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twenty-one: bandaids don't fix bulletholes

TW: guns violence and really gross mountain ash vomit

Jackson- Kanima? Rowan wasn't sure what to call it anymore, sprung into action.

It jumped on top of Chris's car and let out a hiss, Chris wasted no time shooting at it with his guns while Rowan tried throwing her knives at it.

Jackson quickly jumped back down, hiding behind the car. Rowan stood her ground as Chris fired bullet after bullet through his car windows but Jackson didn't make a sound.

The man and Rowan exchanged glances as he quickly reloaded, only for Jackson to jump back on the car and snatch his gun with his tail.

They watched as Jackson flung the gun to the side, Rowan tried using her knife to stab at his tail but Jackson was quick, soon getting rid of her knife as well.

Chris and Rowan had no choice but to retreat further away to collect their weapons. This time Chris was the one pulling out a hunting knife while Rowan took out her gun.

Rowan fired at Jackson as he tackled Chris to the ground, flinging the man against a bunch of crates. Rowan fired another round at Jackson but the boy just used his tail to block them.

"Fuck." Rowan muttered when the bullets did nothing to his tail, her eyes widening.

The girl tried to retreat, tried to grab another throwing knife out of her jacket but Jackson was still the Kanima, he was still faster, stronger.

The boy grabbed Rowan by the throat, lifting her off the ground as Rowan fumbled for her dagger only for Jackson's tail to shoot out and restrain her hand.

Rowan clawed at Jackon's hand, his grip tightening as he lifted her higher. Rowan choked, trying any sort of way to get him to loosen his grip.

"Jackson, please. Its Ro." Rowan croaked, her hand clawing helplessly at his claws. If Jackson was still in there, he didn't seem to care.

A howl was heard and before she knew it, Rowan was suddenly on the ground as Jackson got tackled to the floor.

Rowan gasped for breath, her hand holding her throat gently as she watched Derek and the Kanima go at it.

Scott and Issac quickly helped the girl up, both of them looking at her with their glowing eyes.

"Are you okay?" Scott asked worriedly, holding his sister by the shoulders.Rowan swallowed painfully, her eyes shaky as she watched Jackson get the upper hand on Derek.

"Yeah, but we need to do something right now," Rowan said, pointing to where Jackson had flung Derek to the floor.

Scott took over the fight, grabbing the Kanima by the neck and trying his best to get him off Derek but it just flung Scott away like a rag doll.

Rowan tried her luck, holding two daggers in both hands and slashing away at the creature.

Rowan moved quickly, her eyes sharp. She dodged Jackson's attacks, getting in a few cuts as Jackson hissed in pain.

But Jackson's tail soon proved to be his greatest weapon as he used it to knock her back into a random pillar, the girl groaned as her head hit the floor.

"I hate lizards," Rowan grumbled as she winced, she was lucky he didn't crack open her skull.

Issac surged forward, wrestling with Jackson but yet again, was flung back into a stack of crates not too far from Rowan.

The girl struggled to stand as Derek pounced on Jackson from behind, trying his best to send punches at the Kanima.

Derek was smart, he aimed for the spots Rowan managed to cut him but Jackon proved yet again to be stronger, pushing Derek harshly into a wall and knocking him out.