Ch. 17 - VENOMOUS

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Chapter Seventeen
๐ŸฆŽ Venomus ๐ŸฆŽ


Hurrying down the corridor for their next class, Stiles whispers to Scott and Sawyer, "I only found one thing online called the Kanima. A werejaguar from South America that goes after murderers." Stiles said and Sawyer raised her eyebrow, "Yeah... something tells me the giant lizard isn't a jaguar." She said.ย 

"And we're not exactly a murderer." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded, "Yeah, but you guys did see it kill somebody, which is probably why it tried to kill you. And it's still trying to kill you, and it probably won't stop until you're both dead." Scott said, making the twins scoff lightly. "You know, sometimes I really begin to question this friendship." They both said at the same time as they followed Scott.ย 

The three of them, plus Anakin walk into class, Scott and Stiles sat down next to each other while Sawyer sat down behind Stiles. Not long after Jackson walked and sat down next to Sawyer. "Hey, testicle left and right, dick." Jackson whispered to them making Sawyer furrow her brow, "Am I the dick or am I a testicle?" She asked but he just ignored her.ย 

"What the hell's a Kanima?" Jackson asked, making Sawyer's eyes widen while Scott and Stiles spun around in panic. But before they can respond, Coach slams a book against his desk. "All right, listen up! A quick warning before we begin our review- some of you, like McCall, might want to start their own study groups, because tomorrow's midterm is so profoundly difficult- I'm not even too sure I could pass it! Okay, I need a volunteer at the board to answer the first question. Who's got it, huh?"ย 

Hands go up around the boys and Sawyer as they continue their surreptitious conversation. "Paralyzed from the neck down. Do you have any idea what that feels like?" Jackson said and Stiles chuckled dryly, "I'm familiar with the sensation."ย 

"Wait- why would Derek test you? Why would he think that it's you?" Scott asked. "How should I know?" Jackson asked defensively, making Sawyer squint at him. "Wait, do they think it's Lydia?" Sawyer asked and Jackson shrugged, "I don't know! All I heard was her name and something about chemistry."ย 

"Jackson!" Coach suddenly yelled, making them jump, "Do you have something you want to share with the rest of the class?" He asked making Jackson have to quickly think of something. "Just an undying admiration for my Coach." Jackson said, "That's really kind of you. Now shut up! Shut it! Anybody else?"ย 

Scott leans in to talk to Sawyer and Stiles, "How do we know it's not her?" Scott asked. "Because I looked into the eyes of that thing, okay? And what I saw was pure evil. And, when I look into Lydia's eyes, I only see fifty percent evil. All right, maybe sixty. You know, but no more than forty on a good day!" Sawyer said, making Scott sigh, "Sawyer, that's not a very good argument." Scott said and Sawyer rolled her eyesย 

"Fine, here's a good argument. When the kanima first trapped Stiles and Derek in the pool, I was with Lydia in her car. She can't be in two places at once. She's not the Kanima, okay? Lydia's fine." Sawyer said before getting a distant look on her face. "Someone help me... Someone help me... Someone help me!" She heard what sounded like Lydia whisper.ย 

Sawyer looked up as a bunch of students laughing to see Lydia standing in front of the class, chalk in hand. "EMPLEHENOEMOS" was written all over the board, "Okay then. Anyone else want to try answering? In English?" Coach said making Lydia spin around to see what she wrote while students continued to laugh.ย 

"What is that, Greek?" Scott asked and Stiles shook his head, "No, actually, I think it's English..." He said as he look a picture of the board. They all looked at his phone as he rotated the picture around, making the words change to "SOMEONEHELPME".ย 

Sawyer looked at the picture for a moment before furrowing her brows as she glanced back up at Lydiaย 

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"Derek's not gonna kill her without proof." Sawyer said as she, Anakin, Stiles and Scott walked into chemistry class, "All right, so he tests her like he did with Jackson, right? But when and where?" Stiles asked and Scott froze slightly.ย 

"I think here and now." He said, making them follow his line of sight to see Isaac and Erica look at them before looking at Lydia with a smirk. Sawyer quickly ran over and sat down next to Lydia, making Scott and Stiles run over to sit down at the ends of the table.

