Scott told me the next morning that he and Derek had fought and that Derek told him there was another werewolf an Alpha and he was the one who had bit Scott which now meant we had to worry about some big bad Alpha threatening Scott's life on top of all the drama of the hunters, just great...
"If Derek isn't the Alpha, if he's not the one who bit you then who did" Stiles asked Scott as we were getting our results back from the pop quiz, I smirked after hearing Derek wasn't the one who bit Scott because I always knew he wasn't
"I don't know" Scott replied
"Did the Alpha kill the bus driver" Stiles said being as persistent as ever today
"I don't know"
"Does Allison's dad know about the…"
"I DON'T KNOW" Scott yelled causing multiple heads turn so I hit their shoulders
"Shut up for god's sake" then our teacher gave us back our quizzes I got an A+ as usual and Stiles got an A but when I looked at Scott's he had a D "Scott you need to study more" I said as he slammed it down on the table "That was a joke Scott it's one test you're going to make it up, do you want help studying"
"No, I'm studying with Allison after school today" Scott replied
"That's my boy" Stiles cut in making me roll my eyes, I seriously don't know why I hang out with these two
"Were just studying" Scott protested
"Uh-uh no you're not" Stiles replied
"No I'm not"
"Not if I'm forced to live vicariously through you if you go to her house today and squander that colossal opportunity I swear to God I'll have you de-balled" Stiles replied and I shook my head at him pretending to gag at the thought of my brother doing anything like what Stiles was insinuating
"Okay, just stop with the questions man" Scott said
"Done, no more questions, no more talk about the Alpha or Derek, especially Derek who still scares me" I laughed at Stiles as I thought about how amusing it would be if Derek knew that
I shut the door to my locker just as the bell rang signalling the end of school for another day then turned to walk out of the school looking at my phone not really paying attention to anything around me
"Skye" I heard Derek say as I walked past the end of the lockers making me turn and my eyes widened when I saw him leaning up against the wall
"Derek what are you doing here" I asked not that I was unhappy to see him it was just weird for him to show up at school, it was then I noticed that the blood on the ground "Oh my god, you're bleeding"
"I was shot, we need to find Scott" he took off toward the exit with me trailing behind him
"What are you doing?" I asked as he walked into the parking lot that's when he walked in front of Stiles jeep, causing him to slam on the breaks I quickly ran out to Derek as he fell to the ground "Derek!" I exclaimed, trying to help him get up as Scott came running over and Stiles got out of his car
"What are you doing here?" Scott asked Derek
"I was shot"
"He's not looking so good dude" Stiles said
"Why aren't you healing?" I asked worriedly
"I can't, it was...it was a different kind of bullet"
"A silver bullet?" Stiles excitedly asked
"No, you idiot" Derek replied
"Go get my bike" I said to Stiles
"Wait, wait" Scott said "That's what she meant when she said you had 48 hours"
"What who, who said 48 hours?" Derek asked
"The one who shot you" Scott replied then Derek suddenly groaned and his eyes started blinking a bright blue if he wasn't in so much pain, I would have thought they were beautiful, many cars behind Stiles jeep started honking "What are you doing?" Scott asked "Stop that!"
"That's what I'm trying to tell you I can't!" I watched as his eyes kept blinking for green to blue, I touched his arm hoping to calm him
"Derek calm down" the honking continued "You need to get up before someone sees you"
"Derek, get up!" Scott commanded more authortive as Stiles came running back over with my bike
"Put it in your trunk" I ordered him "Scott, help me get him in the car" we pulled Derek up and got him into the car then I quickly jumped over him getting in the back seat being careful not to hurt him any more than he already was
"I need you to find out what kind of bullet they used" Derek told Scott
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?"
