Foresight

Chapter 46: 3-19

A group of Yakuza are gathered at their boss Ikeda's home. He is angry because his pet white wolf is sick and he grows tired of waiting for the doctor.

"Three guesses who that is" Stiles smirked.

It is Dr. Deaton who comes to treat the wolf. After a brief examination he asks if the wolf, Yuki, has been around any unusual plants. He describes a type of lichen that is "bright green, almost neon." The boss admits that such a plant grows in his garden. Deaton says he needs a sample to determine the species. When all of his men refuse to show the doctor to the garden, he calls them superstitious idiots and takes Deaton himself.

"All of them afraid of one little lichen? Is it just me or does that sound weird to you" Scott asked Stiles. "Dude. I'm possessed by an evil fox demon. Everything is weird right now" Stiles dead panned.

The garden is the same one where young Chris Argent first encountered the Oni. The lichen grows on top of the fountain where the blood fell when the Nogitsune was killed. Deaton hands a glass container to the boss, then bends down to take a sample of the plant. He says it is likely that Yuki would never come anywhere near the place. He says the wolf can sense what happened in the garden, to the boss's father and the nogitsune that possessed him. The boss pulls a gun on him. Deaton is nonplussed and calmly explains that the plant is Letharia Vulpina or "Wolf Lichen" and describes the process by which it is used to kill predators, wolves and foxes. He says "they" would put out meat stuffed with the lichen and broken glass that the animals would eat. The broken glass would perforate the internal organs and allow the vulpinic acid to reach them faster.

"That's just so many levels of wrong" Allison shivered.

Angry and confused, the boss wants to know what Deaton did to his wolf. The doctor says he gave him a strong paralytic agent and that the glass vial the boss is holding is coated with the same substance. The boss drops the gun, his hand no longer able to hold it, and collapses.

"I never thought I'd be saying this but go Kamina venom!" Isaac cheered.

As he places his sample into the bottle, Deaton explains this particular plant is quite special because it was born out of the blood of a nogitsune. Deaton says "there is a fox hiding inside a teenage boy and I'm going to poison it."

"Just don't poison me" Stiles said with a laugh. "I don't think the lichen can poison humans. I'm not sure" Talia said thoughtfully.

A sparking power line from the roof of Beacon Hills Hospital is flying at Kira's face. It whips past her but then, like it has a mind of its own, it seems to chase her, backing her up in the parking lot.

"It feels like I'm watching some kind of movie" Isaac said. "Technically our lives are being showed in a movie like way soooo" Stiles added with a grin.

An ambulance speeds around the corner and hits the electrified line. The driver loses control and rams a fire hydrant, water sprays everywhere and begins to pool and run across the parking lot. Dazed by the impact, the ambulance driver stumbles out of the vehicle. When his foot hits the wet ground he is instantly electrocuted. Issac and Allison arrive just in time to witness this. When Allison runs forward to help the driver, Isaac pushes her back just as the water reaches his feet. He is also felled by the electrified water.

"Right save the girl then get electrocuted yourself. First class self-sacrifice right there folks" Isaac said sarcastically and rolled his eyes.

A woman steps from a car and is electrocuted. Derek and Scott arrive just as Kira somersaults over a car and grabs the live wire. She caps the sparking end with her free hand and the power subsides as her eyes begin to glow warm amber. Kira's Mom exits the hospital just in time to witness her daughter's power. Derek rushes to Isaac and finds he is not breathing.