Fearless // Teen Wolf

15: Who's the Kanima?

A Kanima is a shape-shifter, who doesn't know who or what it is. It is a creature that's not right. Almost like an enigma to those who aren't in the know. And right now, most of Beacon Hills is not in the know, making it all the more dangerous.

"So it has venom that can paralyze people. Doesn't know that it's killing people. Doesn't know that they are even this creature. Hates water. And is scared of its own reflection." Charlie lists out as she paces in the train station.

"Yes, but that's not the point of this conversation." Derek says as he watches her move.

She sighs, "Yes but that should be, because that is a big pressing issue right now." 

"Charlie, we just learned that you are immune to venom that can paralyze everyone with a single touch." he reminds her with a raised eyebrow.

"True... And that may not be the only interesting thing thats going on with me." she admits, earning a look of confusion. "So, you know the day that Issac got arrested?" he nods, "Well, I went to change my bandages and well, I found this." Charlie says before lifting up her sleeve and shows him her healed arm.

Derek stands a bit alarmed. "You healed?" he asks as he gently grabs her hand looking over her arm. "Did you heal everywhere else?"

"Yeah, but look." She shows him her scratch from the kanima. "This isn't healing. I don't even know why or how I healed the first time."

"Wait... The day Issac got arrested was a full moon." he points out, looking up from her scratches.

Charlie nods, "Yeah, but I was with you the whole night. It wasn't like I was turning like Issac." She reminds him.

Derek looks at her a bit more confused. "No. You were completely fine the whole night. What changed? Peter's scratch was on you for a long time. If you were changing the healing would have kicked in sooner." he says looking back at her fresh scratch. "I wonder... Let me try something."

She nods, as he holds just her scratched hand and starts to take her pain. The light stinging she had been feeling from the night before dissipated. "Could have used that last night." she jokes looking at him, but he stares at her hand. 

"Charlie... Look." he tells her softly. Confused, she listens to him, looking down at her hand in his only to see her wounds healing.

"Oh my god." she whispers as she witnesses her own skin stitching each other up. "Oh that's weird."

"Very weird. That's another thing we need to look into, cause you aren't clearly aren't anything I've ever met before." Derek says, giving her a smile to calm her nerves.

"Lets... Let's focus on figuring out who the kanima is." Charlie says, looking back to him with a nod.

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"I got to work early and you guys did what?" Charlie questions the beta who sat at her desk while she fixed up her nursing equipment.

"We interrogated Jackson, made sure he wasn't the Kanima, and I got him to talk to the cops to clear my name." Issac tells her with a shrug as fiddles with a rubber band he found on the desk.

"Okay, well glad you are no longer a fugitive. How did you guys figure out he's not the kanima?" she asks, looking over at him.

"Oh, we tested the venom on him. He's not immune, so he's not the kanima." he replies with a cheeky smile.

Charlie pauses in her movement and gives Issac her full attention. "The theory you're going off of is 'If they are immune they must be the kanima'? " she asks, earning a nod from the teen, "You do know that I'm immune right?"