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"Fistfights, Detention, and Lizards oh my!"

(2x07)

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"Why do we need their help?" Issac asked looking to his alpha as he walks in front of the two other betas standing outside of the abandoned train.

"Because it's harder to kill than I thought and I still don't know who it is." Derek explained crossing his arms.

"And they do?" Issac questioned furrowing his brows at his alpha.

"They might. Which is why I need one of you to get on their good side." He ordered them.

"Hmm, Scott or Stiles?" Erica grinned at the thought.

"Either." Derek shook his head.

"Fine, but Melody is mine." Issac stated looking at them.

"Don't hurt her." Derek said in a low growl to Isaac who replied. "Never."

•••

Mel was currently with Dumb and Dumber entering the library to meet Allison in the rows of books, well, more like a row that separated them completely.

Apparently Lydia had translated the rest of the book on kanima and since Allison was supposed to be staying away from Scott they had to meet in secret to get the information.

Scott moved to take books away so they could talk discreetly. So far they had figured out that the kanima didn't seek a friend to help him, it seeks a master, meaning someone in town was controlling Jackson and making him kill.

"It's everything Lydia can translate. And trust me, she was very confused." Allison says as a greeting handling them the information over on a tablet.

"Yeah, what did you tell her?" Scott questioned looking to her quickly as he scanned over the translation.

"That we are apart of an online gaming community that battles mythical creatures." Allison replied with a shrug.

"I am an apart of an online gaming community that battles mythical creatures." Stiles replied flatly making Mel snort. "Of course you are."

Allison's eyes went wide as she stuttered "oh-oh. Great." She tried to play of her shock with a light smile.

"Okay does it say how to put who's controlling him?" Scott question with a frown.

"Not really, but Stiles was right about the murderers." Allison said pointing out that part on the tablet.

"Yes!" Stiles smiled making Mel groan and throw her head back."Of course he was."

"It calls the kanima a weapon of vengeance. Theirs a story in there about this South American priest that used the kanima to excute murderers in his village." Allison explained to them.

"Wait, does that mean we are safe? Unless you guys are murderers?" Melody questioned looking to the pair of boys that honestly are crazy enough to maybe have killed someone with their antics.

"No we aren't murderers." Scott looked to Mel as a line formed between his brow.

"All right, see? Maybe it's not all that bad." Stiles offered the group.

Allison winced before she added "Before the bond grew strong enough that it killed whatever he wanted it too."

"Shit." Mel muttered under her breath her hand coming to rub her forehead softly.

"All bad, all very, very bad." Stiles said in surprise shaking his head.

"Here's the thing though, the kanima is actually supposed to be a werewolf. But it can't be-" Scott cut Allison off. "Until it resolves that in its past that manifested it."

Stiles scoffed. "Okay, if that means that Jackson could use a few thousand hours of therapy, I could've told you that myself."

Allison's brows shot up. "What if - It has something to do with his parents? His real parents."

"Jackson's adopted?" Melody asked raising her brows.

Scott nodded to Melody "Yeah he is, does anybody actually know what happened to them?"

"Lydia might." Allison shrugged.

"What if she doesn't know anything?" Scott worried.

Allison shrugged. "Well, he doesn't have a restraining order against me, so - I'll talk to him myself."

"Okay, what do I do?" Scott asked.

"You have a make - up exam, remember? Promise me." She reminded him.

"If he does anything, you run the other way." Scott told her

Allison shook her head "I can take care of myself."

"I'll come with you." Melody told her making her smile in thanks.

"Allison, if you get hurt while I'm busy with some stupid test, someone's going to need to take care of me. If he does anything - " Scott shook his head

Allison frowned " Like?"

" Anything - Weird or bizarre - anything." He said seriously.

"Anything evil!" Stiles decided to add his two cents pushing his head through the empty shelf making Mel hit his shoulder and Allison push him away. " Ah - Ow!"

Allison walked out leaving Mel to follow.

"Thank you Mel." Scott stopped Mel with a smile.

"Of course. Good luck on the makeup test." Mel said walking away to catch up with Allison.

