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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬?

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Meilani walked into the library after work with her hand in Stiles followed by Jackson, Erica, Allison and Matt. She just hoped that this detention thing went by quickly, especially because Scott promised to wait for Meilani and Stiles in Stiles' Jeep until they were done and would just do homework until then.

"Oh, uh... we can't be in detention together. I have a restraining order against these two," Jackson complained to Mr. Harris, gesturing to Stiles and Meilani who both shot him a dark glare. Did he ever give it a rest?

"Fine. You two, over there," Mr. Harris said and motioned to the table that was next to him.

Meilani rolled her eyes and grabbed her bag from the floor before dropping into the chair at the next table, restraining herself from slashing Jackson across the throat in front of everyone. Derek would sure be happy about that one. "I'm gonna kill him, Stiles."

"No, you're not," Stiles denied as he plopped into the chair across from his girlfriend. "You're gonna find out who's controlling him and then you're gonna help save him."

"No, no, killing him sounds a lot more fun than that," Meilani countered, glancing over her shoulder to shoot an annoyed look in Jackson's direction who merely sent her a smirk and turned around to talk to Matt and Allison at his table while Erica sat by herself at the table Meilani and Stiles had originally been at.

Stiles tapped his girlfriend's arm gaining her attention. "Babe? What if it's Matt? I mean, this whole thing comes back to the video, right?"

Meilani leaned her chin in her hand and shrugged. "I don't know. Danny said that Matt was the one who found the two hours of footage missing."

"Exactly! He's trying to throw suspicion off himself."

Meilani raised an eyebrow and looked behind her to Matt who sat silently while he munched on popcorn as quietly as he could. "So... he makes Jackson kill Isaac's dad, one of Argent's hunters and the mechanic working on your Jeep? Matt?"

"Yes!"

"Why?"

"Because... he's evil."

Meilani let out a low laugh and shook her head at her boyfriend. "Stiles, you just don't like him."

"Uh, yeah! He hit on you freshman year when he clearly knew we were together and then I saw him flirt with Allison once or twice," Stiles responded, seemingly very annoyed at the mere mention of the kid. "He bugs me, Meilani! I mean, just look at his face."

Matt held out his popcorn bag to both Allison and Jackson with the biggest puppy face she had ever seen. He looked so innocent Meilani almost wanted to awww at the sight of him. Sure she was a bit wary of him because of the flirting in freshman year, but she didn't necessarily hate him. Plus, he was her teammate on the lacrosse team.

"Any other theories, Sherlock?"

As if on cue, Jackson groaned from his spot at the table with Matt and was out of the library, saying he needed to go to the bathroom with his backpack over one shoulder all while Matt asked if he was okay. Well, that was weird.

"No one leaves their seats. I'm going to check on Jackson," Mr. Harris instructed the remaining teens before he ran out of the library after Jackson.

Meilani and Stiles both exchanged a look before they were both out of their seats and back at the other table with Erica. "Stiles says you know how Jackson's parents died."

"Maybe."

"Talk."

Erica huffed and closed the notebook she had been writing in and placed it and the pencil on top of her closed laptop. "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."

"So, not only is Jackson rich now, but he's getting even richer at eighteen? There's something so deeply wrong with that," Stiles scoffed and leant his arms on the table in front of him. 

"You know what? I could try to find the insurance report on my dad's in-box. He keeps everything," Erica suggested and opened up her laptop, getting to work almost immediately. 

"Meilani McCall, please come to the principal's office."

Meilani and Stiles both glanced at each other, neither one knowing what she could have done to get that message. Especially not when it came from Allison's mother. She groaned to herself when she stood up and didn't miss the worried look she got from Allison as she walked out of the library.

Meilani stepped into the office to see Mrs. Argent sharpen a pencil at the desk by the door. She stepped over to the desk and leant her hands on the top. "The principal wanted to see me?"

"No... I did," Mrs. Argent replied and played with the now sharpened pencil in her hand. "I'm concerned about the detention today. How Allison ended up in there with you and Mr. Stilinski, but not your brother? A sink was ripped off the wall. You're lucky I'm here to explain that to people somehow. You realize that?"

"Yeah, I do now. Thank you, Mrs. Argent," Meilani nodded and she meant it every word of it, too. She didn't know what would have happened if Mrs. Argent wasn't there to swing some lie about how Jackson and Meilani broke the sink in the boys' locker room. What Mrs. Argent said was still unclear to Meilani, but she was glad Mrs. Argent had said something. 

