This IS My Normal

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How could Jackson be the Kanima if the venom didn't affect him? Scott, Stiles, and I followed the Kanima to see what its intentions were.

"I think we're in a gay club" Scott thinks aloud. Which, I don't know what gave it away. The men in drag, or the men that were all over each other.

"Man, nothing gets past those keen werewolf senses, huh, Scott?" Stiles said as some of the men in drag admired him.

We looked around the club until we found Danny. Then Scott looked up, telling us he had found Jackson.

Scott instructs us to get Danny and bring him somewhere safe. Stiles struggles to make it through the crowd of people dancing. I was still pushing my way through to him.

"Danny!" I yelled. It was no hope. By the time I reached Danny, he was already on the ground. Paralyzed. I looked up to see Derek in the club as well. I let Scott handle that.

What I couldn't help but wonder, was why Jackson would go for Danny. What could he have done?

When Stiles finally made it through everyone, the club started screaming at the dropping bodies. He had to make his way towards me.

We decided to go find Scott. We went out to the parking lot to find Jackson covered in blood lying on the ground.

We carried the boy into the back of Stiles' jeep. "Alright, we need to get out of here before one of my dad's deputies sees me" Stiles tells us.

Just as he was about to put the car in drive, his dad pulled up right in front of us.

"Oh my gosh. Could this get any worse?" Stiles asked. Jackson started to groan from the back seat. "That was rhetorical!" Stiles yelled at him.

Stiles and I rushed out of the car to talk to Sheriff.

"Hey, Sheriff Stilinski" I greeted. "What are you guys doing here?" "What? It's a club, we were clubbing, you know? At the club" Stiles blurted. "Not exactly your type of club" the sheriff tells his son. "Uh... well dad there's a conversation-" "You're not gay" Sheriff said quickly shutting down whatever lie his son was about to come up with. "What? I could be" Stiles said sounding offended. "Not dressed like that" his dad replied. I couldn't help but laugh.

"Well, what's wrong with-" Stiles started to ask as he looked at his outfit. "This is the second crime scene that the two of you have just happened to have shown up on. And at this point, I've been fed so many lies, I'm not sure I know the kids standing in front of me. Now what the hell is going on?" Sheriff yelled at us, but mostly at Stiles.

"Dad I-" "The truth, Stiles" Sheriff warned. "We were here with Danny." I lied. "Yeah, he just broke up with his boyfriend. We were just trying to be supportive" Stiles added on. "Well that was really good of you guys. You're good friends" Sheriff told us as he walked away back to his car.

Stiles and I got back in the Jeep. I had to sit partially on the floor because Jackson was passed out on the seat.

••••

"Stiles! McCall! I'm gonna kill you!" Jackson yells from the sheriff transport van that Stiles had stolen.

"Well, at least I wasn't on the list" I said as we stood in the woods. Stiles just stared at me and I took that as a sign to stop talking.

Scott took off to school while Stiles and I stayed back to handle Jackson.

"You don't have to stay, you know." Stiles tells me as we walked to the van. "No, I know. I want to be here, with you" I said as I looked at the ground. He got quiet but when I looked up, I saw a slight smile on his face.

Good. He didn't mind my comment.

••••

"Scales, like a fish?" Jackson asked. "No, no. More like a reptile. And uh, your claws have this liquid that paralyzes people, and you have a tail". "I have a tail?" "Yeah, you have a tail" Stiles replied. "Does it do anything?" "No, not that I know of."

"Actually, I think it cuts the back of people's necks. I think that also helps you to paralyze people" I cut in. "Huh" Jackson said, "Can I use it to strangle you both?" he asks as he jumps forward at us. Thankfully, he was bound by handcuffs.

"Yeah. You still don't believe us. All right. The night of the semi-final game, what did you do right after?" Jackson looked pissed as fuck. "I went home." "Are you sure?" I asked him. "Yes. What else would I be doing."

"Derek and I were at the school and you trapped us in the pool. You also killed a mechanic. Right in front of us by the way. That was lovely. And one of Argent's hunters. Oh! And last night, you tried to kill Danny" Stiles rambled. "Why would I want to kill my best friend?" "That's what Scott's out trying to figure out right now" I answered.

"Well maybe he should figure out how he's going to pay for a good lawyer when I prosecute your asses all the way to jail!" "Alright, well tell me this. On the night of the full moon, what happened?" Stiles asked not being intimidated by Jackson's threat. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing" Jackson answered as his eyes looked away from us.

Stiles and I left the back of the van and waited outside. He decided to keep texting Jackson's parents on his phone.

"They know!" someone yelled as they touched Stiles arm. We both jumped back until we realized it was Allison. "Who knows what?" I asked after catching my breath. "They know Jackson's missing" she tells us.

"What, how? I've been texting his parents since last night. They don't have a clue." Stiles announced. "My grandfather told me his parents went to the police. They know" Allison tells Stiles.

He looks down at Jackson's phone as he knows it can be traced. He jumps into the car and turns up the radio. We heard his father's voice saying to move into the woods and wait for his go.

The three of us jumped in the van as Stiles called Jackson's parents and dropped the phone out of the window.

Once we got to a new location I told everyone I had to leave.

"What? No, we don't know what's going on. We don't know if Jackson is going to shift again." Stiles says to me. I grabbed him by the hand and pulled him a little bit away from the group.

"Look, my brother has been texting me all day. My parents know I ditched school. As far as we know, the Kanima only goes after murders. I haven't killed anyone. I don't think my family has. I'll be fine." "Yeah? Well how will I know?" "I'll call you at midnight. Don't say you won't be up. We practically never sleep". "That's because we're always in trouble Lia". "Lia? That's a new one". "Oh, my bad I-" "No, it's okay. I like it." my phone went off with a text. "That's Polo. I promise I'll be fine" I told him as I kissed his cheek and continued to walk off in the direction of my home.

••••

"Where have you been?" my mother asked me the second I entered my house. "I had a mental health day. There's been too much going on and I just needed a break." I lied. I looked past my mom to see Polo looking at me. As if he knew I was lying. He probably did.

"Emilia, if you're going to do things like this you need to tell us. It's not like we haven't let you do that before" my dad spoke up. "I know, I know. It was last minute. I'm sorry". I said as I walked up to my room.

Just as I was about to fall asleep, my door was opened.

"Emilia, what's going on?" "Nothing. I had a mental health day." "Stop lying. I know your tell." "I don't care. I still had a mental health day. It was still helpful." He just stared at me. "If only there was some sort of way for me to tell you what you're asking me" I said dryly. "I'm not joining his pack". "Polo, I'm not even sure I want to be in his pack. It's good to have one to lean back on though". "Whatever" he replied as he walked out of my room.

I turned over to check my phone with a text from Stiles. Jackson got out the text read. I rolled my eyes and attempted to call him. No answer. I assumed it was because he was hunting Jackson down. I couldn't think any worse.