Allison walked into the change room and just as Melody was going to as she raced after her, a boy walked out scaring her.

"Oh, you just scared the hell out of me." The boy she now remembered as Matt said covering his heart.

"Sorry, I wa - I was just, um, I was - nothing." Melody stuttered not really knowing how to explain her being there.

"Hey, did you hear about the underground show? Apparently, they've got some big name spinning." Matt smiled suddenly to Melody.

"Uh, no, do you mean like- a rave?" Melody frowned at him, she really wasn't a big partier since one spill and she was a giant fish, plus she enjoyed being alone other than when she was with Naia and Rowan.

"Oh, is it still a rave if you don't roll? I just call it a party. But hey, I got a friend who can hook us up with tickets if you're down. Want me to get you one?" Matt asked hoping the gorgeous girl would say yes since his luck seemed to be going up lately as he flashed her a smile.

"I'm not really a party girl.." Melody winced fixing her tote on her shoulder as she looked for anyone to get her out of this conversation.

"Neither am I but it'll be fun! Please?" Matt shrugged pinning her in her spot with pleading eyes.

"I'll think about it?" Melody offered lightly with a shrug.

"I'll take that as a yes, All right, cool. Um, it's Friday, so - Looking forward to it." Matt smiled taking the maybe as a yes before walking away leaving Mel to wonder how the hells she was going to get out of it when suddenly her hearing picked up Allison's scared voice.

"Stop. Just stop!"

Melody burst into the change room not giving a damn if someone else was in there, Allison sounded terrified.

Melody found the pair with Jackson pining Allison against the wall very naked just outside the coach's office.

"Actually, he has." Allison retorted before grabbing his throat you push him but they tripped and Jackson feel atop Allison.

Jackson falling down must have shocked him back to normal as he looked terrified suddenly "Allison?" He said and then looked to a shocked Melody. "Melody? What are you guys doing here?"

Jackson crawled away throwing on shorts on, which Melody was very thankful for. She never ever wanted to see that again.

Suddenly Scott burst in to the change room looking furious between them before picking up and throwing Jackson into the lockers making the row fall with how hard he landed. Melody jumped at the action shocked at Scott before moving away.

Allison was yelling at Scott trying to calm him down as Scott threw him again and continued to beat on the boy failing to get the pair to stop. "I - I'm fine. We are fine. Scott, I'm fine. Scott!"

"I have a restraining order!" Jackson suddenly barked when he finally was able to as Scott threw him again.

Scott scoffed "Trust me, I restrained myself." Had it been another time Melody would have applauded him for his comeback.

Scott threw him into the sink breaking it and making the pipe break soaking Melody since she was trying to stay away from the fight but got hit by water instead.

"Hide!" Allison yelled seeing the girl freeze in fear and the run behind a wall of lockers before transforming and falling onto her back.

"Oh Gods." Melody shockingly whispered as she heard footsteps she assumed was Allison, since they came from close by, as she went to dry herself.

But instead it was Issac Lahey who had heard the commotion's and Melody's voice and came to see what happened. "Whoa." A shocked Issac whispered making Melody whip her head up to him.

"Gods! Don't do that! You scared me!" Melody exclaimed touching her heart just above her scales that formed a skimpy bikini top. The scales covered her like a normal top would but left little to imagine with how low the scales descended.

"You- uh, actually have a tail." Issac exclaimed with wide eyes.

"What did expect? A bloody propellor?" Mel sassed moving to dry herself with her magic not loving the fact that she was being watched.

Melody shifted back moving to her feet and grabbing her dropped bag before racing to where Scott was beating the hell out of Jackson in the hall with Issac following close behind.

"Scott, Scott, Scott! Guys!" Stiles yelled from beside the fight getting everyone attention.

Mr. Harris suddenly appearing obviously hearing the commotion as people gathered around the two boys in the fight. "What the hell's going on? Hey! Enough! Enough. What do you idiots think you're doing? Jackson! Calm down! Mr. McCall, you wanna explain yourself? Stilinski!" Finally the pair broke apart and Melody was relived to see the pair generally unharmed, I guess supernatural healing had its perks.