Lydia rolled her eyes at the three of them before Harris started talking, "Einstein once said, 'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe.' I myself have encountered infinite stupidity." Harris says as he pauses at Stiles's desk for a not-so-subtle punctuation making Sawyer laugh while Stiles looks offended.ย 

"So, to combat the plague of ignorance in my class, you're going to combine efforts through a round of group experiments! Let's see if two heads are indeed better than one. Or, in Stilinski's case, less than one." Harris said as he patted both Stiles and Sawyer's shoulder making Stiles frown while Sawyer looked offended.ย 

"Erica, you take the first station. You'll start with-" Every male hand in the class shoots up making Erica look around with a smirk. "I didn't ask for volunteers. Put your hormonal hands down. Start with Mr. McCall."ย 

Sawyer started drowning out all the voices around her as she read the instructions in front of her until someone sat down next to her. She looked up and sighed as Isaac sat down next to her, making her roll her eyes slightly.ย 

"If you harm one perfect strawberry blonde hair on her head, I'm gonna turn your idiotic Werewolf ass into a fur coat and give it to her as a birthday present." Sawyer said and Isaac raised his eyebrows, "Really? I've never actually been to one of her big, invite-only birthday parties. I did ask her out once, though..." Isaac said and Sawyer hummed slightly.ย 

"Wow, I almost forgot that I didn't ask." She said and Isaac chuckled, "It was the first day of freshman year-" He said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows as she cut him off.ย "And you thought everything was gonna be different for you in high school, but she said no." She said and Isaac nodded.ย 

"Yeah. Yeah, she even laughed. Told me to come back when the bike I rode to school had an engine, not a chain." He said and Sawyer hummed slightly as she didn't look up from the lab work. "Unrequited love's a bitch. Maybe you should write about it in English class, you know? Channel all that negative energy into something somewhat useful." Sawyer said and Isaac shook his head.ย 

"Nah... I was thinking I'd channel it into killing her. I'm not very good at writing." Isaac said, making Sawyer turn to him with a daring look before she got a distant look on her face as she started hearing a familiar voice in her head. "What?" Isaac asked, noticing the distant look on her face before the bell dinged, making her snap out of it.ย 

"And switch." Harris said and Sawyer quickly got up, grabbing Anakin's leash before she grabbed her brother's shoulder and made him sit back down before sitting next to him. "Derek's here." She said, making him look at her confused, "What? How do you know?" He asked and she shook her head. "I can hear him." She said and he raised his eyebrows, "Like super hearing hear him?" He asked and she shook her head.ย 

"No, like I can hear his thoughts." She said, making his eyes widened, "You can read his mind?! What is he saying?" He asked and she sighed. "I don't know, I can't hear it anymore but when I did I couldn't understand what he was saying, it sounded like mumbles." She said and he looked at her in excitement.

"So that's what you are! You're like Professor X." He said and she gave him a look, "I'm psychic? Seriously?" She asked and he nodded. "You told me that you sometimes hear voices right before something happens and now you're saying you heard Derek's thoughts. Sounds Psychic to me." He said and she shook her head slightly.ย 

"But didn't read Derek's mind, I heard mumbles that sounded like his voice." She said and Stiles shrugged slightly, "Maybe it's something you have to practice a lot before you can actually read someone's mind." He said before the bell dinged.ย 

"Switch." Harris said and Sawyer moved to sit at an empty table while Scott took her seat. Someone sat down next to her, making her look over to see Erica before she glanced around to find Isaac sitting down next to Lydia. Sawyer went to stand uo but Harris smacked a ruler on the table in front of her.

"If you're trying to test my patience, Miss. Stilinski, I guarantee it will be a failing grade." Harris said and Sawyer pursed her lips slightly, "Already failing your class, so." She said and started to get up again but he smacked the ruler on the table. "Sit down." He said, making Sawyer sigh before sitting down and he walked away.

Sawyer glanced at Erica before quickly looking away as she went back to the lab work. Her leg bounced slightly until Anakin got up and rested his head on her knee, making her stop while Erica chuckled. "Do I make you nervous?" Erica said and Sawyer took a deep breath as she gave Anakin a treat.ย 

"No, you're planning on killing my friend. Anyone would be nervous about that." Sawyer said, not looking up as Erica raised her eyebrows, "You're not nervous that we're going to kill your friend, you're nervous that we're going to kill the girl you like." Erica said and Sawyer shrugged slightly as she looked at her.ย 

"Who cares if I like her or not, you're still gonna kill someone innocent." Sawyer said and Erica chuckled, "You know, I honestly can't understand why you like her so much when she barely even gave you the time of day for years." Erica said and Sawyer just glanced at her.ย 

"Why pay attention to her, when you could pay attention to someone who actually knows your name." Erica said and Sawyer rolled her eyes slightly, "Lydia knows my name." She said and Erica raised her eyebrows. "Yeah, but only recently. And yet you still choose to like her instead of a girl who has known your name for a while." Erica said and Sawyer hummed slightly.ย 

"Yeah? Name one." She said and Erica went to say something but the bell dinged. "Time! If you've catalyzed the reaction correctly, you should now be looking at a crystal. Now, for the part of that last experiment I'm sure you'll all enjoy... You can eat it.." Harris said making Sawyer look at the beaker to see a crystalย 

