aneksi had just told isaac about the woman at the raving, who could be her potential kidnapper, when derek called them inside. he didn't seem to be bothered by her presence there anymore, even if she wasn't a part of the pack.
isaac nodded so that she'd follow and then watched as derek opened his trunk of torture. it was a full moon tonight, so he'd have to lock them up. aneksi widened her eyes and stared at the objects. he reached for something and asked what is what, receiving an immediat answer from boyd.
"it's a triskele. spirals mean different things. past, present, and future. mother, father, child." boys said, now being the target of everyone's eyes.
"you know what it means for me?" derek asked, standing up slowly. aneksi tilted her head to the side and folded her arms together as she listened.
"alpha, beta, omega?" boyd asked carefully.
"that's right. it's a spiral. reminds us that we can all rise to one or fall to another. betas can become alphas, but alphas can also fall to betas, or even omegas." derek confirmed, glancing at aneksi.
"like scott?" isaac asked, causing her to weakly nudge his side with her elbow.
"scott's with us now." derek objected calmly.
"and even if he wasn't, he's not exactly an omega." aneksi mumbled and moved her body weight from one foot to the other one. like derek had said; scott was his own alpha, of his pack consisting of allison, stiles and partly her.
"really? then where is he now?" isaac wondered, looking around them.
"he's looking for jackson. don't worry, he's not gonna have it easy tonight either. none of us will. there's a price you pay for this kind of power. you get the ability to heal. but tonight you're gonna want to kill anything you can find." derek lectured while handing isaac something that resembled chains.
"good thing i had my period last week, then." erica commented whilst looking to the side and then back at them, smirking.
aneksi snorted with the top of her fingers against her mouth. she gazed at erica, but only for the briefest moment since all she could picture was isaac kissing her.
derek then pulled up something from the trunk, a round head item with iron bails pointing inwards in the circle. aneksi felt sick just by watching it, whereas the other werewolf didn't even seem slightly bothered.
"well, this one's for you." derek smiled.
"i don't even know why i spend so much time here. this is a house of horror." aneksi uttered and hugged her own elbows. isaac turned his head to smile stupidly at her and derek just let his head fall.
"because you love us." boyd answered, leaning his back against a wall. "speaking off, what do we do to aneksi? for all we know, she could go completely friday the 13th tonight. she's stronger than all of us, and we don't know how she'll react to a full moon."
"if you're implying that i'll wear those... forget it." she retorted, looking at them as if they were stupid.
"boyd's right, we can't just let you loose. scott would agree." derek said, crossing his arms together.
"what am i, a dog?" she laughed sarcastically, but quickly shut her mouth when she realized the answer to that. "then i'll stay here, but i will not torture myself like that."
"i can barely contain three werewolves. do i need to add a non-chained one to the list?" derek scoffed, making her roll her eyes.
"then teach me how to control myself in case anything would happen. lydia's throwing a party, and she really wants me to go. and if jackson goes, i sure am too." she said, with a tone that implied that this wasn't up for discussion.
with a sigh, derek gently grabbed her arm and dragged her away from the pack. he eyed her quickly and she raised her eyebrows questioningly.
"the way i learned to control myself was to find an anchor. mine's anger. if i focus on it, i can control myself. it's hard for new werewolves to focus enough on their anchors. however, you're..."
"more than just a werewolf." she filled in for him. "in that case, i don't know what or who to use as my anchor. i don't remember anything that i feel strongly towards."
"then maybe someone you know now? or any anger that you feel towards whoever did this to you?" he suggested, sending her a look of sincerity and slight curiousity.
aneksi puckered with her lips to the side and looked over his shoulder. when her eyes landed on isaac, she felt herself inhale a deep breath and thought about it.
"if it's a person..."
"then it should be enough to focus on him or her. if the person's close enough to you, then it should work. but it's hard, aneksi. you're practically insane during a full moon, and focusing on–"
"i can do it." she cut him off. "if you believed i could stall a kanima, then you should believe that there's a person who's always on my mind. i can do it, and i'll go to the party and check on jackson. strangely enough, he still bears with me."