"You dropped this." Matt holding out said holding out the tablet that Allison had given Scott that must have fallen out of Stiles bag.

Harris looked at the pair obviously pissed "You and you - " Harris stopped and looked to Stiles, Allison, Erica and finally Issac and Mel before smirking "actually - all of you - Detention. Three o'clock."

Melody's eyes went wide at the teacher, what the hell, she wasn't involved in the fight, and now she was going to be stuck with a giant murdering lizard, a Sarcastic werewolf and the guy that wouldn't take no for an answer, just her luck. Mel shook her head as she walked off throughly annoyed at the entire group texting Rain she'd have to get a ride home.

Three o'clock came too quick for Melody's liking as she walked into the library behind Scott and Stiles.

Mel quickly found a seat across from Stiles and Scott, but unfortunately Erica and Isaac sat down too.

Jackson stopped walking in looking to Stiles and Scott annoyed before telling Me. Harris. "Oh, uh - we can't be in detention together. I have a restraining order against these tools." He nodded to her table.

"All of these tools?" Mr Harris frowned.

Stiles shook his head throwing his hand up. "No, just us tools."

Harris nodded and pointed to another table. "Fine. You two, over there."

The two got up leaving Melody alone with the two teenage werewolves.

Melody sighed grabbing her book out of her tote as Erica started to doodle and Issac just sat there.

She could hear Scott and Stiles rambling on but Melody just ignored them happy to have a distraction as she got into her book.

"What are you reading?" Issac muttered over her shoulder making her grumble.

"A book."

Issac scoffed raising his brow at the girl with a smirk nodding at her to elaborate.

Melody sighed putting her bookmark back in and closed the book to look at him.

"It's called The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab and before you ask yes I'll tell you what it's about." She sassed in a breathless laugh cutting off Issac.

"In France in 1744 a girl makes a bargain with a god but ends up praying to the wrong one and takes his deal anyway. He twisted it to make her live forever but so no one will remember her. But in 2014 she meets someone in New York that does. It's like kinda a love story and her story through history. But the dark god basically uses him to show how fickle human love can be." Melody explained a little more in depth than she originally meant to but she got excited.

"Is it good?" Issac asked with a smile making Erica roll her eyes as she doodled.

"So far- yes. I'm almost done. Do you read?" She babbled anxiously.

"I used to, I haven't a while though. It's a good escape from reality." Issac said making her smile.

"Yeah, it is." She said feeling heat raise to her cheeks at his smile.

Melody relaxed as the boy went back to his work letting her go back to her book but as she did she caught Erica slight smile at them.

Matt suddenly spoke up behind her making her turn when he asked Jackson if he was okay. The boy definitely didn't look okay, he was pale and sweaty as got up muttering about not feeling well.

Harris frowned at the boy as he got up. "Are you all right? Hey, you don't look so good."

" I just need to get some water." Jackson announced walking out of the library making Harris pin them with his eyes.

"No one leaves their seats."

Scott and Stiles ran over to the table as soon as Harris went into the hall and Melody giggled as Stiles almost fell. "Stiles says you know how Jackson's parents died." Scott questioned Erica as he sat down.

Erica closed her book slowly and crossed her arms shrugging at the pair making Issac and her head shoot up. "Maybe." Erica replied

"Talk." Scott basically damned making her roll her eyes before she responded.

"It was a car accident. My dad was the insurance investigator, and every time he sees Jackson drive by in his Porsche, he makes some comment about the huge settlement he'll be getting when he's 18."

Stiles scoffed annoyed "So not only is Jackson rich now, but he's getting even richer at 18?"

Erica nodded in response "Yep."

"There's something so deeply wrong with that." Stiles drawled.

Erica suddenly got an idea and perked up in her seat. "You know what? I could try to find the insurance report on my dad's inbox. He keeps everything."

The speakers suddenly clicked on scaring Melody as the old lady's voice ran through.

"Scott McCall, please report to the principal's office."