"Lydia!" Scott suddenly yelled, making everyone look at him. Sawyer looked over at Lydia to see her holding up a crystal that had a bit of Kanima venom on it, making Sawyer suck in a deep breath. "What?' Lydia asked and Scott looked around embarrassed, "Nothing."ย 

They all watched as Lydia popped the crystal into her mouth, waiting patiently as nothing happened to her. Erica looked at Sawyer who just took a deep breath and shook her head slightly. "You wanna know how that doesn't prove anything?" Sawyer asked before looking over at Erica for a moment.ย 

"I touched the Kanima venom too when my boss was killed... Absolutely nothing happened to me and I'm very clearly not the kanima." Sawyer said, making Erica stare at her for a moment.ย 

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Slipping inside Coach's dimly lit office, Scott flips the lock on the door and turns to Stiles, Sawyer, Anakin and Allison. "Derek's outside. Waiting for her." Sawyer said and Allison raised her eyebrows, "You mean waiting to kill her?" Allison asked. "If he thinks she's the Kanima? Then, yeah. Especially after what happened in the pool." Scott said, "But it's not her." Sawyer saysย 

"She didn't pass the test, Sawyer. Nothing happened." Scott said and Sawyer shook her head, "It can't be her. I was with her when the Kanima trapped Derek and Stiles in the pool. And if you did the same test on me, I'd fail it too. I've touched Kanima venom before and nothing happened." She said and Allison sighed.ย 

"It doesn't matter. Derek thinks it's her. So either we convince him he's wrong or we figure out how to protect her." She said and Scott shook his head slightly, "I don't think he'd do anything here. Not during school."ย 

"What about after school? What if we can prove Derek's wrong?" Allison asked and Stiles raised his eyebrows, "By three o'clock?" He asked and Allison shrugged slightly. "There could be something in the Bestiary." Allison suggested, "You mean the nine hundred page book written in Archaic Latin that none of us can read? Good luck with that." Sawyer said sarcastically, making Allison think for a moment.ย 

"Actually, I think I know someone who might be able to translate it."ย 

"I can talk to Derek. Maybe convince him to give us a chance to prove it's not her. All right. But if anything happens you guys let me handle it." Scott said, making Allison raise her eyebrows, "What does that mean?" She asked.ย 

"It means you can't heal like I do. I just don't want you getting hurt." Scott said. Allison puts her bag on Coach's desk and unzips it and pulls out a black item with a pistol grip on it. With a snap of her wrist, the sides fly out and lock into place to reveal a collapsible and quite deadly crossbow. "I can protect myself." She said but Scott still doesn't look convinced, "What? Did something else happen?" Allison asked as she set the cross bow down.ย 

"I just don't want you getting hurt. Seriously, if anything goes wrong, you call me, okay? I-I don't care if your dad finds out. Call, text, scream, yell,ย  whatever. I'll hear you and I'll find you as fast as I can. We have until three." Scott said and Allison nodded slightly before he turned around to leave.

Before he could open the door he spun around, hand whipping up just in time to catch a crossbow dart that would have hit his head. Stiles lowers the crossbow with a guilty smile on his face, "Sensitive trigger on this thing." He said and Sawyer sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose.ย 

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When they arrive at Scott's house, Sawyer helped Lydia out of the Jeep before getting Anakin and joining Stiles, Allison and Jackson at the steps to the McCall home. "If we're studying at Scott's house, where is Scott?" Lydia asked while Stiles went to unlock the front door, "Meeting us here... Hopefully." Sawyer mumbled before Stiles threw the door open.ย 

They all walk in and Sawyer gently patted Anakin, "Go upstairs." She said, making him run up stairs as Stiles slammed the door shut and locked it. Then flips the deadbolt, then latches the chain. Sawyer took a deep breath as she scratched the back of her neck, turning to a suspicious Lydia. "There's uh- been a few break-ins around the neighborhood." She said and Stiles nodded before looking around for a moment. He grabbed a chair and shoved it under the door knob, "And a murder. Yeah, it was bad."ย 

As he retreats from the door, Allison gives Jackson a nod to the stairs making him sigh, "Lydia, follow me. I need to talk to you for a minute." He said before walking up the stairs. "Seriously, what is going on with everyone?" Lydia muttered under breath before following Jackson.ย 

A little while longer Allison called Scott on Sawyer's phone while Sawyer and Stiles looked out the window. Derek and his betas were standing outside in the road, watching the house. "You think you could read their mind?" Stiles asked, glancing over at Sawyer, who squinted at the pack for a moment before sighing and shaking her head.ย 

"Nope. I have no idea how it happened the first time." Sawyer said, making Stiles pout slightly.ย 