"i believe you can do it." he smiled, nodding a bit. "what bothers me is that we don't know if anything else can happen tonight. you're not exactly like us, not entirely."
"scott and stiles will be there, and most likely allison too." she assured him, starting to move towards the door. "i'll be back later tonight or early morning."
derek simply nodded as aneksi left the lair. she checked the time and decided to go over to stiles before the party, entering without even knocking. the door to his room stood open, so she stepped inside and hovered over his shoulder with crossed arms.
"hello, creeper." stiles mumbled as he flipped through the pages of a yearbook.
"what are you doing?" she asked with a frown.
"investigating, trying to find connections. i could actually use your smart brain at the moment." he said, not looking up at all.
"what are you two doing?" mr. stilinski suddenly asked.
"studying." stiles answered, causing aneksi to slap the back of his stupid head. his father bought that for a second before stepping backwards.
"it's spring break."
"god." she whispered and let her head hang for a moment.
"we brought harris in this morning for questioning. they brought him in." his dad decided to discuss the topic anyway, joining them by the desk.
"and?" stiles asked curiously.
"and they're working on a warrant to arrest him for the murders."
"for all of them?" he frowned, looking up at his dad.
"enough of them."
"with what proof?" aneksi asked, frowning too. as far as she knew, harris was their teacher, so what would he have to do with anything? other than that they bumped into him once. however, he wasn't a murderer.
"you remember the couple at the trailer? tire tracks nearby match harris's car." stilinski directed his words to his son, but also glancing at aneksi.
"that's not enough." stiles objected, averting his eyes back to the yearbook as he continued flipping through the pages.
"the same car was also seen outside the hospital where the pregnant wife was killed. it's got some bumper sticker on it, a quote from einstein." stilinski proceeded stating proofs, ending with a sentence that made both the teenagers peer up in remembrance.
"imagination is more important than knowledge." they said simultaneously, looking at the sheriff. "i saw the same car outside the rave." stiles added.
"that means you're a witness. you're gonna' have to give a statement."
"what about the concert promoter, kara? she wasn't in harris's class, right? i mean, what does mr. lahey have to do with harris."
whilst stiles and his dad continued discussing the matter, she leaned down to get a better look and flipped to the next page. slowly, she opened her mouth and felt her whole face change. it was the group photo of the swim team, with a lot of familiar faces.
"oh my god. that's–"
"isaac's dad. the coach." stiles filled for her, swallowing.
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during the way to lydia's party, stiles had brought a huge present. aneksi didn't bother watching him try and squeeze it through the door; she greeted lydia and stepped inside instead.
an itch slowly spread inside her throat before she coughed against her hand. the red, thick liquid caused her to grimace and head for the bathroom to wash it away.
when she returned to the group of three, stiles had just told scott about the swim team picture, and allison had joined them. they also discussed the fact that they were the only ones there, ending with calling a few people.
aneksi felt odd most of the time. she could feel something was happening to her, but she tried to suppress it and think of something else.
"... and if on top of all that, i gotta watch you lose allison to a stalker like matt, i'm gonna stab myself in the face." stiles finished something she didn't quite pay attention to at first.
"don't stab yourself in the face." scott said, slowly standing up.
"why not?"
"because jackson's here."
"what?" aneksi asked as she too stood up, seeing jackson drinking from the punch lydia had just given him. without really thinking, she hurried over to him — despite scott telling her not to — and pressed a weak smile. "hey, what are you doing here?"
"i'm here to party." he smiled, raising his eyebrows as if it was obvious.
"jackson, you–" she started, but momentarily stopped herself because of a brief ache in the head. "you shouldn't be here."
"honestly, i came to hang out with you. and i'm bored." he shrugged, drinking some more. "want some?"
"what, punch? no thanks." she rejected, shaking her head faintly. "jackson, you should really go home."
"why, what's gonna' happen?" he chuckled, giving her a puzzled look.
"you're killing people! or have you forgotten that?" she exclaimed, but hushed her voice quickly.
