'just close your eyes...the sun is going down. you'll be alright...no one can hurt you now. come morning light, you and i'll be safe and sound.'
Taylor Stilinski returns from boarding school and enters the wolves den. In a literal sense. She came ba...
°•. ┊ Safe and Sound ┊.•° ✧ ˚ ━ screaming at the sky, act one
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CHAPTER FIVE — it's tactless, it's a test ( episode five ; venomous )
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As I close my locker, I'm met with an unfamiliar, yet recognizable face. I flash the boy a smile, masking my startledness. "You're Taylor, right? Stilinski's little sister?"
"That's me." I respond, reorganizing the books in my hands. "And you're Matt. The lacrosse player who spends more time photographing the game than actually playing it."
"Ouch." He laughs slightly and I smile up at him. "Well, I just wanted to officially re-welcome you to Beacon Hills and offer my services for any academic trouble you might be having. I know that transferring in the middle of a semester can really screw up your grades."
"Oh, well I'm doing alright so far, but it hasn't been too long." I tell him with a friendly smile. He goes to say something more, when someone collides with me and I reach out, using Matt's arms to steady myself.
"Taylor! We need your help." Scott says, causing my gaze to move from the boy in front of me to the one who nearly toppled me. "Now." He motions toward a doorway where Stiles and Allison are standing, the pair impatiently fidgeting.
"Sorry, Matt. And I may take you up on that homework help. I'll see you around." I give the photographer a tight-lipped smile, before following Scott into the room. I turn towards Stiles. "What happened now?"
"We need you to convince Derek that Lydia's not the Kanima."
"How do we know she's not?" I question, crossing my arms over my chest. "From what I heard, she failed their test."
"Are you seriously going to let some schoolgirl drama stop you from saving someone's life?" My brother huffs, already frustrated with my stubbornness.
"No, but I'm not going to argue with the facts." I state, tossing my hands up. "Snakes can't be poisoned by their own venom. Lydia wasn't paralyzed from the neck down after ingesting said venom. And unless you've got some other explanation as to why it didn't affect her; she's the psycho murdering amphibian."
"We just need you to go with Scott and try to keep Derek from killing her." Allison jumps in, leaning against one of the desks. "Please? If she's the Kanima, we need time to figure out another way to stop it, which means that I need time to get it translated. Killing her may not be the only option."
