Different

Chapter 10: They Fired You?

"What's he doing here?" Scott asked as we entered the animal clinic and saw Isaac was there too.

"I need him." Derek replied.

"I don't trust him."

"Yeah, well, he doesn't trust you either." Isaac added.

"And Derek doensn't really care." Derek said as he turned to the two. "Now where's the vet. Is he going to help us or not?"

"That depends. Your friend, Jackson. Are we planning to kill him or save him." Deaton asked as he was standing in the door opening.

"Kill him." Derek said while Scott said to save him.

"We're planning to save him." I interrupted with crossed arms.

We got inside as he placed some bottles on a table. Isaac wanted to take one to look at it.

"Watch what you touch." Derek said.

"So what are you? Some kind of witch?" Isaac asked as he pulled his hand away.

"No, I'm a veterinarian. Unfortunately, I don't see anything here that's going to be an effective defense against a paralytic toxin."

"We're open to suggestions." Derek said, looking at Deaton.

"What about an effective offence?" Isaac suggested.

"No, we already tried. I nearly took its head off. And Argent emptied an entire clip into it. The thing just gets back up." Derek explained.

"Has it shown any weaknesses?" Deaton asked.

"Well, one... It can't swim."

"Does that go for Jackson as well?"

"No. He's the captain of the swim team." I imformed as I looked at both.

"Essentially, you're trying to catch two people." Deaton went to one of the drawers as he cale back with a little metal figure in his hands and continued his explenation. "A puppet... And a puppeteer. One killed the husband, but the other had to take care of the wife. Do we know why?"

"I don't think Jackson could do it. His mother died pregnant too, and she was maybe murdered. I think he couldn't let the same thing happen to someone else." Scott answered.

"How do you know it's not part of the rules? The kanima kills murderers. If Jackson kills the wife, then the baby dies too." Isaac added.

"Does that mean your father was a murderer?" I asked as I raised an eyebrow.

"Wouldn't surprise me if he was." Isaac replied.

"Hold on. The book says they are bonded, right? What if the fear of water isn't coming from Jackson, but from the person controlling him? What if something that affects the kanima also affects its master?" Deaton explained.

"Meaning what?" Isaac asked.

"Meaning we can catch them. Both of them." I answered.

***

We were sitting in Stiles' jeep as we just arrived to school.

"There's gotta be some other way to get tickets, right?" Scott asked.

"It's a secret show there's only one way, and it's a secret." Stiles answered.

"Hey! One of you guys know why no one's getting suspended after what happened the other day at school." Matt said as we turned around.

"Just forget about it. Nobody got hurt." I replied as I turned around again.

"I... I had a concussion." Matt stuttered.