"Cause she's an Argent, she's with them"
"Why should I help you?" Scott argued wasting time in my opinion
"Because you need me" Derek replied
"Fine, I'll try" Scott said as Stiles got into the driver's seat "Hey, get him out of here"
"I hate you to for this so much" Stiles said and we drove off
'Did you find it yet?' Stiles texted Scott, we had been driving for a at least ten minutes and no one knew exactly what to say about the state Derek was in, I could just helplessly look on as Derek started to take off his jacket, so I helped him as much as I could from the back seat
"Try not to bleed out on my seats okay" Stiles said "We're almost there"
"Almost where?" Derek asked painfully
"Your house"
"What no, you can't take me there" he argued quickly
"I can't take you to your own house?" Stiles replied
"Not when I can't protect myself" Stiles groaned and pulled over to the curb, stopping the car
"What are you doing?" I asked
"What happens if Scott doesn't find your little magic bullet, are you dying?" Stiles asked Derek ignoring my question, Derek remained silent which didn't help the anxiety that I was in right now
"Are you?" I asked leaning forward
"Not yet" he replied
"What do you mean not yet" I asked
"I have a last resort"
"What do you mean?" Stiles exclaimed "What last resort?" Derek lifted up his left sleeve, revealing a bloody and infected bullet wound "Oh my god, what is that oh, is that contagious, maybe you should just get out"
"Stiles!" I exclaimed angrily
"Start the car" Derek said "Now"
"I don't think you should be barking orders with the way you look, okay?" Stiles said "In fact, I think if I wanted to, I could probably drag your little werewolf ass out into the middle of the road and leave you for dead"
"Start the car now or I'm gonna rip your throat out with my teeth" Derek replied and I couldn't help the smirk
"Skye wouldn't let that happen" Stiles replied but right now I would
"Oh yes Skye would!" I exclaimed "Now start the car" Stiles groaned and started the car "God" I quietly groaned as I looked at the wound and all I could think about was Derek was gonna die before I had a chance to get to know him, I looked at the wound and knew we needed to try and stop the bleeding "We should probably stop the bleeding" I told him reaching into my bag for some tissues
"I've tried…it won't stop" Derek replied breathlessly, I moved to sit forward in the back and reached towards the wound but stopped and looked up at him
"Do you mind" I asked him and he shook his head so I gently as I could tried to clean the wound up and after ten minutes of this I sighed throwing the tissues down "You're right it wont stop"
It had gotten dark now and we still hadn't heard anything for Scott so I texted him to call me as things were getting out of hand Derek was getting worse by the second and Stiles was ready to just leave him and I was ready to punch Stiles for wanting to leave him, he pulled over again and finally Scott called me so I put him on speaker
"Thank god what have you been doing all this time" I asked
"Having dinner with her family" he replied
"What, what do you mean having dinner with her family"
"I mean they invited me to dinner and I didn't have the bullet what was I supposed to do" I sighed and said I didn't know then Stiles ripped the phone from my hand
"What am I supposed to do with him?" Stiles asked Scott
"Take him somewhere, anywhere" Stiles groaned
"And by the way, he's starting to smell" Derek turned and glared at Stiles angrily
"Like...Like what?" Scott asked
"Like death" Stiles replied and that's when I got an idea
"Stiles go to the animal clinic" Derek looked back at me confused
"What about your boss?" Stiles asked me
"He's gone by now look I have a key and there is stuff there that I can use to try and keep him alive" Derek grabbed the phone from Stiles
"Did you find the bullet?"
"How am I supposed to find one bullet they have a million, this house is like the freaking Wal-Mart of guns"
"Look, if you don't find it then I'm dead, all right?" I bit my lip when he said that I didn't want Derek to die especially now we were getting closer, I leaned back sighing as my life was getting so complicated even for a teenager
"I'm starting to think that wouldn't be such a bad thing" I heard Scott say
"Then think about this the Alpha called you out against your will he's gonna do it again, next time you either kill with him or you get killed so if you wanna stay alive, then you need me find the bullet" he hung up the phone, Stiles looked at me in the rear view mirror then sighed and headed toward the animal clinic
When we arrived I gave Stiles the keys to unlock the garage door in the back as I attempted to hold Derek up and help him inside where he collapsed on pile of dog food bags just as Stiles got a text message
"Does Nordic blue monkshood mean anything to you?"
