Love Under The Moon

Chapter 35: Master Plan

Derek, Peter and I went down to the school and waited till all the guys left to enter the boys locker room.

I'll admit, it felt out of place to be here, plus the last time we were, we almost killed Scott. Well almost being if he would fight, and I wouldn't have let that happen.

It almost felt like the same thing.

Isaac and Scott were talking about finding Stiles who had been taken after the game, most likely by Jackson I thought or at least Gerard since he killed Matt and now was in control of Jackson.

To be honest I could barely keep anything straight right now. My mind was like a cloud of foggy emptiness sometimes.

Scott turned and saw Derek and I standing there.

"We need to talk," Derek said.

"All of us," Peter said, stepping in.

"Holy sh-"

"Language," I said to Scott.

Derek raised his eyebrows at me and I stared at Scott.

"What the he- heck," Scott started looking at me. "Is this?"

"You know, I thought the same thing when I saw you talking to Gerard at the sheriff's station," Derek said.

"Okay, hold on. He threatened to kill my mom. And I had to get close to him. What was I supposed to do?"

"I'm gonna go with Scott on this one," Peter interjected. "Have you seen his mom? She's gorgeous."

"Shut up," We all said and Peter shrugged. 
                    
"Who is he?" Isaac asked.

"He's Peter, Derek's uncle. Little while back, he tried to kill us all, and then we set him on fire, and Derek slashed his throat," Scott answered.

"Hi," Peter waved and I rolled my eyes and Derek raised his eyebrows annoyed.

"That's good to know," Isaac whispered and I nodded.

"How is he alive?" Scott asked.

"Look, the short version is he knows how to stop Jackson."

"And maybe how to save him," Peter added.

"Well, that's very helpful, except Jackson's dead."

"What?" Derek asked surprised and I stood there shocked.

"Yeah, Jackson's dead. It just happened on the field."

"Okay, why is no one taking this as good news?" Isaac asked.

"Because if Jackson is dead, it didn't just happen," Peter answered. "Gerard wanted it to happen."

"But why?" Scott asked.

"Well, that's exactly what we need to figure out. And something tells me the window of opportunity is closing. Quickly."

We all went to Hale house at Peters advice.

We walked in and Scott checked his phone.

"They found Stiles," he sighed in relief.

"Oh good," I said, relieved as well.

"Look, I told you, I looked everywhere," Derek said to Peter who was looking for something.

"You didn't look here," he said, pulling something out from under the stairs.

"What is that, a book?"

"No. It's a laptop. What century are you living in?"

Derek rolled his eyes in response.

"A few days after I got out of the coma, I transferred everything that we had. Fortunately, the Argents aren't the only ones that keep records. You're gonna want to read this," Peter continued.

Scott got a call and answered it as we headed into the living room.

"Guys, my mom says something is going on with Jackson at the hospital," Scott said, walking in.

I glanced at Derek.

"Go, Isaac Go with him we will see what we can find."

Isaac nodded and the two left.

Peter unlocked his computer and started looking at the records as Derek got a call.

"They say he's in some kind of transparent casing made from the venom coming out of his claws," Derek said.

"That sounds officially terrifying," Peter mumbled.

"They also say he's starting to move."

"Okay, look, I think I found something."

Derek and I looked closer and I gently placed my hand on his arm and my eyes got wide.

"Looks like what you're seeing from Jackson is just the Kanima's beta shape," Peter said.

"Well, meaning what? He can turn into something bigger?"

"Bigger and badder."

"He's turning into that? That has wings."

"I can see that."

"Scott, bring him to us."

"Look, somebody actually made an animation of it," Peter said, almost excitedly. "Maybe it's less frightening if we-" Peter started playing it and we all jumped and Peter quickly closed his laptop. "Nope, not at all. We should probably meet them halfway."

"Scott, get him out of there now. Go now."

Derek hung up and started leaving.

"Derek, we need Lydia," Peter said.

"Look, there's no time for-"

"That's the problem. We're rushing. We're moving too fast. And while everybody knows that a moving target is harder to hit, here we are, racing right into Gerard's crosshairs."

"If I get the chance to kill Jackson, I'm taking it," Derek stated as we all got into his car.

"Look I'll call Stiles to get Lydia to meet us. We meet up with Scott and you do whatever needs to be done with Jackson," I said quickly.

"And you?" He asked, glancing at me.

"I already told you I can't fight."

Derek tilted his head in annoyance.

"I'll protect Peter- as much as I don't want to-"

"Or you could help me!"

"Derek I can't!"

"Why is this such a big deal? You've fought with me before! Why can't You this time?!"

"Because I'm pregnant!"