Ch. 4 Magic Bullet
It was late at night when Derek came and got me, he told me that he found the alpha and he needed my help. So that is how I found myself jumping and running over rooftops in my full wolf form. I heard a car pull up and heard the gun shot Derek was ahead of me but I got a sudden burst of speed and went ahead of him only to get shot off the building. I sat up in my human form against a pillar and looked down at my arm and I saw a bullet hole that was smoking blue. I looked up and I saw Derek look at me worried I mouthed to him 'go' he looked at me one more time, nodded, then he left after the alpha.
I didn't go to school, 'cause according to mom I looked to sick, so I stayed home. Later I found myself at the school looking for Scott and Stiles. I walked around the corner where the lockers are and I found Jackson there.
"Jackson" I called him while touching his shoulder. He looked at me alarmed, I guess I really look that bad.
"Chelsea? Are you ok?" He asked genuinely worried.
I looked at him and gave him a small smile and said, "I'm fine, do you know where Scott and Stiles are?" He looked at me one more time before shaking his head. I gave him a small thanks for asking about how I was and he left to go get Lydia and I was standing underneath the bell. The bell rang making me cover my ears, that's when I heard Alison and Lydia talking.
"He's coming over to study with me" I heard Alison say.
"When?" Lydia asked.
"After School" Alison responded. After I heard all that I went out in the parking lot and I saw Stiles' jeep pull out and I stood in front of it. Stiles stopped and said seriously, I dropped on the ground and I heard Scott come this way and Stiles getting out of his jeep.
"What happened?" I heard Scott asked.
"I was shot" I explained.
"Why aren't you healing?" Stiles asked.
"It was a different type of bullet" I told him.
"Like what a silver bullet?"
"No, you idiot" I growled.
"Wait, Wait," I looked at Scott "That's what she meant when she said forty-eight hours"
"What? Who said that" I asked
"The one who shot you" I heard car horns honking and my eyes kept flashing.
"Stop that" Scott scolded.
"I'm telling you I can't"
"We've got to get you out of here" Scott said. He picked me up and set me in the jeep.
"I need you to find out what bullet they used"
"How am I supposed to do that?" He asked.
"She's an Argent" I told him "She's with them" Scott nodded quickly and told Stiles to drive and get me out of there.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"To Derek's" He responded.
"What? No, you can't take me there"
"I can't take you to Derek's?"
"Not in this state, I can't risk for the hunters being there and I'm too weak to protect myself so I will be a liability to Derek"
"So what happens if Scott doesn't find your little magic bullet?" Stiles asked me "Are you dying?" Stiles voice cracked. I looked at him sadly.
"Not yet" I took in a deep breath "I have a last resort"
"What last resort?" I just shook my head.
"So where do you want me to take you?" He asked while pulling over on the side of the road.
"I don't know. Let me see your phone."
"Why?"
"So I can get a hold of Derek" I explained. Stiles pulled out his phone and gave it to me and I dialed Derek's number.
"What" I heard Derek bark.
"Geez, not so loud." I whimpered.
"Chels?" He asked.
"Yeah, where are you at?" I asked.
"I was on my way to find you"
"You better hurry and find me Stiles is pulled over on a side of some road, you shouldn't be able to miss it, it's somewhere down the road from the school" I told him while taking off my jacket. I looked down and saw that the bullet hole got worse. "Yep, you definitely hurry." I told him before I hung up. "Call Scott"
I saw Derek's Camaro speeding down the street "There's Derek" I told Stiles. "Let me see the phone" Stiles handed me the phone "Did you find it?" I asked
"How am I supposed to find it? It's like a freakin' walmart of guns, there are about a dozen bullets here"
"Look just find the right bullet and bring it to me I don't have a lot of time left" I handed the phone back to Stiles,
"What do you want me to do with her, by the way she's starting to smell"
"Like what?"
"Like death" Stiles told him and I sent him a glare and he just patted my leg.
"What about your boss?"
