"hi, love." erica smiled down at aneksi, who sat on the floor in derek's lair.
"hey." aneksi forced a smile and dragged the claw of her index finger up and down the floor.
"does this mean you're with us?" the blonde one asked happily just as isaac blowed up his cheeks to suppress a smile.
"i'm not with anyone. i just like being here and hanging out with my friends. although, i'm constantly scared of derek."
"i wouldn't hurt you. unless you became a threat." derek stated as he passed them. aneksi rolled her eyes and scratched her arm with her claw, only to watch it heal slowly.
"that's comforting. you'd probably consider me a threat if i turn out to be more powerful than you." she smirked and raised her eyebrows at him.
"she's got a point." isaac cocked his head sideways, making aneksi smile discreetly at the floor.
"don't push it." derek warned, pointing a finger at her.
"i mean, if i do focus and work out... i could probably take you." she shrugged as she stood up. both erica and isaac widened their eyes at her, while isaac moved his hand in front of his neck to silence her.
"really? you think so?" derek laughed amused and crossed his arms together. she frowned with her lips and gazed at him silently. "alright. you want to work out? try me."
"wait, what?" she asked, moving her body weight from one foot to the other one. "you're serious?"
"do i look like i'm joking?"
"no, you look rather dead and done with life to me." she answered, eyeing him briefly.
"oh god." isaac sighed from behind his alpha and rubbed his temples.
derek took everyone by surprise when he took a big step towards the brunette and pinned her against the nearest wall. as a reflex, aneksi wrapped her hands around his wrist and tried to push him away in vain.
he exposed his canines to her, making her collide her forehead against his. this caused him to back away out of surprise, giving her time to punch him firmly on his jaw. she heard herself let out a little growl as he turned her around by the arm and then locked his own ones around her neck.
with great strenght, aneksi aimed her elbow against his stomach and hit him hard enough to make him back away again. she quickly turned around, but only to be brought down to the floor with his hand around her neck. after lifting her up in the air, he nearly crashed her back against the hard floor and rested one knee beside her body.
the battle position made her think back to the last full moon of when isaac had the same grip, and she didn't know what to do. this time she did. growing out her claws, she dug them inside his skin, causing him to groan out in agony. on top of that, she broke his arm to add some more pain and quickly stood up.
isaac stared wide-eyed while she kicked derek on his chest, making him faintly fly a distance away from them. she didn't even hesitate before walking towards him and grasping his neck. however, what happened next was very unpredictable.
derek had looked into her eyes as her claws gently rested against his neck when he dropped his head as if he just died. frowning, she hastily pulled back when he looked up at her with darker eyes than usual, not moving a single bone after that.
"derek?" she asked, lifting his chin with her fingers. "are you okay? can you say something?"
he remained utterly quiet. she took a step back, feeling uncertain of what to do. isaac carefully joined her side and frowned at the alpha, now frozen and silent.
"what's wrong with him? what did you do?" he asked, turning his head to look at her.
"you think i know?" she mused, shaking her head. "i have no idea what just happened."
"it's like he's in a catatonic state or something. not paralyzed, just... frozen." isaac mumbled, carefully shaking derek's shoulder. "what the hell do we do now?"
"he's going to be angry." erica commented, nerviously folding her arms together — as if trying to seem like she didn't care, but wanting to curl up and cry at the same time.
"if he wakes up, that is." boyd added, sending aneksi a weak glare. she sighed in guilt and croushed down, trying to gaze into derek's eyes.
"derek? can you hear us?" she asked, tilting her head sideways. "i'm trying to compel you to wake up now. as much as i don't like you, i need you to wake up and tell me what just happened. so come back to reality, please."
derek didn't move at all. aneksi swallowed and sat down on her butt, pulling her legs up against her chest. seconds passed with pure silence. none of the werewolves knew what to do, or say, in the moment. no one could really blame her though because she had no idea what she was doing, or how she did it.
approximately a minute or so later, derek sucked in a sharp breath — which startled everyone — and fell down with his arms against the floor. aneksi got up quickly, put one arm around her stomach, the elbow of the other arm against it and her fist against her mouth.
"alright, you can fight. i'll give you that." derek exhaled while getting up. the younger ones shared a rather long look with one another, silently agreeing with her not to tell him just yet.
"yeah, thanks." she mumbled and paced around.
"anyway, we need scott." derek announced, much to everyones surprise.
"why do we need their help?" isaac asked, sliding his hands down his pockets.
"because the kanima's harder to kill than i thought. and i still don't know who it is." derek mumbled in frustration. isaac glanced at aneksi, an assuring look on his face that he wouldn't tell.
"and they do?" he asked back.
"they might. which is why i need one of you to get on their good side."
"scott or stiles?" erica stepped in, looking at derek.
"either." he shrugged, walking over to a box on the floor.
"you know, the full moon's coming, derek." isaac stated, crossing his arms together.
"i'm aware of that."
erica looked down at the box before pulling up what looked like chains. she gave derek a look and examined them quickly.
"these look comfortable." she said sarcastically.
"not only do we not know what'll happen to aneksi during the full moon, but you said you were gonna' teach us how to change whenever we wanted." isaac continued, gesturing towards his hybrid friend.