"i don't know what you're talking about. you shouldn't be here though, because you don't look too well." he reversed her statement, putting a hand against her forehead but quickly jolted it back. "shit, you're really hot."
"i– i need to go." she mumbled hastily, irresponsibly leaving him. she was on the side of the house when someone harshly bumped into her, dropping a rude comment too.
aneksi turned around with snarled teeth and grabbed the person's arm, forcing him to look back at her. before he knew it, her hand was wrapped around his neck and he was pinned against the wall.
"woah, what the hell are you doing?!" he spat, but widened his eyes when the blackness spread in her eyes, slowly turning them fully black.
she was in absolute no control over her actions. the head ache was getting too much and the person decided to be rude in the wrong moment. with her fangs exposed, she aimed for his neck when scott ran over to her and practically pushed her down on the ground.
"aneksi! what's wrong with you?!" he muttered whilst helping her back up, a hand against the guy's chest so that he wouldn't leave.
when she looked at scott, she almost seemed frightened, as if she couldn't remember what just happened. her eyes averted to the scared boy, and after swallowing, she compelled him to forget about the whole incident.
"i'm sorry, i don't know what i'm doing. i just have this extreme headache and everyone's so... bugging right now." she apologized, making him sigh and hold her shoulder.
"it's the full moon. however, i think there's something else too because i've felt a little... off, myself. maybe you should lock yourself up." he said calmly, receiving a head nod.
"yeah, i'll go. i think i'll see derek, he knows what to do." she mumbled and absently looked over his shoulder.
scott pursed his lips in frustration. he absolutely didn't want to let her wander off alone — especially not on her first full moon — but he couldn't leave stiles and allison alone at the party with jackson.
"promise you'll go straight to derek's."
"i promise. keep an eye on jackson." she nodded, turning around to stagger away from there.
on her way back to derek's lair, she stopped abruptly when a silhouette was visible near her. aneksi frowned, but soon recognized the person as the masked woman at the rave.
"hello, aneksi." she said, with such an eerie yet calming voice.
"why are you here? and why won't you show me your face?" aneksi exhaled, clenching her fists.
"in time. you will know us soon, i can assure you that. i'm here to check on you, see how far you've come. right now, you're in the middle of a full moon and you just left... a party?" the woman was smiling by the end, you could tell by how she spoke.
"you are nothing but a bunch of coward kidnappers." aneksi spat, taking a step closer.
"sweetie. when the time comes for you to receive your memories back, you won't feel this hatred anymore. you were willing to do this."
"you're lying. how can i trust you, when you stole my memories?"
"you agreed to it the entire time. well, at first you thought we were joking. but you were never reluctant. want to know why? because you're nobody. no one but your parents would miss you in your absence. you're just some girl in the school library who reads a lot and is smart. why do you think we decided on you first? your love for the supernatural was just a bonus. yes, i knocked you out in your dream — well, you vague memory — but after that, you were always aware of what was happening. we created you and gave you a purpose. although, it's a shame you don't really believe in your powers. anyway, i need to go. we hope that you'll continue to do the right thing."
aneksi listened intensely, but bent down when she finished and coughed up some more blood. the masked woman was of course gone when she looked back up.
"fucking bitch." she muttered and groaned when her phone rang. picking it up, she answered and rested a hand against her warm forehead. "yes?"
"aneksi? i tried calling scott, but he didn't pick up. i need your help, right now." derek's voice filled her ears before he hung up.
aneksi didn't even think about it; she ran to derek's in such a short amount of time, just to hear the growls and metal clanks. as she stopped outside, isaac flew out of the window and growled at her.
gulping hard, she whimpered when he attacked her and tried to fight him off. isaac kept snarling in her face and hitting her, and aneksi did her best to kick him off of her over and over again. she didn't want to use any powers except her strenght on him, not again.
"isaac!" she said loudly, elbowing his face so that she could grasp his wrists and hold him against the ground. "stop, it's me! please, stop!"
as isaac stared into her eyes, he slowly began to freeze. she exhaled in relief and cautiously got off of him, suppressing the pounding ache in her head.
