"Sorry, Lahey, but I'm more of a cat person."
Vera Pérez is no stranger to the supernatural. Growing up alongside the Hale family has kept her fairly well-informed about the creatures that lurk in the darkness. However, she didn't become one of thos...
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context: the pack doesn't know who the kanima is. they assume it's lydia because she isn't exhibiting her banshee powers yet and was bitten by peter at the end of season 1. they think a kanima cannot be poisoned by its own venom, so derek's betas try to discreetly feed lydia the venom to see if it affects her. vera is not a fan of this plan.
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( 2x05: venomous )
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MR. HARRIS'S CHEMISTRY CLASSROOM becomes ripe with tension the second that Erica, Isaac, and Vera file into it from the back door. They each catch the eyes of Scott and Stiles standing at the front of the room. Though Vera's heart is plagued with dismay and dread for what Derek had ordered them to do, the two wolves flanking her have smug expressions and eyes that gleam with malice. She doesn't need supernatural senses to feel the bloodlust wafting from them.
Each of them has a small vial of kanima venom in their pockets. Once the edible crystals form during their lab today, they're instructed to smear some on their creation and allow Lydia to eat it— Derek's rationale is that a snake cannot be poisoned by its own venom. They'll know it's her if she doesn't have a reaction.
Vera had tried to remind him that a kanima is a type of lizard, not a snake, but he didn't listen. Whatever.
Erica flashes Scott a serpentine grin that makes his mouth drop open in shock. He mumbles to Stiles, continuing the conversation they started before she'd entered the room, "I think here and now."
Vera glances at the empty spot beside Lydia, who is seated in the front row as usual. Just as Erica takes a step forward to steal the seat, Scott outruns her and slides into the chair as fast as lightning. Stiles pulls up a stool on her opposite side. However, this doesn't deter Erica or Isaac, who nonchalantly take the empty lab table behind them.
"Take a seat, Pérez," Isaac tells her with a cocky grin. "You'll need a partner for the lab."
Vera narrows her eyes into slits at him. He knows she isn't fond of this plan — trying to paralyze Lydia in broad daylight in the middle of Chemistry class — which she had voiced her disdain of in front of the entire pack. Derek hadn't seemed to care. He doesn't see Lydia as a person. He allows himself to be ignorant of her intellect, of her hopes and dreams, and how her loved ones will be affected in order to eradicate the threat of the kanima.