"It's a rare form of Wolfsbane, he has to bring me the bullet" Derek replied
"Why?"
"Because without it" I started "He's going to die" I helped Derek get back up and helped him into the clinic
As I went to turn on the lights, Derek quickly took off his shirt which caused me to stop despite his obvious state it was the first time I had seen Derek without a shirt on and boy were my expectations met he had bulging muscles and an amazing body but what also caught my attention was the spiral tattoo that rested between his shoulder blades I recognised the Celtic symbol as a triskele
He saw me looking and smirked before bending over the metal operating table in the centre of the room, I shook my head then went over and began inspecting it under the light the infection had spread to almost the top of his arm, you could tell by the veins but it had stopped bleeding a little but all in all it still looked completely gross, he watched me as I studied his wound then quickly pulled back and threw my brown hair into a ponytail then turned towards Stiles
"I need you to go to the supply closet grab alcohol wipes, tweezers and a bunch of gauze pads"
"Why can't you go get it" Stiles asked
"Because Derek's not threatening my life and I'm afraid that if I leave the two of you alone for more than a few seconds one of you will end up dead…most likely you" Stiles nodded
"I'll just go…" Derek smirked before grunting in pain I was instantly at his side
"Are you ok, god that was a stupid question sorry?"
"I'm fine Skye" he said cutting off my rambling, Stiles came in with the supplies I asked for and set them on the table I quickly sat on the examination table and grabbed Derek's arm
"Are you really going to poke around that thing?" Stiles asked looking like he was going to be sick, I nodded
"Yup" I grabbed the tweezers and looked up at Derek "This will probably hurt but it'll get the bullet out"
"Oh my God I can't watch" Stiles said running out the door, I shook my head at him
"Wuss" I called and Derek snorted out a laugh at my words "I need you to stay really still it'll cause you more pain if you don't" I told him gently, Derek nodded and I began trying to grab the bullet but he started trying to move away from me "Hey shh…it's ok" I told him comfortingly as I grabbed the bullet
I pulled out the bullet causing Derek to back away from me and roar, I knew Stiles would run into the room so I quickly jumped up and locked the door if Derek was going to attack anyone it would be him
"Skye are you alright?" Stiles asked trying the handle "SKYE"
"I'm fine just give me a couple minutes to calm him down" I called back
"You sure?" I hesitated
"Yeah…I'm sure" I turned around and faced Derek who had transformed he was breathing heavily but I couldn't tell if it was from the pain or the fact that he had shifted "Derek" I asked quietly
He looked at me then quickly pinned me to the wall and leaned close to me I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down, I knew Derek wouldn't hurt me so I looked into the now bright blue eyes as he leaned closer to me causing me to lean into the wall trying to keep some space between us
"Don't move" he growled making me freeze and allowed him to get closer I could feel my heartbeat increase as he closed the distance between the two of us but instead of going for my lips he leaned down towards my neck
I could feel him breathing on my neck and I couldn't help but wonder what he was going to do, I didn't know if he could control himself or if he was running on instinct, I got my answer when I felt a light kiss placed on my neck making me gasp and instantly melted into his touch as his kisses began to intensify I wound my hands into his short black hair and noticed that he relaxed at my touch then he quickly backed away and had shifted back to human
Derek looked at me shocked by what just happened he had allowed his instincts to take over and I'm sure that could have ended very badly for me but somehow I had calmed him down enough were he could transform back without hurting me, I looked at Derek processing what had just happened
"What just happened?"
"I couldn't control myself, you're not hurt right I didn't hurt you?"
