Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me

Lying on the floor, surround me, surround me

Why'd you have to wait, where were you, where were you

Just a little late, you found me, you found me

- "You Found Me" by The Fray

Everything hurt, it hurt to breathe, it hurt to move, it just hurt. It had happened so fast, one minute she was walking along the alleyway, the next a guy had grabbed her. Now she was lying on the cold concrete in a steadily growing pool of her own blood. She had thought about how she would die, but she never thought it would be like this.

She whimpered in pain as she tried to move, she had to do something, she couldn't just lie there and die. She didn't have enough strength left in her body though. Just as she collapsed back against the ground, someone was there beside her. She screamed but it died out into a whimper of pain. "Please, please don't hurt me," she whimpered as she pressed her hands against where she had been stabbed.

"I'm not going to hurt you. What's your name," the young man asked as he eased her hands away and examined her wound.

"Katie."

"I'm Isaac, I know someone who can help you, you have to trust me ok?"

Katie nodded quickly as Isaac shifted to pick her up. She cried out in pain, clutching at Isaac's shirt as he lifted her off the ground. Her head rested against his shoulder and she drew in a ragged breath as he began running. She knew it had to be the blood loss that was making her imagine it, he couldn't have actually been running as fast as she thought he was.

The next thing she knew, Isaac was placing her on a hard, cold surface, her eyes fluttered open, but a blinding light caused her to shut them again. She could hear muffled voices, people speaking frantically.

Katie whimpered in pain as she turned her head to try and look around the room. She drew in a breath and dropped her head against the table.

"Katie," someone said as they put their hand on her shoulder. She opened her eyes and looked up at the young man. He was obviously older than Isaac, but not by much. "My name is Derek. Can you tell me what happened to you?"

"I'm dying, aren't I," she asked instead of answering the question.

"I can save you Katie, but its going to change your life and it may not be for the better. It will be dangerous, if you aren't careful, people will try to hurt you, even kill you."

"People have already tried to kill me."

"I can see that," Derek said with a small smile. "There are bad things that come with the bite, but there are good things too. You won't need to wear your glasses anymore. You'll be stronger, faster, you'll be able to heal much faster. Everything will change."

"The bite? Are you a vampire or something?"

"A werewolf actually. Katie, I don't have to do this, if this isn't what you want, we can call 911, but by the time they get here you might be dead. You have lost a lot of blood, you have severe internal bleeding, they can make you comfortable, but they can't save you."

"I don't want to die," she whispered softly. Isaac appeared beside her and took hold of her hand. He put his other hand on her shoulder and held her down.

"This is going to hurt," Derek warned. Katie turned her head to the side and met Isaac's gaze. She felt Derek push her sleeve up, his fingers ran over the scars that littered the inside of her arm. His thumb brushed over the vein in her arm as he raised it to his mouth.

Katie cried out in pain as Derek bit down on her arm. She struggled against him, but Isaac held her as still as he could. She whimpered as Derek let her go and dropped her arm. Her vision swam before her eyes and then everything went dark.

"Did you kill her," Isaac demanded as he glanced at Derek.

"She passed out, she lost a lot of blood. She'll be fine, if she survives the change."

"You didn't tell her about that."

"I didn't want to scare her anymore than she already was. Do you know her?"

"I've seen her at school," Isaac said as he glanced down at her. He pushed some of her hair out of her face as he studied her. He'd more than seen her at school, he had noticed her. The way her honey curls fell around her face, the way she she moved through the halls, he knew she was a dancer, she was small, almost fragile looking, but she was beautiful. "She's kind of a loner, I heard she's a foster kid, one of those families that takes in a lot of kids for the money. She doesn't talk much, she's supposed to be smart though, like really smart."

Derek studied the two of them for a long moment before speaking. "Look after her, come get me if anything changes," he said before walking away. He paused and turned back to Isaac. "You did a good thing, finding her, bringing her here, you saved her life Isaac."

"I'm not sure she'll see it that way when she wakes up," Isaac mumbled.

"Either way, you should be proud of yourself, you used the bite for good," Derek said before going into a subway car. He just hoped that Isaac using the bite for good wasn't going to bite all of them in the ass.

Just a heads up, this is in no way related to Monsters in the Mist, I will continue to update that story as well. This one starts in season 2 and follows the show. If you like this one and you haven't read Monsters in the Mist, check it out, it centers on Derek/OC.