Running with Wolves

Chapter 20

They got in trouble, big trouble with daddy, Jackson escaped and went to the station.
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Stiles was holding me on his hip as we waited for Allison in the library, she slipped a tablet through.
She said" It's everything Lydia could translate. And trust me, she was very confused."
Scott said" Yeah, what'd you tell her?"
" That we were apart of an online gaming community that battles mythical creatures."
Stiles said" I am part of an online gaming community that battles mythical creatures."
" O-Oh. Great."
Scott said" Okay, does it say how to find out who's controlling him?"
" Not really. But Stiles was right about the murderers."
Stiles said" Yes!"
" It calls the Kanima a weapon of vengeance. There's a story in there about this south american priest who uses the kanima to execute murderers in his village."
" All right, see? So maybe it's not all that bad."
" Until the bond grew strong enough that it killed whoever he wanted it to."
" All bad, all very, very bad."
" Here's the thing, though. The kanima's actually supposed to be a werewolf. But it can't be..."
Scott said" Until it resolves that in it's past which manifested it."
Stiles said" Okay, if that means that Jackson could use a few thousand hours of therapy, I could've told you that myself."
Allison said" What if... it has something to do with his parents? His real parents."
Scott said" Yeah, does anybody actually know what happened to them?"
Stiles said" Lydia might."
" What if she doesn't know anything?"
Allison said" Well, he doesn't have a restraining order against me, so... I'll talk to him myself."
" Okay, what do I do?"
" You have a make-up exam, remember?" Scott looked at Stiles and me, we nodded," Promise me."
" If he does anything, you run the other way."
" I can take care of myself."
" Allison, if you get hurt while I'm busy with some stupid test, someone's going to need to take care of me. If he does anything..."
" Like?"
" Anything... weird or bizarre, anything." Stiles stuck his head in the shelf,
He said" Anything evil!" Allison pushed his head back, I giggled," Ah... Ow!"
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Lydia said" I'm not supposed to tell anyone."
Stiles said" Come on, anyone who ever says I'm not supposed to tell anyone, is always dying to tell someone, so tell me!"
" Why do you wanna know?"
" I can't tell you that."
" Then I'm not tell you."
" But you are telling me that could tell me something if you wanted to tell me?" I tilted my head, what did he say?
" Was that a question?"
" It felt like a question."
" Well... tell me if this feels like an answer. No." She walked away, I looked at Stiles, he huff-groaned, then followed her. He put me down, grabbing my arm.
" Lydia! Lydia, come on!" Then he was pushed by Erica, I ran to him, she had him pinned to the wall." Ow! Ah, ah, hey, Erica." She brought her claws out, I reached up and grabbed her wrist.
She said" Why are you asking Lydia about Jackson's real parents?"
" Why are you bringing out the claws on camera?" I let go as she put away her claws," That's right. You wanna play catwoman? I'll be your batman." We walked away,
" If you're wondering about Jackson's real parents, they're about half a mile from here. In Beacon Hills Cemetery." She walked away, Stiles lifted me up, I whined as he started running,
" Okay. Wait! Wait, wait!" We caught up to her," Do you know how they died?"
" Maybe. If you tell me why you're so interested." She stopped walking, I gulped," It's him, isn't it?"
" What? Who? Him who?"
" The test didn't work, but it's still him. It's Jackson." I squirmed, Stiles put me down, then I heard Allison, she was scared. I looked at Stiles then followed her smell, I ran as fast as I could.
I got to the locker room and saw Scott and Jackson fighting,
Allison said" Riley, come here." I ran to her, her arms wrapped around me, I looked at her.
Scott and Jackson knocked open the door, we ran after them, Stiles and Allison got Scott. Then their teacher showed up,
The teacher said" You and you- actually... all of you... detention. 3:00."
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We walked into the library, Stiles and Scott sat down, Stiles pulled me onto his lap.
Jackson said" Oh, uh... we can't be in detention together. I have a restraining order against these tools."
Their teacher said" All these tools?"
Stiles said" No, just us tools." He pointed to him and Scott,
" Fine. You two, over there." We moved seat,
Scott said" I'm gonna kill him."
Stiles said" No, you're not. You're going to find out who's controlling him and then you're gonna help save him."
" No. You were right, let's kill him."
" Oh... no." I looked at Stiles, he rubbed my head," Hey. What if it's Matt? I mean, this whole thing comes back to the video, right?"
" Danny said that Matt was the one who found the two hours of footage missing."
" Exactly! He's trying to throw suspicion off himself."
" So he makes Jackson kill Isaac's dad, one of Argent's hunters, and the mechanic working on your jeep?"
" Yes!"
" Why?"
" Because... he's evil."
" You just don't like him."
" The guy... bugs me. I don't know what it is. Just look at his face."
" Any other theories?" Jackson grabbed his head, then got up,
Jackson said" I have to go to the bathroom."
The teacher said" Are you all right? Hey, you don't look so good."
" I just need to get some water."
" No one leaves their seats." The teacher followed Jackson out, I got up and walked to Erica's table, Scott and Stiles followed.
Scott said" Stiles says you know how Jackson's parents died."
Erica said" Maybe."
" Talk."
" 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 18."
Stiles said" So not only is Jackson rich now, but he's getting even richer at 18?"
" Yep."
" There's something so deeply wrong with that."
" You know what? I could try to find the insurance report on my dad's inbox. He keeps everything."
The speaker said" Scott McCall, please report to the principal's office." Scott looked at Stiles, Scott left, Stiles kept watching Erica.
Jackson came back in,
Stiles said" Look at the dates."
Erica said" Passengers arrived at the hospital DOA. The estimated time of death- 9:26pm, June 14th, 1995."
" Jackson's birthday is June 15th." The teacher started packing up,
He said" Oh, no, I'm sorry. Uh, yes, I'm leaving. But none of you are. You may go when you're done with the re-shelving. Enjoy the rest of your evening."

Stiles said" It means he was born after his mom died- by C-section. They had to pull him out of her dead body."
Allison said" So was it an accident or not?"
" The word all over the the report is inconclusive."
Scott said" Then his parents could have been murdered?"
" If they were, then it falls in line with the kanima myth. You know? It seeks out and kills murderers."
Allison said" But for Jackson? Or for the person controlling him?"
Scott said" We have to talk to him. We have to tell him."
" He's not gonna l-" I saw staring at the monster but it still looked like Jackson, then it attacked Erica,
I screamed" Stiles!" Then Scott was thrown, I crouched down, it started writing on the chalkboard, then it jumped out the window. I ran to Stiles, hitting his side, he lifted me up into his arms, I dug my face into his shoulder. He put me down as we got to Erica, she was shaking a lot,
Stiles said" Whoa, hey, hey, hey, hey! I think she's having a seizure!" Scott ran to us, Allison went to Matt,
She said" He's alive."
" Hsy, we need to get her to a hospital."
Erica said" Derek- Only to Derek."
Scott said" When we get her to the hospital-"
" To Derek. To Derek."
Allison said" Go." Scott went to Allison,
Stiles said" Hey, Scott!" I looked at Stiles, then Scott came back, Scott lifted Erica up. Stiles lifted me up, I laid my head on his shoulder, closing my eyes.