Eyes on the target

[silverbow]

Allison had found it difficult, keeping up the pretense that she was totally onboard with Gerard's plans - staying away from Scott and the others, besides Lydia - she'd been kept busy - physical training, drills, and access to the familiar bestiary (Gerard still in the dark over the fact that she'd made her own copy). She's grateful for that, and the tiredness from the training that keeps her from having to react to her mom's 'death'.

It's on one of those training nights when one of the hunters alerts them of an attack at the sheriff's station - camera feeds showing Matt and the kanima on the premises, and the buzz of planning begins. They all want to stop the kanima, she can trust that, if not the extent to which Gerard may go to.

Still, she insists that the creature has to be stopped, by whatever means necessary, even if nerves twist her up inside.

She takes a quick bathroom break before they head out, using that as an opportunity to update Lydia on what's happening. Then it's off to the van, and to the station, where they disable the fire alarms and set off the smoke bombs.

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Sorry! Thought I'd replied!

[not_yet_screaming]

Lydia of course was going to be nearby, waiting in her own car and watching. There was no way that Matt was going to be present for the final act of what he thought would be a well run game - instead he was going to be watching from outside. And Lydia would be waiting for him there in an attempt to try to rescue Jackson; she wasn't certain it was the right place because however predictable Matt was Gerard had demonstrated he'd been doing this a lot longer than she had.

But right now there was little to do for her but wait. And hope that none of those crashes were more serious than the werewolves could heal. Or even the Kanima could heal; Jackson might be a jerk but he was her jerk and he didn't deserve what Matt had done to him.

no worries, i need a time turner in my life

[silverbow]

They stumble across the first bodies as soon as they step into the lobby; bloodied uniforms and faces she never knew while Matt had made his way further into the station. She doesn't have to check to know they're dead.

Hands tightening around her crossbow, she steps into the bull pen while other hunters liberally spray the air with bullets. The desks act as obstacles, and she sees Gerard move quickly off down a hall, but yelling from the cells draws her attention. A look towards her dad, and they run towards the sounds. That might be where Jackson is, or Matt. Either way, she's ready. Mostly ready - she might have to shoot first, and ask questions later.

Of course, it all goes to shit. She hadn't thought to look up which is how Jackson gets the jump on them, Chris knocked one way, while she goes the other. The one shot she did get off doing nothing to slow the kanima down, and she's bowled over, a mild numbness spreading from her shoulder when it's claws clipped her. (The kanima is Jackson, but it isn't Jackson. She has to keep that distinction clear.)

Matt drags her off a little ways while the kanima runs off, undoubtedly under whatever orders Matt thought up. His eyes are wild, cornered animal, she thinks while he rants and attempts to choke her, before noise of more fighting draws him away.

Re: no worries, i need a time turner in my life

[not_yet_screaming]

Lydia swallowed and paled as she looked at the text on her phone from Stiles. She wasn't meant to be the backup; she wasn't a fighter. She was meant to be an outside observer and to see what was going on, but everything had gone pear-shaped fast and she was the only person who was immune to kanima venom. She really didn't want to go in there.

It took her a few seconds and a lot of deep breaths to make her decision to go in and see what she can see. Which fortunately for her and for Allison was Allison. Obviously paralysed, and she ran over to her knowing she was the one person immune to paralysis. Kneeling down beside her she asked "Are you all right?" trying to pay no attention to anything else she saw. Any of the evidence of the Kanima's devastation.

[silverbow]

"Lydia," Allison says once she sees her. "Did you see Matt, or Jackson?"

Of the two, Matt's actually more dangerous, she's coming to realize, strugging to sit up. She knows it's ineffective to fight the effects of the paralytic venom, but it doesn't sit right with her otherwise.

The gunshots had died down, though a haze still hung in the air.

"Gerald took off by himself, there's a back door near the cells."

She knows her dad's somewhere nearby, taking charge in the chaos, he'd been the one to get most of the hunters to stop shooting, before they'd all got caught in the crossfire. And he at least, trusts that she can handle herself, unlike some others to her frustration.

"Everyone else is here somewhere. But I hadn't run into them."