we can think of to make you prove that would be if you... sped forward." stiles made a gesture with his hands as he spoke in an awkward way as always.
"you want me to vamp-speed myself somewhere?" she laughed, raising her eyebrows at them.
"just try in here." scott smiled.
"try running in your room. perfectly normal." she mumbled as she stood up from the bed.
stiles and scott moved so they sat by the edge of the bed, beside each other. aneksi paced around in front of them and bit on her bottom lip, trying to figure out how to speed her steps.
"today, please." stiles said, causing her to shoot her eyes over at him with an unamused expression.
"oh, i'm sorry. you could've just let isaac kill me and you wouldn't have this problem." she retorted, being the reason behind scott's smile as he looked down.
aneksi closed her eyes for a second before focusing on the door. she decided to just try and get it over with, but failed when she just jogged forward. stiles snorted from his seat and scott nudged his side with his elbow.
she rolled her eyes before relaxing in her entire body. with her eyes fixed on the wall, she wanted to be in that spot within a split second and next thing she knew, she was.
aneksi inhaled a sharp breath as she came to realize how fast that went and turned her head to look at the boys. scott had his mouth slightly open whilst stiles pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows.
she covered her mouth with her hands and let out short laughter, trying to contain the shock and happiness. it took her a few seconds to feel the tip of her nails hurt against cheeks.
"well, look at that." stiles smiled and locked his hands together against his lap.
"did i really just do that?!" aneksi squealed, removing her hands from her face. "oh god, too much at the same time." she mumbled, stretching her fingers in the air so the boys could see her claws.
"calm down and try not to be so happy." scott laughed, standing up. she nodded as she clenched her hands and then unclenched them.
"alright, back to normal." she whispered, swallowing. "i need to try again."
aneksi aimed for the door this time, a small smile playing on her lips. to everyone's surprise, the door opened just when she sped towards it, being the reason why she knocked her forehead against allison argent's.
the impact from the inhuman speed added a bit more pain to allison's forehead. stiles raised his knuckles to his lips, and the two girls put their hands against their foreheads.
"allison." scott said, smiling unconsciously.
"your mom let me in. what's going on, and ouch?" allison laughed, looking at the brunette in front of her. "hi."
"hello." aneksi smiled and took a step back. "sorry, i didn't know you'd walk in."
"oh my god, aneksi? you're back?" allison frowned, looking at the boys.
"yeah, i am. i need to talk to isaac, like right now." aneksi said, turning to look at stiles.
"he's still with derek. can we tell allison? she already knows everything."
"doesn't matter to me. just think about what we talked about earlier." she reminded them before rushing out of there.
aneksi managed to find her way to derek's loft — mostly because she knew it was near the forest, and part of her blamed her new senses. when she reached the place, derek was quick to stand in front of her by the door with his arms crossed.
"did you talk to scott?" he asked, making her frown.
"yes. now can you let me in? i want to see isaac."
"he's busy."
aneksi scoffed before trying to push him aside, but failed. derek blocked her way and lowered her hands as she tried to raise them against him. with her eyes staring into his, she let out a little mutter of displeasure.
"move, i want to come in." she demanded.
much to her surprise, he did as she said and allowed her to enter. she had a suspicious feeling all the way inside until she stood by isaac.
"how did you do that?" he asked quietly, glancing up at derek.
"do what? i just told him to mo–" she started, then gaped a bit. "holy shit."
"holy shit, what?" he laughed, giving her a confused look.
"no way, absolutely no way." she mumbled, turning around to face derek. "come here."
once again, derek obeyed her and approached them, a little puzzled look on his face too. she didn't know what to do but to sink down slowly and shake her head in disbelief.
"what's going on?" isaac asked with a hand against her shoulder.
"derek, give me five push-ups." she tested him again, wryly smiling as he listened to her and did so. "okay, stop. come back to your conscious... or whatever."
derek quickly stood up again and blinked, looking around himself. his eyes landed on the crouching girl and he just waited for an explaination.
"neks, you're scaring me." isaac mumbled while she stood up again.
"i'm also a vampire." she stated calmly, folding her arms together. "only i don't feed on blood, hopefully. i don't feel any craving for it and the thought of blood in general still disgusts me, so."
"how do you know that? not that i don't believe you." isaac asked, eyeing her quickly.
"first of all, i just compelled derek. although i didn't purposely do it the first time, i just wanted you to move." she started, averting her eyes to him. "and when i was at scott's, i... vamp-sped. right into allison argent's forehead."
"god, i hoped scott would be smart and stay away from that girl." derek sighed as he rolled his eyes back.