"He should be gone by now there's a spare key in the back" Stiles hung up the phone and told me,
"You wouldn't believe where he is wanting me to take you" I looked at him and Derek was on my side of the jeep. I just laid my head down on the side of the window and Derek was playing with my hair, when he reached for the wound. I tried to jerk back from the touch be he held on tightly. I looked down at his veins and they started to turn black. Stiles gaped at him.
"What...the...holy...hell was that?" Stiles asked freaked out.
"I took away some of her pain" Derek responded.
I looked at Derek "Go to the animal clinic that's where we are going to be heading if I can get him to start his jeep" I looked at Stiles and I said, "Start the jeep Stiles" He looked at me like I was crazy and he saw that Derek was still there.
"Should you even be giving me orders, I could just drag your little werewolf ass out there and leave you to die"
I glared at him "Stiles, start the jeep or I'm going to rip your throat out... with my teeth" I saw in the corner of my eye Derek trying not to laugh. I looked at Derek and smiled at him, "Now, you know where I got all this from" I laughed. He nodded his head and went to his car and Stiles went off to the clinic.
~ Clinic~
I saw Derek already standing there waiting for us when we pulled in. When the jeep came to a stop Derek came to my side and picked me up out of the jeep. He slowly sat me down on the dog food that was laying there "I should've stayed" I heard him whisper.
I looked at him and shook my head "No, I told you to go, it wasn't your fault" I put my hand on his cheek and leaned into the touch. I heard Stiles' phone go off, I let my hand fall and I closed my eyes for a couple of seconds, but when I closed them I felt some light slaps on the side of my face. I opened my eyes to see Derek looking worried and I heard Stiles ask,
"Does Nordic Blue Monkshood mean anything to you?"
I nodded my head "It's a rare form of wolfsbane. He has to bring me the bullet."
"Why?" Stiles asked.
"Because she's going to die without it Stiles" I heard Derek growl. I felt Derek dragging me into the clinic and he put me up against the table while he was looking for something. I took off my shirt so I was only in my leggings and my sports bra, then I heard Stiles spazzing out.
"You have a freaking tattoo!?" I nodded my head.
"It's the same on that Derek has on his back" I told him. I put my arm out on the metal table so I could get a better look at the wound.
"That doesn't look like anything some Echinacea and a good night's sleep wouldn't take care of" Stiles said looking grossed out.
"When the infection reaches my heart, it will kill me" I told him.
"Positivity just isn't in your vocabulary is it?"
"If he doesn't get here with the bullet on time" I said "Last resort"
"Which is?" Stiles asked and Derek turned around, holding a hand saw.
"You're gonna have to cut off her arm" Derek looked at him. I watched as Derek tied a blue band around my arm, I saw Stiles take a deep breath and leaned against the counter.
"What if you bleed to death?" Stiles retorted.
"It will heal if it works" I told him.
"Okay, why do I have to do this, and I don't even know if I can"
"Because, I have to look out for anyone who comes by, and why can't you do this" Derek snapped at him.
"Well, because the cutting through the flesh, the sawing through the bone," Stiles told him with his voice going higher "and especially all the blood"
"You faint at the sight of blood?" I growled.
"No, but I might at the sight of a chopped off arm" He yelled.
"Alright, fine. How 'bout this" I said and looked at him "either you cut off my arm or I'm gonna cut off your head" Stiles sent me a look.
"You know, I'm so not buying your threat's anymore" I reached over and grabbed onto Stiles' shirt to bring him forward "Alright, okay sold, I'll do it" I let out a breath and I heard Derek leave. I started to gag "What, what are you doing?"
I fell to the side and black blood came out of my mouth.
"Oh my gosh, what is that?" He asked in a high pitched voice, I took in a deep breaths and fell against the counter.
"my body,it's trying to heal itself" I said and Stiles sent me a look.
"Well, it's not doing a very good job of it" he told me.
"Now, you've got to do it now" Stiles looked towards my arm.
"Look honestly, I don't think I can"
"Just do it" I yelled.