"Good," Mrs. Argent said and leant back in her seat, eyeing Meilani. "Is your brother having sex with my daughter and are you still friends with her?"

Meilani balked at the question and didn't miss how Mrs. Argent shoved the pencil back into the pencil sharpener, pushing it harder the closer and closer it got to the end of the pencil.

"Uh... no? Scott is not having sex with Allison and I'm not friends with her," Meilani swiftly lied and rolled her lips into her mouth, rocking back on her heels. "You told us both to stay away from her."

"I certainly hope not," Mrs. Argent warned, eyes narrowing at the teen wolf and held up the now tiny but extremely sharp pencil. "Go on back to the library now."

Meilani furrowed her eyebrows but backed away slowly from the desk and rushed out of the office without needing to be told twice. She slipped back into the library to see Mr. Harris and his stuff gone and everyone stood around the bookstacks with carts filled with books. She made her way over to where Stiles and Allison were with a cart of books.

"Allison, your mom is frightening, but it's nothing to worry about," Meilani informed, stopping next to the dark haired girl and turned her attention to her boyfriend. "Stiles, you find out anything on Jackson's parents?"

"Yeah, turns out his parents died June 14th and he was born June 15th," Stiles explained and earned odd looks from both girls. "It means he was born after his mom died - by c-section. They had to pull him out of her dead body."

Meilani grimaced at the information because that was the last thing she'd ever expect. "Well, that's morbid."

"So was it an accident or not?" Allison questioned.

"The word all over the report is inconclusive," Stiles responded, slapping a hand to his side. 

Meilani leant her arms on the book cart and chewed on her lower lip. "Then his parents could have been murdered. If it does, then it would fall in line with the Kanima myth, you know? It seeks out and kills murderers."

Allison was silent for a long moment, her racing mind visible in her expression. "But for Jackson? Or for whoever's controlling him?"

"We have to talk to him. We have to tell him," Meilani stumbled away from Stiles and Allison, ignoring their protests about her plan. She froze when a book laid open on the floor a few aisles away and Meilani slowly walked towards it. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until her eyes trailed to her right and she gasped when she saw Matt laid on his front, neck bleeding from a long scratch on it.

"Matt!" Meilani whispered and dropped to her knees next to him to make sure he was breathing. She had to cover both her and Matt's heads as debris and glass from above rained down on them when the Kanima rushed past on top of the book cases. Meilani had barely even felt her canines and claws grow in until the canines pinched her top lip. "Erica!"

Meilani scrambled to her feet and rushed through the book cases as more sparks fell from the broken light fixtures above. One hit her in the shoulder and she barely even flinched, too desperate in trying to find Erica, Stiles and Allison. She stumbled back when she nearly bumped into Jackson who still had his human body, but half his face was the Kanima and the other half was human and his eye were full Kanima. 

Jackson roared loudly and then shoved Meilani, sending her flying back a few feet into the book cart behind her. She toppled to the ground along with the cart and grunted at the pain that shot down her spine. Her canines and claws retracted, leaving her in her human form as she coughed to get the air back in her lungs. 

"Babe!"

Meilani rolled off the book cart and crawled over to Allison and Stiles who were in the aisle the cart had landed next to. She crouched protectively in front of them when she saw that Jackson still stood a few few away under one of the broken light fixtures. It was if he didn't have control of his actions as he moved robotically to raise a Kanima hand to the chalkboard and write something on it with chalk.

STAY OUT OF MY WAY OR I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU

Glass shattered as Jackson broke through the window above one of the book cases and escaped the library. When Meilani was sure the coast was clear, she slowly stood to her feet along with Stiles and Allison and she walked over to the chalkboard with Allison at her side. 

"Whoa, hey, hey, hey, hey!" Stiles yelled, causing Meilani and Allison to whirl around and see him hold a spazzing Erica. "I think she's having a seizure."

Allison rushed over to check on Matt while Meilani ran over to Stiles and Erica. "Matt's alive!"

"We have to get Erica to a hospital," Stiles announced.

"Derek - only to Derek," Erica stuttered through her spasms as they slowly became less jerky. That was a good sign because it meant the seizure started to end. 

Allison peeked at Meilani and Stiles through the shelf of books and jerked her head towards the exit. "Go."

Meilani shook her head and ran around the cases to get to Allison, crouching next to her. "Allison, I can't leave you alone."

