Translucence

17

Scott shook his head. "Derek is not gonna kill her without proof."

They made their way to the Chemistry room and Stiles said, "All right, so he tests her like he did with Jackson. But when and where?"

Scott turned to see Isaac and Erica with smug looks on their faces. "I think here and now."

Harris began class. "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. 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 better than one. Or in Mr. Stilinski's case, less than one. Erica, you take the first station. You'll start with -- I didn't ask for volunteers. Put your hormonal little hands down. Start with Mr. McCall. All right, next two."

Eventually, Harris had the class switch partners.

Harris eventually called another switch.

When it the lesson was over, Harris said, "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."

Scott cried, "Lydia!"

Lydia turned to him and glared. "What?"

Scott shook his head. "Nothing."

Lydia's hand lifted up to her mouth and nothing happened.

After class, Stiles, Allison, Scott and Kya debated what to do. Scott looked out the window. "Derek's outside waiting for Lydia."

"Waiting to kill her?" Allison wondered.

Scott let out a sigh. "If he thinks she's the kanima, then yes, especially after what happened at the pool."

"It's not her," Stiles said, glancing to Kya.

"Stiles, she didn't pass the test, man. Nothing happened."

Kya shook her head. "No, it can't be her. It can't be."

Allison pursed her lips. "It doesn't matter, because Derek thinks it's her. So either we can convince him that he's wrong, or we've got to figure out a way to protect her."

Scott glanced at her and said, "Well, I really don't think he's gonna do anything here, not at school."

Allison looked to each of them. "What about after school? What if we can prove that Derek's wrong?"

Stiles scoffed. "By three o'clock?"

Allison shrugged. "There could be something in the bestiary."

"Oh, you mean the 900 page book written in archaic Latin that none of us can read? Good luck with that."

Kya raised her hand. "I can." She frowned. "I really hate being dead sometimes."

Allison said, "I think I know someone who might be able to translate it."

Scott nodded. "Uh, I can talk to Derek, maybe convince him to give us a chance to prove that it's not her. But if anything happens, you guys let me handle it, okay?."

"What does that mean?"

Kya stepped back towards the door and barely managed to duck as an arrow flew towards her. It would've hit her had Scott not caught it. Stiles let out an awkward chuckle. "Ah. Sorry. Sorry. Sensitive trigger on that."

Kya huffed. "You're lucky I'm already dead."

"Can you stop reminding me every waking moment?"

"No. And you're now getting weird looks. Congratulations."