"Oh my gosh, okay, okay" Stiles said and he turned on the saw, "Okay here we go" Stiles placed the saw on my arm,
"Stiles don't do it" I heard Derek yell. I looked up and I saw the Stiles throw down the saw instantly.
"Thank god, you've just prevented a lifetime of nightmares" I slowly moved up.
I looked at Derek "Did he get it?" Derek nodded his head and handed me the bullet.
"What are you going to do with it?" I heard Stiles ask.
"I'm gonna" I took in a sharp breath "I'm gonna" and all I saw next was darkness but I could still hear every thing.
"Chelsea!" I heard Derek yell. I felt strong arms wrap around my waist, and I heard some claws coming out.
"I got it!" I heard Scott yell out. Then I felt the arms leave my waist and I heard Derek say,
"don't hate me for this"
"What are you-" I was in pain but I opened my eyes and Scott handed me the bullet. I bit off the top of the bullet and all the contents came out.
I looked over to Derek "Let me see your lighter" Derek hurried and got the lighter out and gave it to me. I lit the contents on fire and I shoved them in my arm and I fell to the ground,
"That was awesome!" I heard Stiles yell out and I sat up and glared at him while Scott hit him in the arm.
Scott looked at me and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Apart from the agonizing pain?" I said sarcastically while trying to stand up. Derek came over and gave me a hug "I'm fine Der" I told him hugging him back.
"I guess the ability to use sarcasm is a good sign of health" Stiles stated and I sent him a look.
"Okay look we saved her life" Scott said while I pulled the band off my arm "Which means, you're going to leave us alone. You got that." I looked up at him and saw he was looking at Derek "And if you don't I'm gonna tell the Argents everything"
"You're gonna trust them?" I asked before Derek could "You think they could help us?" I asked and Scott shrugged.
"Well,why not" He said "they're a lot nicer than him" He yelled.
I glared at Scott "I can show you how nice they are" I growled. I went over to grab my shirt having my back to them
"You have a freaking tattoo!" Scott yelled.
"Yes, Scott I already told you this yesterday" We got into Derek's Camaro and went to the hospital, we went to Uncle Peter's room where they had him at.
"Who's he" Scott asked.
"My Uncle" Derek told him "Peter Hale"
"Is he like us?" Scott asked "is he a werewolf?"
"He was" I told him "now, he's barely even human"
"Six years ago, my sister and I were at school" Derek told us "Our house caught on fire, counting Chelsea there was twelve people trapped inside." I flinched at the memories "Him and Chelsea were the only survivors, but not without serious damage to both of them"
Scott looked at me then my arms and he finally saw all the burn marks running up and down them. I looked at Scott and saw he was looking at my burns and I quickly rolled down my sleeves so he couldn't see them anymore. That's when Derek grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly, I squeezed back.
"so, what makes you so sure that they set the fire?" Scott asked and Derek looked at him.
"because, they were the only ones who knew about us" Derek told him sadly.
"Then they had a reason" My head snapped up at him and I had tears in my eyes.
"They had a reason? I almost died in there Scott your own little sister if it wasn't for Derek I wouldn't be here today" I hissed "And tell me what justifies this?" I asked and I then rotated the wheel chair to show the other half of Peter's face. I reached out and touch Peter's hand and I saw the black veins crawl up them and up to my face, then I let go and took a deep breath. "They say that they will only kill an adult, but only with absolute proof" I told him "But there were people in our family, that were perfectly ordinary living in that fire" Scott looked up at me "This is what they do, and it is what Alison will do"
"What are you doing?" A female voice asked from the door, Scott and I turned to the door and we saw the nurse standing in the hall "how did you get in here"
"We were just leaving" Derek told the nurse. I was the last one to walk out of the room when the nurse grabbed my hand
"don't tell anyone this but, you know he is not actually in the coma right" She asked in my ear.
I gave her an evil grin "I know, I can feel his anger every time he shifts" She looked at surprised "I can feel his emotions, that's how I know" I said and walked out of the room.