"Stiles can't take her alone," Allison argued, worriedly glancing to Erica who laid against Stiles' chest. "Not like this. Matt - I've got to call an ambulance for him, just go, Mei."

"It doesn't feel right leaving you alone," Meilani whispered and glanced down to Matt. "Plus, Scott is in the Jeep outside. He can go with Stiles to take Erica to Derek."

"It's okay."

Meilani shook her head and she couldn't help but listen to the voice in the back of her head that told her this wasn't the end. "Allison, if something happens to you, Scott will - "

Allison placed her hand over Meilani's mouth to shut her up. "Meilani, that doesn't mean anything, okay? Go. I promise I will be okay, Meilani. You don't have to worry about me and neither does Scott. Take Erica to Derek."

Meilani squeezed Allison's hand and shot her a small smile before she was on her feet again and helped Stiles to his feet with Erica still in his arms. The two rushed out of the library and over to the Jeep parked in the back parking lot while Scott hopped out of the Jeep, worry etched on his face at the sight of the spazzing Erica.

"Oh, my God! What happened?" Scott rasped as Stiles placed Erica in the back of the Jeep with Meilani taking the spot next to her to hold the blonde wolf up. 

"We have to get her to Derek," was all Stiles told Scott as he got into the driver's seat and sped the Jeep over to Derek's hideout.

"Where's Allison?"

"She had to stay back and call Matt an ambulance. Jackson turned to the Kanima out of nowhere. It was really weird," Meilani explained to her twin in an effort to try and catch him up on what he missed by not having detention. "I should have known something was off when he first rushed out of the library out of nowhere. When he came back he just seemed fine so I didn't even think anything of it. We also found out that Jackson's mom died in car accident before she could give birth to him. They had to do a c-section on his mother's dead body to get him out."

Scott turned in his seat to shoot his twin a wide eyed expression. "You mean they were murdered?"

"We don't know," Stiles answered, slamming a hand on the steering wheel in slight frustration. "It's a theory, though."

Thankfully, Derek was at the hide out when they arrived and he quickly took Erica from the trio, dropping to the ground with her in his arms.

"Is she dying?" Stiles questioned, glancing down to Erica who still hadn't stopped spasming even though she should have by now.

Derek shook his head as he tried to figure out what was wrong with her. "I don't know, she might... which is why this is gonna hurt." He wrapped both his hands around Erica's forearm and snapped the bone, earning a scream from Erica.

"You broke her arm!" Scott balked, not seeing the point in doing that at all. Wasn't the girl suffering enough?

"It'll trigger the healing process. I still have to get the venom out that Jackson put in her. This is where it's really gonna hurt," Derek said and squeezed Erica's arm, causing it to bleed profusely and drip onto the newspaper beneath her arm. 

Erica cried and slumped back against Stiles who had grabbed her when Derek went to squeeze her arm like it was a stress toy. She finally stopped spasming and breathed heavily. "Stiles... you make a good Batman."

Meilani gave her boyfriend an odd look to which he mumbled something about an inside joke from a few hours prior. She let it go because she knew she had no reason to be jealous of Erica. Stiles loved her and not Erica so she wouldn't be that girlfriend that freaked out because another girl glanced at Stiles.

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Once they had Erica settled into one of the cots in the hideout, Meilani followed Derek and away from Stiles and Scott. "Derek, you know who it is."

Derek turned to face Meilani and it seemed as if he momentarily thought about lying to her. Though, he thought against it and sat down on a crate behind him. "Jackson."

"You just wanted Erica to confirm it, didn't you?" Meilani asked and Derek nodded in response. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair because she knew what she had to do if she wanted to protect those she loved. "I'm gonna help you stop him, Derek. As part of your pack."

Derek's eyes widened in shock at Meilani offering herself up to his pack. She had been fighting against being apart of this whole time and now she suddenly wanted in? "Meilani - "

"If you want me in, fine. We are going to do be doing this on one condition. We're gonna catch him, not kill him."

"And?" Derek prodded, knowing fully well that Meilani wasn't done. Smart boy.

"And we do it my way."

AUTHORS NOTE

Hi hey hello

THINGS ARE HEATING UP, PEEPS! We have just FIVE EPISODES left to get through of Season Two. Can you believe that?! It feels like I just started this book, like, yesterday. I can't believe we are practically half done already. Hope you guys are ready for the rest of this wild ride like I am!