"there hasn't been time." derek mumbled.
"but if you have to lock us up during the full moon, that means you're alone against the argents."
aneksi pursed her lips and leaned her back against the wall, staring at her nails. even though the argent family scared her in general, she started to like allison a lot.
"they haven't found us." derek objected.
"yet! so how about we forget about the kanima?" isaac pressed. aneksi hid a smile as she felt thankful for him. if they did temporarily ignore the kanima problem, it'd allow her and scott's pack to come up with a solution better than killing him.
"we can't!" derek exclaimed. "there was something about the way gerard looked at it. he wasn't afraid at all. i don't know what he knows or what he's planning, but i'm sure about one thing. we have to find it first." he added, in his dramatic way that made aneksi want to laugh.
erica took upon the mission of befriending scott or stiles, and derek and boyd disappeared shortly after. aneksi went to get some food she had hidden earlier and sat down on the floor again. isaac joined her and crossed his legs with an amused look on his face.
"who's gerard now again?" she asked quietly, frowning so slightly.
"allison's grandfather. possibly the most evil argent at the moment." isaac answered, stealing some food from her.
"i'm sort of happy that i woke up with amnesia." she uttered as she confused him. "i mean, if i would've remembered my normal life, i would've wished to get it back. i would've hated this whole thing, but i don't. sure, there's a lot to keep up with, but being introduced to a supernatural world the second i'm born... not so dreadful."
"okay, i can see your point, and i understand what you mean." he nodded, swallowing the piece of food in his mouth.
"how are things between you and erica?" she asked carefully and looked up at him.
"downhill." he sighed, pulling his fingers through his hair. "i want to lie and say that it's good, but..."
"you can't lie to me, honey." she smiled, moving her head back to rest it against the wall. "it's a shame. you two seemed pretty good when i first met you."
"we were. everything's just changed. we haven't discussed it or talked about it, but i think both of us can feel that we're better off as friends. i don't actually think we need to say it out loud."
"that must feel sort of good." she mumbled, not knowing what to say to make it better. "i just want you to be happy, and god how sappy i sound right now."
isaac laughed as he looked down and shook his head. he then locked his eyes with hers and pulled a smile, growing one on her face too. aneksi licked her teeth and finished her meal in silence. when she felt hungrier than before she bought the food, the panic began to rise within her, visibly showing on her face as well.
"hey, are you okay?" he asked with a worried voice, grabbing her shoulder with one hand.
"we need to find someone, now." she stated, standing up. "a human, fast. i'm definitely not in the mood to almost choke on my own blood."
the two quickly left the place to wander the nearest street. she stopped when spotting someone lonely, who isaac also noticed. thankfully the streets were empty because of the time on the day.
he received a head nod from her before approaching the guy walking in front of them. aneksi was just about to catch up when she felt that dreadful pain in her stomach, causing her to slowly fall down on her knees.
"hi there." isaac grinned whilst placing himself in front of the guy. "i'm gonna' need you to make me a favor."
"what?" the boy asked, frowning out of both confusion and annoyance.
aneksi bit her bottom lip harshly and shut her eyes tightly when she couldn't hold it in anymore. squealing, the blood poured out of her mouth so thickly and easily.
"just come with m–" isaac started, a hand wrapped around the guys' arm. when his eyes noticed aneksis' current state, he literally dragged the stranger towards her.
"holy shit, what's wrong with her?!" he exclaimed, wide eyed.
when a scream of pain left her lips, isaac quickly turned the guy around and punched him in the stomach, then his jaw to make him fall down. aneksi grabbed his wrist and groaned when his pain transferred to her, ceasing the blood-coughing.
"thank you." aneksi exhaled, standing up on her knees. grabbing the strangers' shoulders, she stared him in the eyes and swallowed. "you won't remember a thing that happened. you'll get up, and walk on to wherever you were going like everything's perfect."
the boy obeyed without hesitation; he turned around and left them. isaac breathed out in relief and helped her up, looking down at all the blood. she followed his gaze and swallowed, looking around them.
"let's just leave, now." he mumbled, hurrying away from there with her by his side.
she wiped her mouth with her arm and grimaced, stopping nearby the school. he frowned down at her and dragged his thumb against the corner of her mouth, scrunching up his nose.
"i'll clean this in the school bathroom. isaac, i think i'm gonna' tell my dad about all this. i know derek said to keep this to myself, but he's asking where i've been and what i'm doing. i have barely been home lately, and somehow, i feel like i can trust him enough. i'm almost certain he'd understand and help, not overreact and freak out. that's more like nailah." she proclaimed, folding her arms together.
"if that's what you feel like you need to do, then... do it. he might be helpful. maybe he knows something that could help us all." isaac shrugged, being surprisingly supportive.
"i kind of want you to be there with me when i say it. they like you." she laughed, pulling her fingers through her hair.
"i'll be there." he smiled softly, playfully grazing her jaw with his fist.