Melody frowns, why would Scott be needed in the office? The boy groaned grabbing his bag before leaving them with Stiles as Erica pulled out her laptop.

"Jackson!" Mr Harris yelled alerting the group and they watched Jackson sit down looking even worse.

"I'm fine, just give me a minute." Jackson waved off the surprisingly worried teacher.

"Whoa, look the dates." Stiles said looking over Erica's shoulder as she read.

" "Passengers arrived at the hospital DOA. The estimated time of death - 9:26 P.M., June 14, 1995." "

"Jackson's birthday is June 15th." Stiles balked in shock and the group looked to each other, poor Jackson.

Suddenly Harris started to pack up and everyone went to as well thinking that meant detention was over but Harris stopped them with a laugh.

"Oh, no, I'm sorry. Uh, yes, I'm leaving. But none of you are. You may go when you're done with the re - shelving. Enjoy the rest of your evening."

"Oh my Gods, you're kidding." Mel groaned looking to the shelves putting her bag back down.

"It means he was born after his mom died - by c - section. They had to pull him out of her dead body." Stiles explained making Mel feel even worse for the kid.

Melody got up getting ready to stack the shelves when Isaac started to follow making her stop looking to him in confusion.

"What are you doing?"

"Uh- coming to do the re-shelving?" He frowned pointing to the shelves behind her.

"You're following me." She furrowed her brows

"That sounds like you don't enjoy my company, don't lie." Issac smirked walking in front of her as she let out a groan and followed.

The pair fell into silence as Mel picked up books and found their places. She was currently holding a copy of Mary Shelleys Frankenstein as Isaac followed her speaking up as she mindlessly shelved it.

"That doesn't go there, it's science fiction." Issac said making her glare at him, "I don't see you helping."

"I'm helping." he retorted making her brows shoot up, "By following me around like a lost puppy?"

"No-" He muttered before placing the book he was hiding behind him away making her roll her eyes.

"Can I ask you something." Melody stopped walking to turn to him again, "Yeah?" Issac furrowed his brows

"Why were you in the change room earlier?"

"Uh- I saw you go in, I was curious." Issac stammered looking to the shelves.

Melody narrowed her eyes at him, "The hallway was completely empty when I went in."

"Matt was there." Issac retorted mindlessly.

"HA- so you were following me!" Melody exclaimed snapping her fingers.

"I was not, I just happened to be there" he lied making her shake her head before going to put another book away when suddenly a light is blown out of the ceiling and a figure knocks the book shelf making it fall and Issac ran to grab Melody covering the girl with his body as glass and the shelves contents rained down on them making her let out a startled scream.

"It's okay" Issac said trying to comfort her before looking around to see if it was clear and help her out of the mess slowly.

Melody's heart was racing from the scare as Issac helped her out, his hands grabbing hers to help her. His hands, she couldn't help but notice, were covered in scars, like he'd cut his hands over and over again clawing as something. The sight made her stomach drop.

The pair made it to where the rest now stood in shock as all of the wolves in the room are on high alert. Erica's head was in Stiles lap currently paralyzed. Matt was on the floor across from them, also paralyzed by Jackson's venom and knocked unconscious. Jackson who currently stood across the room turned to them. The kanima, to the groups surprise, picks up a piece of chalk and begins to slowly drag the chalk across the board as he wrote.

STAY OUT OF IT OR I WILL KILL YOU -the board read in big white letters and all of them exchanged looks as Jackson leaped away from the library and out of the school through a window. Melody ducked as Issac covered her from the falling glass.

The wolves and the mermaid all glanced to each other before standing up, determining they were in the clear.

"Whoa, hey, hey, hey, hey! I think she's having a seizure." Stiles exclaimed catching their attention and Melody was shocked to see Erica seizing on the floor.

"On her side, Stiles her on her side!" Melody yelled to Stiles racing to the side of them pulling Issac with her since they still held hands.

"He's alive." Allison shouted as she ran over to check on Matt.

Stiles exclaimed in worry still holding Erica, "Hey, we need to get her to a hospital."

