"i'm sorry we haven't really focused on you." isaac apologized out of the blue. the two were in her room, trying to actually study — she had to force him to do so.
"what do you mean?" aneksi frowned and rolled a pen between her fingers.
"we've all been so caught up in this kanima problem that we haven't even focused on you, and whoever kidnapped you. we need to find it out." he explained, putting away his book.
"well, that's a dead end. there's no way to find out who did it, we'll just have to wait until someone steps up." she sighed and wrote on her english assignment. "besides, my dad searched for me and the kidnappers for entire months. he searched outside california, there were volunteers who knocked on doors everywhere. there's nothing we can do."
"then we could at least see if there's anything else about you we don't know. let's start with what you did to derek."
"i don't know what i did to derek." she reminded him, peering up from her papers. "it just happened."
"you had your claws against his neck and he stopped functioning. it very much resembles the paralyzing effect of the kanimas' venom."
"i know, alright. maybe i can do that to people." she shrugged, moving her things away to sit up properly.
"do it on me. maybe we can see how long it lasts." he suggested, making her raise her eyebrows.
"absolutely not. derek didn't even remember it, and what if it has other consequences?" she objected, shaking her head.
"just do it, it's not like i'm gonna' die. and time me." he pressed, scooting closer to her.
"are you sure?" she asked to be certain and grew her claws slowly. "we don't know what this is."
"i'm sure. after this, we'll talk to your dad." he smiled, dropping his head a bit to give her more space. he unlocked his phone and opened the stopwatch app.
with a sigh, aneksi doubtfully wrapped her claws around his neck and waited a second. just like that, isaac's eyes darkened and he froze. she gulped and waved her hand in front of his face, starting the time.
to continue testing this ability, she hit him to see if he reacted. he didn't. she scratched his arm, but got no response there either. he was practically dead for a while, and when he sucked in a sharp breath, a minute had passed.
"isaac? do you remember what just happened?" she asked quietly.
"we just talked about you testing me. what are you waiting for?" he laughed with a puzzled face.
"i just did. it lasted for a minute." she informed him, fiddling with her fingernails. "you didn't react to anything either. do you think this only happens to supernatural creatures? what do you think happens if i do this on a human?"
"wait, a whole minute?" he asked, cracking a little laugh. "this is such a cool thing to be able to do. and i don't know, maybe we can try on stiles."
"definitely not on him." she refused immediately and stood up. "come on, we've got someone to talk to."
aneksi carefully walked down to her dad's office room with isaac behind her. knocking on the door, she pulled a smile while opening the door and watching him sit by the desk.
"hey, love. what's up?" david smiled and spun the chair around slowly.
"i need to talk to you about something, and it's very important. i need you to listen and not panic, okay?" she started, glancing at isaac who leaned his body against the door frame.
"of course." david nodded, gazing at her with worried eyes.
"do you believe in the supernatural, dad?" she asked first, trying to keep her eyes on him.
"well, it's dumb to not believe at all. but there's hardly any evidence."
"i'm a werewolf." she blurted out bluntly, not wanting to talk around the real thing. "and a vampire, a very different one. i also have the ability to disfunction someone for a minute. i've been this ever since i woke up a few weeks ago. i trust you enough to tell you this, so please believe and understand me. that's why i've been gone entire days, because we have a problem to solve as soon as possible and they need my help."
david barely raised his eyebrows as he melted her words, flickering with his eyes between the two teenagers. he figured that isaac already knew, otherwise she wouldn't say this in front of him.
"you're... not human? you're an actual hybrid, with claws and fangs and– oh god." he started, trying to cope with it.
"i know it sounds surreal and freaky, but there are others and not just me. isaac for example is a werewolf. what we're dealing with is a kanima, a lizard looking thing. you have to promise to not tell anyone." she neared him carefully and kneeled down in front of him.
aneksi decided to leave out the part about being made into this, and all the notes. it would probably be a little too much. isaac smiled a little and watched david blow up his cheeks and nod slowly.
"you can trust me, i won't tell. just... be careful. we just got you back, there's no need to lose you again." he mumbled and caressed her cheek gently.
"don't worry, dad, i'm pretty strong." she laughed quietly and stood up again.
"hey, neks, derek's asking for me. including you if you want. it's about jackson." isaac announced, looking away from his phone.
