Strangest of Places || Teen Wolf

S2x10.5 - Fury || Part Two

ADELINE LAHEY

After everyone left, there was an awkward silence for a while.

Until Stiles broke it, "Hey. You know what's happening to Matt?"

"I know the book's not gonna help him," Derek told him. "You can't just break the rules, not like this."

"What do you mean?"

"Universe balances things out. Always does."

"Is it because he's using Jackson to kill people who don't deserve it?" I asked.

"And killing people himself," Derek nodded.

"So if Matt breaks the rules of the kanima, he becomes the kanima?" Stiles frowned.

Derek nodded. "Balance."

"Will he believe us if we tell him that?"

"Not likely."

"Okay, he's gonna kill all of us when he gets that book, isn't he?"

"Yep."

Oh, no.

"All right, so what do we do? Do we just - do we just sit here and wait to die?"

"Unless I can figure out a way to push the toxin out of my body faster. Like triggering the healing process."

"Wha - oh, what are you doing?" Stiles grimaced as Derek stuck his claws into his leg, blood oozing out.

"Ew," I wrinkled my nose, looking away.

SAMANTHA STILINSKI

"You know, I- I feel sorry for you, McCall," Matt said. "'Cause right now, you're thinkin', "how am I gonna explain this when it heals?" And the sad part is, you don't even realize how incredible it is that you actually are healing. 'Cause you know what happens to everyone else when they get shot? They die."

"Is that what happened to you? You drowned, didn't you?" I realized.

"He shouldn't have let them drink," Matt muttered to himself.

"What - who - Matt, what do you mean?" Scott straightened.

"Lahey! He shouldn't have let them drink."

"What, who was drinking?"

"The swim team, you idiot! I didn't know what was happening. I didn't know they had just won state, and Lahey, he's letting his favorites come over to have a couple drinks to celebrate. Who cares if they're seventeen, right?"

"Were you at Isaac's?" I frowned.

"He had this first edition Spiderman, or was it Batman? And we were gonna make a trade. But then I'm over there and I hear music. And everyone's having a good time, and I see Sean. He throws Jessica in the pool. And then - and then Bennett goes in and-"

"Bennett? What - the hunter?" Scott asks.

Matt continues, "And then Camden. Isaac's jarhead brother, he grabs me. He thinks it's funny."

"They threw you in," I whispered, feeling a tiny ounce of pity for Matt.

"I- I yelled that I can't swim, but nobody listens. I go under and I swallow water, and no one cares. And I see these bodies underwater. I- I see Jessica's got her hands down Sean's board shorts. Tucker's grabbing Kara. And I'm drowning. I'm dying, and they're laughing. All of a sudden, I was just - I'm lying by the pool. And Lahey is right there, right above me, and he says, "You tell no one! This, this is your fault! What little bastard doesn't know how to swim? You say nothing! You tell no one! No one!"