Animagus

Chapter Thirteen: The Rave

Scott and I were at the Animal Clinic, I was in the back room with Deaton sharpening my claws with a nail filer. I heard the bell ring and a familiar scent enter. After the conversation with Derek, I told Scott so he now knows how I feel. He rushed out of the back room, as I listened from where I was.

"What's he doing here?" Scott asked.

"I need him," Derek said.

"I don't trust him."

A voice responded, "Yeah, well he doesn't trust you, either."

Derek sarcastically said, "You know what? And Derek doesn't care. Now where's the vet? Is he going to help us, or not?" he asked aloud.

Deaton walked out, "That depends... Your friend, Jackson... Are we planning to kill him, or save him?"

Derek and Scott both spoke simultaneously, "Kill him," Derek said. "Save him," Scott said.

"Save him," Scott said impatiently.

I chuckled in the backroom. Then all of them came in, I put the file down and retracted my claws as I stood up. Deaton asked me to get the supplies for him, I walked over to the tray that was on the counter when Derek walked up beside me.

"Leia, you can't ignore me forever," he said.

I turned my head towards him, my eyes glowing bright red, "Watch me."

Derek's face dropped when he saw my eyes, he started to back up. Scott said my name and my eyes changed back. I grabbed the tray and walked over to Deaton, placing the tray down.

Isaac went to touch one of the jars when Derek spoke up, "Watch what you touch."

"So, what are you, some kind of, witch?" Isaac asked with a grin.

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

"We're open to suggestion," Derek said.

"What about an effective offense?" Isaac asked.

"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.

"Well, apparently you didn't try hard enough," I crossed my arms.

Scott held a smile back; Derek gave me a look of 'you think you can do better'.

"Has it shown any weaknesses?" Deaton asked.

"Well, one-it can't swim," Derek informed.

Deaton furrowed his eyebrows, "Does that go for Jackson as well?"

Scott scoffed, "No. He's the captain of the swim team."

Deaton nodded, "Essentially, you're trying to catch two people-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 explained.

As I was listening, I felt so bad for Jackson, I thought his life was full of money and babes, but his life was nothing but sadness. He was like me, but he had lost his parent before he got to know her.

"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 said.

I interrupted, "Rules? What rules? If the Kanima kills murderers, my uncle would have been dead way before any of the others. So, if he's not dead then your buddy has a specific list, for a specific reason, and everything the Kanima fears aren't Jackson's fears."

The boys looked at me in silence, until Deaton broke it. "She's right. The book says they're bonded, right? What if the fear isn't coming from Jackson, but from the person controlling him? What if something that affects the Kanima also affects its master?"

"Meaning what?" Isaac asked.

Scott smiled, "Meaning we can catch them-both of them.

-Later that Night-

Tonight is the Rave, I'm to meet Allison there. I told mom and aunt Greta about it, they thought it sounded fun, and let me go. Allison told me to dress up into something fun, and something I can dance in. So that's what I did.

I also put the necklace on that my father gave me before he was killed.

Allison, Matt, and I were in Allison's car. I smelt something odd but I just brushed it aside, thinking it was Matt. All I wanted to do tonight was have a good time and not have to think about Derek, the Kanima, school, home, anything. When we arrived, it was crazy, people were glowing somehow. I've never seen anything like it. There were strobe lights, music, it was just like, The Jungle but crazier. I asked Allison if she wanted to dance, but she shook her head no. So, I decided to go to the dance by myself, which I then ended up dancing with a stranger.

I noticed Jackson in the crowd, I started to follow him. When all of a sudden Erica came up, wrapping her hand around his neck, and began dancing with him. I took another step, just as Isaac joins in from behind. After a minute, Isaac reaches up with a syringe attempting to inject it into Jackson's neck. Jackson flicks his claws out and stabs Erica in the leg, causing her to go limp. He spins around knocking the syringe to the ground and claws Isaac.

He started to walk my way, I breathe in and step in front of him, placing both hands on his shoulders. I look into his eyes before I smash my lips on his. As I'm kissing him, I feel the most intense pain in the world on my back upper leg. His claws were piercing into my skin, I could smell the blood as I felt it drip down my leg. Just in time, Isaac jabbed him in the neck, leaving him unconscious.

The two of them looked at me, shocked that the venom didn't knock me out like them. But I didn't want to stay anymore, my leg was in so much pain, and it was bleeding, I just wanted to go home. I knew I didn't have the strength to shift, so I limped home as best I could.