"wait, jackson whittemore? our neighbor?" david asked, frowning deeply.
"yeah, long story. i have to go, but i'll see you later." she waved it off and left with isaac.
apparently they were on their way to deaton, but isaac stopped her a distance from the building. aneksi frowned and wryly smiled, folding her arms together.
"look, i need to talk to you and there's never really a good time anymore." he started, receiving a head tilt from her.
"then just say whatever you need to say." she said blankly, making a face.
"i like you."
"i like you too...?" she laughed as if it was obvious.
"no, i mean– well, i'm not sure what i'm even doing. i just know that the night we met was a good night, and i knew that you'd be cool to be friends with. only now, i sometimes think about kissing you. yeah, kissing you."
"oh." she mumbled and looked down, trying to think of something to say. "really? i know we're good friends, even though we've known each other for a short amount of time, but... romantically?" she talked to herself out loud and puckered with her lips to the side. "you're with erica."
"i know, we just clicked because we have things in common and think alike. and yes, this whole thought it so weird to me too, but i can't exactly help it."
aneksi remained quiet as she exhaled deeply. isaac contemplated for a moment before grabbing her cheeks and pressing his lips against hers. she almost stumbled because of the sudden action and raised her hands awkwardly.
she kissed him back slowly, grabbed his shirt and pulled him closer without thinking about it much. none of them wanted to pull away.
it felt like a very mixed kiss for the both of them; first of all, it felt needed. for some unexplainable reason, they needed the kiss to happen. second, it felt great. thanks to a little heightened senses due to their supernatural side, everything about it felt good. also, the unconscious parts of them might've wanted this all along. third, it felt risky, as if them kissing was a crime and something would backfire. fourth, it felt passionate — way too passionate for being their first time.
aneksi reluctantly started to think about erica, and derek. she pulled away slowly, keeping her eyes closed for a brief moment before looking at him with a weak smile.
"isaac, we can't. not right now." she whispered and felt her eyes burning a bit.
"why not? who even cares?" he shook his head, still holding onto her cheeks.
"erica cares, and i'm sure derek does too. besides, we have so many other things to focus on right now." she sighed and grabbed one of his hands.
"i already told you, erica's aware of the fact that it wasn't going to work."
"it's not just that, i–" she mumbled, stroking his hand with her thumb. gazing into his eyes, she swallowed a lump in her throat and parted her lips. she knew that it was selfish of her, to do was she was about to do. extremely selfish. "listen carefully. you're not going to remember this. you never stopped me, we walked all the way over here without interruption and now we're continuing to meet deaton. you never kissed me."
isaac's irises contracted whilst she spoke, causing a small tear to roll down her cheek. she quickly wiped it when he blinked and continued walking without another word. derek waited outside to meet them, and scott opened the door.
"what's he doing here?" scott asked, refering to isaac.
"i need him." derek said before entering carelessly.
"i don't trust him." scott stated the obvious.
"yeah well, he doesn't trust you either." isaac sent him a fake smile and cocked his head to the side.
"you know what? derek really doesn't care." derek interrupted their bicker and glanced at aneksi, who for the first time ever seemed absent. "now where's the vet? is he gonna' help us or not?"
"that depends. you friend jackson. are we planning to kill him or save him?" deaton appeared, leaning against doorframe with his arms crossed.
"kill him." derek, of course.
"save him." scott said at the same time as derek. "save him." he repeated. the two boys exhanged a long look, in which derek slowly expressed defeat.
"save him." aneksi mumbled, biting her thumbnail.
all of them walked over to what seemed to be the nursing table. deaton put a tray with small jars on it, jars with symbols on top. isaac reached for one of them, but derek quickly grabbed his wrist.
"watch what you touch." he said sternly, like a father. isaac leaned forward and crossed his arms together against the table.
"so what are you? some kind of witch?" isaac asks, not showing any hint of sarcasm.
"no. i'm a veterinarian." deaton deadpanned.
from there, deaton pointed out that he doesn't have anything that'll be an effective defense to the paralyzing toxic from the kanima. aneksi didn't listen too carefully, but derek was open to suggestions, and isaac suggested an effective offense instead. derek explained why that wouldn't work — that the creature gets back up after nearly getting its head off, and being shot severely. so deaton asked if it has shown any weaknesses, and that aneksi knew.
"it can't swim. it jumped away from the water as if it just got burned." she said, hugging her own elbows.