After a little while, Sawyer, Allison and Stiles throw cautious glances at Derek and his pack outside the window. With the hand not holding the crossbow, Allison pulls out her phone, "What are you doing?" Sawyer asked and Allison sighed, "I think-I think I have to call my dad." Allison said anxiously, making Sawyer's eyes widen. "But if he finds you here, you and Scott-" She started to say and Allison nodded.ย 

"I know, but what are we supposed to do? They're not here to scare us, okay? They're here to kill Lydia." Allison said before Sawyer started hearing voices whispering Jackson's nam, making her furrow her brows. "What if it's Jackson?" Sawyer asked, making them look at her, "But he passed Derek's test." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded.ย 

"Yeah, but Derek would only test him if it means that he gave Jackson the bite and nothing happened to him. Three people got bit by an Alpha and nothing happened to them. Two of us aren't affected by Kanima venom but one is. Jackson's the odd one out." Sawyer said and they nodded slightly before Stiles got an idea.ย 

"Hey, I got an idea- just shoot one of 'em." Stiles said looking at Allison crossbow, making Allison look at him like he was crazy. "Are you serious?" She asked and he nodded. "We told Scott we could protect ourselves, so let's do it! Or at least give it a shot, right?" Stiles said and Sawyer nodded in agreement, "Look, they don't think we're gonna fight, so if one of them gets hit, I guarantee they'll take off. So, just shoot one of 'em."ย 

"Okay, which one?" Allison asked as she walked over to the window, "Uh, Derek. Yeah, shoot him. Preferably in the head." Stiles said and Sawyer shook her head, "If Scott was able to catch it then Derek definitely would be able to." She said and Allison nodded in agreement.ย 

"Okay, uh, just shoot one of the other three, then." Stiles said and Allison looked out the window, "You mean two." Allison said, making Sawyer and Stiles look at each other confused. "No, I mean three." He said as they went over to the window, only to find Erica, Boyd and Derek. "Where the hell is Isaac?" Sawyer asked as Allison pointed the crossbow at the window.ย 

Suddenly someone grabbed Allison, pushing her to the ground before grabbing Stiles and tossing him to the side. Sawyer looked over at Isaac, whose eyes were glowing yellow before Sawyer ran over to Allison. "Go find Lydia." Sawyer said as she helped Allison up and Allison nodded before running up the stairs while Isaac looked at Sawyer, whose eyes widened.ย 

"Bye!" She said before running off to the side, turning the corner into the kitchen as Isaac chuckled. "You don't actually think you could just run away, do you?" Isaac asked and Sawyer was quiet for a moment before speaking up. "Of course not, but I was kinda known as the sneaky twin growing up." Sawyer said from behind Isaac, making him turn around.ย 

The moment he turned around, he was suddenly hit in the face with a baseball bat, making him fall to the ground, hitting his head on the wall in the process. "And I played baseball in middle school." Sawyer said with a smirk as she rested the baseball bat on her shoulder before Allison came down the stairs dragging a paralyzed Erica.ย 

"Nice." Allison said when she saw Isaac on the ground making Sawyer smile as Stiles got up. A few seconds later Scott ran in making everyone look at him as he looked around in shock, "You know, for someone who told us to let you handle it, you sure take your sweet time." Sawyer said.ย 

"Good job." Scott said before helping them drag Isaac and Erica out to the front yard. Boyd looked at them in shock while Derek just looked at all of them with a smirk, "I think I'm finally getting why you keep refusing me, Scott. You're not an Omega- you're already an Alpha of your own pack. But, you know you can't beat me." Derek said.ย 

"I can hold you off until the cops get here." Scott said and Derek cocks his head, listening. The faint sound of a siren approaching. And then something else... an odd scurrying. The clicking of sharp claws, which Scott hears too.ย 

All eyes follow theirs, everyone glancing up to see a sinewy, jet black body perched on the roof of the McCall home, glowing eyes peering down at them. The kanima. Thin lips curling back to expose a double row of teeth, it opens its jaws and unleashes an inhuman shriek. Everyone takes a step back as the creature darts across the roof and leaps off. In a flash it escaped to the other side of the house, disappearing into the darkness.ย 

Derek turns to Boyd and nods to Isaac and Erica, "Get them out of here." Derek said and then as he retreats back to race off in pursuit, the front door clicks open and a freaked out Lydia ran out with Anakin, "Would someone please tell me what the hell is going on?" She asked, making Sawyer sigh in relief.ย 

Shocked, Derek stares at the innocent girl he nearly had killed. But he's not the only one surprised. Stiles, Scott, Sawyer and Allison all turn to the open door of the house, peering in with the knowledge that one of their friends is still unaccounted for.ย 

"It's Jackson." Scott mumbled while Sawyer shook her head slightly, "I fucking knew it."

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