"see you later then." she nodded before moving towards the school.
aneksi reached it within less than a minute, jogging to the bathroom. in there, she cleaned her face and spit out some remaining blood in the sink. after finishing that, she stopped by the locker room that leaked water.
stiles and erica were right behind her, talking about how she apparently had a crush on stiles who ignored her. the second she was about to turn around, scott flung out of the room and landed in front of her. jackson then followed, continuing to wrestle the dark haired boy.
"guys! what the hell's going on? hey! enough!" a teacher yelled whilst stiles grabbed scott and aneksi helped keeping jackson away from scott. "what do you idiots think you're doing? jackson! calm down! mr. mccall, you wanna explain yourself? stilinski!"
aneksi kept her grip of jackson as he made resistance. she averted her eyes to matt, the guy whose camera jackson had borrowed during the first full moon. she frowned as he picked up allisons' tablet that stiles currently had.
"you dropped this." matt said, handing the tablet to stiles after a few seconds of holding it.
"you and you– actually all of you. detention. 3:00." the teacher said, pointing at everyone involved — scott, jackson, stiles, allison, erica, matt and aneksi.
the detention was held in the library. since jackson had a restraining order, scott and stiles had to sit by their own table. erica and aneksi sat by themselves, and then the remaining three by another table.
aneksi heard scott agreeing with the plan to kill jackson, but stiles refused, reminding him that they were going to save him. something must've happened with allison that made scott change his mind so abruptly.
averting her hearing to matt, she opened her mouth when he read the word kanima aloud, enough for both her and allison to hear. the two girls shared a quick look and leaned back in their chairs.
scott and stiles quietly discussed if it was matt who controlled jackson, considering everything led back to that video. she thought about it since she knew about the kanima being a vengance weapon, but who would matt want to revenge on? suddenly jackson began rubbing his temples, saying he needed some water and left.
"no one leaves their seats." the teacher said sternly before following jackson.
the second he was out of the library, scott and stiles jumped over to erica and aneksi, looking at the blonde one. aneksi raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms together.
"stiles says you know how jackson's parents died." scott mumbled, making erica smirk wryly.
"maybe."
"talk."
"it was a car accident. my dad was the insurance investigator, and every time he sees jackson drive by in his porsche, he makes some comment about the huge settlement he'll be getting when he's eighteen."
jackson returned, his face entirely sweaty. their teacher then gathered his things, but as everyone else was about to stand up and leave, he said they couldn't until they re-shelved the books. aneksi decided to stand with jackson in another area of stacks.
"hey, you." she smiled as they stacked the books. "what happened in the locker room before?"
"i don't really know. it was all very confusing." he answered quietly. she could hear the other three talk about the potential murder of his parents.
"sounds convincing." she smirked. jackson closed a book and looked at her with a stupid smile before licking his lips.
"i must say, i've really missed you while you were gone." he murmured while picking up another book. he froze a bit, staring down at the cover, which she noticed instantly.
jackson put it away, but repeated the same strange behaviour with the next one. right before her eyes, he dropped the book and his skin began to transform into the green, gross scales.
"oh my god." she whispered, taking a step back. in such a fast motion, he half-turned, scratched matt's neck so that he was paralyzed and grabbed her neck.
aneksi gasped for air and whimpered when he tightened his grip. to her surprise, he didn't paralyze her; he just knocked her down and disappeared above her.
scott was saying something as he cut himself off and stared at the book laying on the floor. he then noticed matt, and aneksi when the kanima jumped from stack to stack, breaking a few lights and causing the ceiling tiles to tumble down.
both scott and erica wolfed out, their eyes glowing yellow, but jackson managed to incapacitate erica. he pushed scott to land against a shelf of books and — much like a marionette — he wrote stay out of my way or i'll kill all of you on the chalkboard. stiles yelled that he believed erica's having a seizure while she was jerking her entire body.
"we need to get her to a hospital." stiles said loudly, but erica objected instantly.
"derek. only to derek." she whispered.
"when we get her to the hospital–"
"to derek." she butted in again.
"she's right. he'll know what to do." aneksi agreed, holding erica's arm soothingly.
after a brief argument, allison stayed to help matt and the rest helped getting erica to derek. erica screamed while they placed her on the floor, stiles holding her upper body up.
"is she dying?" aneksi asked quickly, looking at the older one.
"she might, i– which is why this is gonna' hurt." derek answered in a rush, pulling up the sleeve of her jacket.
"no, what are you doing?" aneksi frowned, already knowing what he was going to do. covering her ears and closing her eyes, derek twisted her arm, causing her to scream even more.
"you broke her arm!" stiles exclaimed.
"it'll trigger the healing process. i still gotta get the venom out. this is where it's really gonna' hurt."
derek deeply dug his nails into her arm, a lot of blood dripping down to the floor. erica screamed so loudly and ear-pitching before it faded and she calmed down.
"i think i'm gonna vomit." aneksi mumbled as she walked away from there, seeing way too much blood for one day.
hi! sorry i havent updated in a long time (its not that i havent been writing, its that ive been lazy and forgetful because ive already written the experiment series up til season four and thats why i cant re-write it with capitals!) so here's a sucky chapter. if you want to see more of aneksi, go to my tumblr which is: "rubyslucas" (used to be nefertiris and killianruby) and look for the aneksi tag! hugs