"does that go for jackson as well?"
"no. he's the captain of the swim team." scott shook his head with a sigh.
"essentially, you're trying to catch two people." deaton started, went to open a drawer and held up a pin-looking thing. "a puppet and a puppeteer. one killed the husband, but the other had to take care of the wife. do we know why?"
so they continued bringing up how jackson's mother was pregnant, and that's why he couldn't do it. she kept chewing on her thumbnail and cast a quick glance at isaac.
"how do you know it's not part of the rules? the kanima kills murderers. if jackson kills the wife, then the baby dies too." isaac mumbled.
"does that mean your father was a murderer?" scott asked, making aneksi send him a look.
"wouldn't surprise me if he was." isaac answered, looking straight forward. aneksi sighed as she soothingly put a hand against his back.
"uh, guys. i've read the book, and it says that they're bonded. so what if the fear of water isn't coming from jackson, but from the person controlling him? what if something that affects the kanima also affects its master?" she spoke up, looking at them all.
"meaning what?" isaac questioned.
"meaning we can catch them." scott stated with hopeful eyes. "both of them."
at school, aneksi waited outside the boys' locker room because stiles had asked her too. it was something about a rave, that much she knew, and that they needed her there. she could hear everyone leave, and then stiles talking to danny. isaac suddenly cut him off by grabbing both stiles and scott, looking between the two.
"how do you two losers even survive?" isaac asked rather seriously.
"no one's even selling." scott retorted in frustration.
"wait here, boys." isaac mumbled, being the reason why aneksi straightened her back and frowned. the sudden sound of clattering caused her to jump and quickly step inside.
"that's excessive. wow, that'll bruise." stiles commented hopelessly.
a few more objectes crashed, so she rushed over to isaac and pulled him away. noticing the tickets in the poor guys' hand, she kneeled down and looked at him.
"give us the tickets, forget about ever buying them and forget about this. now leave." she compeled him quickly. he handed her the tickets and left quietly. "god, why do you have to be so brutal?"
"well, you know i am." he winked before taking the tickets and giving them to scott and stiles. "enjoy the show."
aneksi was sent to the rave with isaac and erica, with a mission to find jackson. she stopped isaac before they entered the club and licked her lips.
"what's my part in all this?" she asked, since her instructions hadn't been quite clear. they never really were.
"be everywhere. we need you everywhere." he answered before entering with erica. because of that, she stayed outside and heard derek and boyd.
"be everywhere." she muttered, but decided to be helpful and listen to isaac. rushing over to where she heard derek, her feet stopped her from going any further when chris argent stood with other hunters.
within a second, gunfire took place. boyd was shot several times — too fast for her to even register — but when derek got shot with two tasers, she snuck up behind the two hunters, grabbed their necks and bumped their heads against each others so they passed out.
"thank you." derek thanked her, a sincerity in his voice. he then surprisingly lifted his fist in the air, so she quickly gave him a fist-bump to avoid the moment getting awkward. "go check isaac and erica."
aneksi nodded before vampire speeding inside without getting noticed, searching through the crowd with her eyes. they landed on a strange woman who was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed. she wore a black mask, but aneksi could feel her stare.
"i must say, you're truly developing just as we hoped." a female voice reached her ears. "you're learning fast, but there's still more to know."
"are you the son of a bitch who kidnapped me?!" aneksi asked angrily, hurrying towards the masked girl. when she was two or three meters away, an invisible wall stopped her.
"now now, no need act. you're a success, and we're happy to see your progress every day. unfortunately, we can't expose ourselves just yet, and you still have things to learn about yourself, and others. don't you have something important to do?"
the masked girl turned her head to the side, causing aneksi to do the same. she saw isaac on the floor, crawling after an item. after growling at the mysterious kidnapper, she rushed over to him and grabbed the item and injected jackson by his neck.
the boy passed out and fell into her embrace. isaac was quick to give her a hand and get him to a small, empty room. there, they put him on a chair and waited for erica and stiles.
"is he okay?" stiles asked, and isaac neared jackson slowly.
"well..." he started, getting his claws out. "let's find out."
"isaac, don't." aneksi mumbled, but he stepped forward nonetheless. jackson, much like a puppet, grabbed isaac's wrist and twisted it painfully. however, the rest of his body remained unconscious.