"why?" aneksi frowned and gazed at him.
"we told you, because her family are ruthless hunters! her dad is one, and he's raised her to be one too. discreetly." derek raised his voice a bit, startling her.
"then i assume scott and allison are together as a couple." she mumbled and looked down.
"okay, back to you. a vampire and a werewolf?" isaac put his hand on her shoulder to get her attention.
"a hybrid." she nodded, suddenly sniffing weakly. "stiles is here."
"you've been a werewolf for less than twenty four hours and you can already smell a certain person?" derek raised his eyebrows as he looked at her.
"stiles has a very prominent smell. besides, i'm not an ordinary one, obviously. and i might even have been one for four months now, we don't know that." she retorted, just as someone knocked on the huge door.
with a heavy sigh, derek went to open it and took a step to the side so that stiles could come in. aneksi raised her head a little and smiled softly at him as he neared her.
"hey, scott found this note in his room when you left." stiles proclaimed, handing her a piece of paper.
"this isn't mine." she mumbled, whereas isaac just looked at her and then the note doubtfully.
"we just found it in the room after you left." he shrugged, sliding his hands down his pockets.
aneksi let out a whining sound before she reluctantly unwrapped the note. isaac scratched his neck and read it over her shoulder, even though she read it aloud for stiles and derek to hear.
"good job. you've accomplished what we hoped for this far, and though it may seem like you're putting the pieces together, there's still much to learn. continue developing yourself and we'll be satisfied."
"we?" derek mumbled, snapping up the odd word. "there are more than just one person behind this?"
"how did this note end up in scott's room? no one ever left it or enter." she frowned, her eyes fixed on stiles.
"maybe it got there after you passed out here. no one was in the house between the time you fainted and til' we got there. melissa was working late and scott wasn't home."
"so someone was in his house because of me? to leave this stupid note?" she pursed her lips and pulled her fingers through her hair, feeling sick to her stomach now.
"you were alone with someone in that dream? no one else but you and another person?" derek asked to be sure, receiving a head nod as answer.
"there's still more to learn. what, about myself?" she thought out loud, chewing on her thumbnail.
"probably. what else?" isaac replied, crossing his arms together. "your marks, they've grown." he added once he looked at her.
aneksi instinctively raised her fingers to her cheekbone and scrunched them up. she hated that he reminded her about them, because now the itching returned. it had been awhile since she last scratched like a maniac.
"i've been too busy thinking about it, but i have been a bit hungry lately and–" she started, but was unable to finish her sentence.
with a closed mouth, aneksi slightly bent her upper body forward and put a hand against the front of her neck. all of sudden, red liquid, that turned out to be thick blood, dropped out of her mouth.
she began coughing the blood up instead, falling down to her knees as she felt like she was drowning. the boys — clueless about what to do — watched with big eyes, until isaac looked at stiles with an idea. the hybrid as quietly as you can screamed out of pain, both in her stomach and her face.
"stiles, i have to try something. don't be mad." isaac said, taking a step closer to him.
"why would i be– ow!" stiles started, but groaned in pain when isaac gave him a firm punch on the jaw.
"isaac?" derek exclaimed in shock.
isaac however continued punching stiles until he landed beside aneksi. the blue eyed one quickly grabbed her hand and placed it on stiles's. he watched as she absorbed stiles's pain, screaming even more in the process, but at least she stopped coughing up blood.
after a moment, she stopped abruptly, inhaling a sharp breath before regaining her normal state. stiles didn't feel any pain anymore, and she wiped her lips with the back of her hand, closing her eyes at the little mess in front of her.
"oh, thank god that worked." isaac exhaled in relief and looked down at the two.
aneki's hand was shaking, much to her dislike. she couldn't be more thankful that isaac had thought so quickly, and seeing his expression confirmed that the marks were gone, for now. she stood up, with some help from stiles, and hugged her own elbows to stop her shaking hand.
"what just happened?" she asked no one in particular and glanced down at the blood. "could i just have died?"
"we don't know." stiles mumbled the obvious.
the males were silent for a while, looking at her as the realization hit everyone at the same time. she probably could've died, unless isaac hadn't acted. at least they knew now what to do in case it happens again, but there were still things she needed to learn about herself, for the sake of others too.
isaac gazed at her with a soft expression, not pity but sympathy. she couldn't return the softness though; he could see she had changed in the short amount of time that passed. she looked furious, yet in a controlling way. she looked determinant, fierce and maybe what worried him the most; dangerous.
"i have no idea what happened to me. but i'm sure as hell gonna find it out." she stated with a severe and steady voice before slowly turning around and leaving them.