Erica shook her head muttering, "Derek - only to Derek."

"When we get her to the hospital -" Scott disagreed

"To Derek. To Derek." Erica stuttered.

"Derek will know how to help" Issac added in worry over his friend and something about his voice reminded the girl they were still holding hands so she lightly took it back not missing the moment of sadness that crossed his face and even her.

" Go." Allison noted

"We need to go now, She needs help Scott." Melody worried trying to rush whatever was happening between the teens.

"I'm staying here with you." Scott shook his head at Allison.

"They can't take her alone. Not like this. And Matt - I've got to call an ambulance for him, just go." Allison reasons.

"This doesn't feel right." Scott said uneasy.

"It's okay." Allison smiled.

"Look I get the whole-love-worry-stuff but now really isn't the time, call her and mush later." Melody snapped looking over Ericas pale form.

Scott just nodded holding the girl up and rushing out the library into the parking lot with Issac running beside her.

"Watch her head Scott! Make sure you hold it while you drive!" She shouted as they loaded her in and she ran to her jeep.

"What are you doing?" Melody stopped getting into her jeep to look at Issac who just stood there frozen.

"Uh." Issac mumbled confused if he should or even was allowed to get in her jeep.

"Stop standing there looking lost and get in!" Melody yelled getting into her jeep and making Issac snap out of it. Finally getting into the passenger side Issac barely had time to get his seat belt on before she was racing out of the parking lot.

Melody speed down the streets trying to keep up with Stiles's obvious panic driving as he almost hit 2 cars on the way.

"Remind me to never drive with Stiles in a panic." Melody mumbled while quickly rushing out the car to follow the boys into Derek's hideout with Issac beside her.

"Derek!" Scott yells for the alpha as the run in Erica still seizing in their arms.

"Derek!!" Melody shouts louder as they entire the abandoned train.

Laying Erica down on the floor Melody's heart drops at the sight, Erica didn't look good- at all.

"Hold her up." Derek told the two and stiles grabbed her making her almost lay atop him.

"Is she dying?" Stiles quickly questioned worried about the girl.

"She might, I - which is why this is gonna hurt." Derek said grabbing the girls arm and snapping it making Melody jump and cover her mouth.

"You broke her arm!" Stiles shouted in shock at the alpha.

"It'll trigger the healing process. I still gotta get the venom out. This is where it's really gonna hurt." Derek said bracing himself as he grabbed her arm and Melody stepped forward in a panic dropping to the floor beside them.

"Wait! Stop! I can do it without hurting her more." Melody winces at the broken arm getting Derek to stop she held her hand up in the air feeling for the venom in Erica's veins. She physically cringed at the feeling of her blood pumping around but soon enough she focused and found the gooey venom. Closing her eyes she twisted her hand around and the thick venom flowed freely out from her body pooling on the linoleum floor.

Erica, half conscious, looked up to Stiles softly mumbling "- you make a good Batman."

"Put her up on my bed for now, she'll be okay." Derek told Stiles who was still holding the girl tightly and Melody sank back to her knees as she let out a deep breath tilting her head to the ceiling.

"Thank you Mellie, you saved her a lot of pain." Derek said his voice full of gratitude and Melody smiled.

"Erica doesn't deserve that, I was happy to help."

Derek walked out and Scott quickly following him making Mel groan and slowly get up.

"Melody?" Issac asked stopping her and making her look back at him.

"Yeah?" She furrowed her brows at him.

"Thank you." Issac said his eyes holding so much emotion it made her heart clench.

Mel just nodded slowly not really knowing what to say as she followed Scott.

"You know who it is." Scott stopped Derek.

"Jackson." He nodded crossing his arms.

"You just wanted Erica and Issac to confirm it, didn't you?" Derek nodded again to Scott.

"I'm gonna help you stop him. As part of your pack. If you want me in, fine. But we'll do it on one condition. We're gonna catch him, not k*ll him." Scott announced making Derek raise his brows.

"And?"

"And we do it my way." Scott stated.

"This could either go really good or really bad" Melody thought walking back up to her jeep.

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