"god!" isaac groaned and hurried backwards when his arm was released.
"okay, no one days anything like that again, okay?" stiles freaked out, pointing at jackson.
"i thought the ketamin was supposed to put him out." isaac muttered.
"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." stiles said, looking at the three of them. jackson shot his eyes open at that, slightly scaring aneksi.
"i'm here. i'm right here with you." he said, his voice sounding strange and somehow robotic. aneksi doubtfully approached him and bent down a little.
"jackson? is that you?" she asked quietly.
"us. we're all here." he answered with the same, scary voice.
"are you the one killing people?" she continued.
"we are the ones killing murderers." he corrected her, making her gulp.
"so all the people you've killed so far..." stiles started.
"deserved it."
"so we got a little rule book that says you only go after murderers." aneksi stated, pursing her lips.
"anything can break if enough pressure's applied."
"alright, so the people you're killing are all murderers then?" she clarified it.
"each. every one."
"well, who did they murder?" stiles asked impatiently, folding his arms together.
"me. they murdered me." he said more loudly, glaring at them all. aneksi stepped back and joined the other three with a worried look.
all of them averted their eyes down to jacksons' arm, that had begun transforming. stiles started waving his hands quickly, making a sound.
"more ketamin. he needs more ketamin, come on."
"we don't have any more." isaac mumbled and showed him the empty bottle. stiles sighed with closed eyes.
"you used the whole bottle?"
erica quickly tapped stiles' arm to get him to look at jackson, who was now half transformed already. the kanima let out a hissing sound, making aneksi wince.
"okay, out, everybody out. go, go, go!" stiles said, ushering for them all to go. they quickly hurried out of there and placed themselves in front of the door as if it would help. "okay, find something to move in front of the door."
the kanima broke through the corrugates steel wall instead, leaving them all dumbfounded and frozen. aneksi focused, and all she heard was a throat getting slashed. closing her eyes, she put a hand against her stomach and grimaced.
"don't you dare vomit now." isaac warned her. stiles practically ran outside to find derek standing there, on the other side of the mountain ash.
"hey, um, so we kind of lost jackson inside, but it's–" stiles started as the other three caught up with him. the only problem was, they couldn't pass the mountain ash. "oh my god, it's working! oh this is... i did something." he cheered happily.
derek looked at his betas as he quietly sighed. then the thought hit aneksi; where the hell was scott? tucking some hair behind her ear, she frowned as she heard weak coughs of struggle.
"shit." she mumbled so quietly before speeding back inside, searching for the sound. it didn't take her long to reach a closed door, just when a growl was hearable.
aneksi kicked the door open and coughed once she entered, shielding her mouth with her arm. the same second, someone knocked her forward from behind, causing her to fall on her knees beside scott.
"aneksi...?" scott barely whispered, fighting to look at her.
"scott? oh my god, what do i do?" she asked in panic and shook him. as the air really reached her lungs, she felt her chest tightening in pain. whatever was spreading in here had an effect on her too, an extreme one. as she whipped her head towards the door, derek entered and the same person stood behind him with a knife. "derek!"
the alpha didn't have the time to turn around before the knife was in his back, yet he fought whoever captured scott. aneksi tried to get scott up, but her own muscles failed her.
derek was pushed against the wall, and she could hear him wolf out and then a disturbing sound that followed. he soon rolled down beside her, and the capturer escaped.
"come on, we need to get him out of here." derek groaned, grabbing scott. aneksi gathered herself and helped him get scott safely out of there, to deatons' clinic.
once aneksi made it back home after dropping scott off by deatons' clinic, she looked at her dad who sat by the kitchen table. her mom was working a late shift again, and she still felt uneasy from the air at the rave. most of all, she felt nausea from hearing jackson kill that person, and from removing isaac's memory earlier. she close to hated herself, and all that was shown on her face as she entered.
without any words uttered, david got up from his seat and embraced his daughter in a hug. her hands were slightly shaking, and she allowed herself to cry. she didn't know why she was so emotional at the moment — she figured it must've come from bottling everything up, trying to act as if everything's okay when it isn't.
"i hate this, dad." she cried, thinking about the deaths she'd witnessed and heard. "i hate this so much."
sooo here's another quick update because why not, hope you like it and im sorry for my poor writing. if you wanna see more of aneksi, always go to my tumblr which is rubyslucas!