"boyd and erica. we need to help derek." he stated, and the two hurried over to where the others were.
derek wasn't doing too well. he managed to hold erica, but boyd was on the verge of escaping. thanks to isaac, he didn't. due to derek's surprise over isaac's sudden control, he didn't notice erica attacking from behind. isaac did everything to chain boyd, so aneksi helped him with that.
she then proceeded to hold erica back by tightening her arms around the beta's neck, kicking her down on her knees. derek mouthed a thank you and aneksi simply nodded. he started to chain erica more firmly when aneksi dropped her arms.
"no, wait!" isaac called, but erica managed to let out a last growl and snap aneksi's neck, making her fall down to the ground within a split second.
derek punched erica unconscious out of instinct and kneeled down, turning aneksi's head carefully. he swallowed hard and avoided eye contact with isaac.
"oh no." he mumbled as he checked if she had any pulse.
"derek? derek, i swear to god–" isaac started as he dragged his hand against his mouth, not being able to stand still on his spot.
"calm down." derek cut him off, a hand above his shoulder.
"if she's dead, i will rip out your heart out." the younger one warned, standing on his knees. he swallowed and was about to grab her cheeks, but jerked his hands back out of a sort of guilt.
"she's not– she can't be dead." derek denied it, shaking her shoulders gently. "come on, wake up."
"if our necks were to be snapped, we'd die, right? now why wouldn't she?" isaac spat, looking up at his alpha.
"because she's different than us! that's why."
the two of them fell into silence after that, dreadfully waiting for her to wake up because they didn't want to believe otherwise. isaac laced his fingers together with hers and bit his lip out of fear that she'd remain like that.
every bone and organ in aneksi's body was suddenly jolted on, making her inhale a sharp breath and sit up in a split second. a cough left her lips as she wrapped a hand around her sore neck.
"isaac?" she mumbled once seeing him.
"thank god you're okay." isaac exhaled as he carelessly pulled her in for a tight hug. aneksi raised her eyebrows but hugged him back anyway and rested her forehead against his shoulder. "for a second, we thought you were dead."
"shit, my neck really hurts." she whined against his shoulder and closed her eyes.
"that's because erica snapped it two minutes ago." derek said with a stupid smile on his face.
"she did what?!" aneksi frowned while pulling back. "she snapped my neck and killed me?"
"you know, full moon hormones..." isaac scrunched up his face and frowned with his lips, causing her to roll her eyes.
"oh my god, the party. i have to get back. jackson's there and i left scott all alone." she panicked, standing up.
"you can't leave yet, you just literally rose from the dead." derek said, crossing his arms against his chest.
"well, too bad for you. i'm not one of your werewolves to control. i'm glad i could help here, and now i need to help scott." she stated just before vamp-speeding away from there.
"god, i hate it when she does that! why is it so hard for her to stay somewhere? she's always everywhere, running around like an ant." derek complained, looking down at his betas.
"if she wouldn't be everywhere, things could be a lot worse right now." isaac pointed out with a proud smile. derek simply glared at him.
people were running past aneksi, yelling about the police being there. she noticed scott by the road, jogging over to him before smiling weakly.
"hey, what's going on?" scott turned to look at her and gently grabbed her upper arms, glancing around them.
"the party was going crazy, and some guys fooled around. they were throwing someone in the water, someone who yelled that he couldn't swim. jackson helped him up and it turned out to matt. you know, detention matt with the video. and now–" he explained, looking to the side.
aneksi followed his gaze and almost dropped her mouth. there stood matt, soaked with water, as he stared at them with so much hatred. her hand flew to her mouth when the kanima suddenly stood in the typical superhero position by matt, wrapping its tail around his legs.
"i feel so uncomfortable right now." she mumbled, and in the blink of an eye, the two vanished from the street in front of them.
"we've got some problems." he stated the obvious.
"uh huh." she almost laughed and glanced to the side, noticing the masked girl lurking in the crowd. the sight made her stomach clench. "a lot of problems."