He sat in the waiting room of the large building; his leg shook uncontrollably as he waited to be called inside. The whole drive up here, he knew this was a terrible idea but he needed to see it for himself.
"Derek Hale?" a small pudgy nurse called out his name. Derek stood up immediately and walked over.
"That's me" he replied in a quiet voice.
The nurse smiled warmly at him "Well aren't you just a handsome thing."
Derek returned her smile with his own tensed one, this wasn't the place for anyone to be that happy and it made him feel uncomfortable. He was here for one reason, and he just wanted to go in and get it over with.
The nurse handed him a visitors badge and began motioned for him to follow her "This way handsome. You're the first visitor since admittance..." She led him down a long bright white hall, rows of doors on either side.
Derek began to feel uneasy "this is a bad idea" he spoke under his breath, just as a guttural scream echoed down the hall causing him to jump. The nurse seemed unaffected by it, he was sure this sort of thing happened every day.
She turned to him just as she stopped at a door off to the side "Alright Handsome, before you go in if anything goes wrong just press the call button and we'll be right in.
Derek knew things were bound to go awry, but he knew the nurse didn't know that so why was she warning him? "Why would anything go wrong?" he asked in mild curiosity.
The nurse gave an exhausted smile "Since admittance there's about 8 fights on record...with a lot of damage. Not that those people didn't deserve it" She winks as she explains "but this one has a lot of fight in her, so be careful."
Great Derek thought to himself, even in here I'll have to watch my ass. He nodded at the nurse and walked inside just as she disappeared down the hallway.
He didn't know what he expected to see when he walked in there, maybe he expected her to be pointing a gun at him, threatening to end as she would say "his mutt life." But that wasn't the case this time. What he saw was a woman sitting on the floor of the room against the wall, her dirty blonde hair fanned over one half of her face.
"Kate?" he asked in confusion.
She turned her head and looked him with a confused stare "Who are you?"