"No I'm fine but…why my neck?" I asked softly
"You're scent is stronger there" I nodded
"Are you ok?" he nodded grunting as the pain in his arm intensified again and his eyes turned blue again as he slowly moved towards me again but stopped when Stiles yelled
"GUYS!" Stiles asked pounding on the door "YOU DIDN'T KILL SKYE RIGHT?" I snorted and opened the door
"No he didn't kill me, stupid" Stiles looked over at Derek who was leaning over the table breathing heavily
"Is he ok?" he asked pointing at the werewolf
"I will be as soon as Scott brings me the bullet" Derek growled, Stile's looked over at me and must have noticed a mark on my neck because he pointed to it
"What happened to your neck?" I slapped his hand away
"Bug bite but thanks for pointing that out I was already self-conscious about it"
"Oh…it doesn't look like a bug bite it looks more like…"
"It's a bug bite Stiles, leave it alone" I said and walked over to Derek and tried to clean off the wound again
"You know" Stiles said walking up to the two of us "That really doesn't look like anything some Echinacea and good night of sleep couldn't take care of" I shot him a look and continued cleaning the wound
"When the infection reaches my heart" Derek told us "It'll kill me" he walked towards the drawers breathing heavily
"Positivity just isn't in your vocabulary, is it?" Stiles asked him sarcastically
"If he doesn't get here with the bullet in time...Last resort"
"Which is?" I asked, he turned around and held up a surgical saw
"One of you will cut off my arm" Derek placed the saw on the table next to where I was standing and slid it over to Stiles
"What?" I asked him concerned, has he gone insane
"He's going to cut off my arm"
"Why me?" Stiles asked "Why not her?"
"I'm the girl here, you cut off his arm" I argued
"You want to be a vet Skye"
"What does that have to do with the situation?"
"He's a werewolf…you want to be a vet so therefore you should cut off his arm"
"I am not cutting off his arm, I already pulled out the bullet it's your turn to do something gross" I turned to Derek worry setting back in "What if you bleed to death?" I asked, as Derek tied something around his arm to stop blood flow
"It'll heal if it works"
"Look" Stiles said "I don't know if I can do this"
"Why not?"
"Well, because of the cutting through the flesh, the sawing of the bone and especially the blood!"
"You faint at the sight of blood?!" Derek asked annoyed
"No but I might faint at the sight of a chopped off arm"
"All right, fine how about this either you cut off my arm or I'm gonna cut off your head" Derek replied and I couldn't help snigger
"Okay, you know what I'm so not buying your threats any..." Derek grabbed Stiles by the collar of his shirt and yanked him forwards "Okay, bought...sold...I'll totally do-" Derek started breathing heavily and gaging then turned over the side of the table
"Derek, what's wrong?" I asked but he just threw up black blood all over the floor
"Oh my god!" Stiles exclaimed "What is that?"
"It's my body, trying to heal itself, now you gotta do it now"
"Look, honestly I don't think I can"
"Just do it!" I yelled Stiles grabbed the saw and placed it up to Derek's arm
"Oh god okay, here we go!" I looked away quickly because I was not watching my best friend cut off my…Derek's arm
"Stiles" we heard Scott yell before he walked into the back room "What the hell are you doing?" he yelled when he saw the saw pressed against Derek's arm
"Scott, oh you just saved me from a lifetime of nightmares" Stiles replied putting down the saw
"Did you get it?" Derek asked, Scott reached into his pocket and handed Derek the bullet
"What are you gonna do with it?" I asked
"I'm gonna...I'm gonna..." Derek collapsed falling to the ground unconscious and the bullet rolled into a drainage pipe, Scott went for the bullet as Stiles and I went to Derek trying to wake him up
"Derek, Derek come on" I exclaimed "Wake up, come on Derek open your eyes and look at me, wake up!" I shook him really hard "Please, please, please" I said desperately trying to wake him
"Scott, what the hell are we gonna do?" Stiles asked yelling
"I don't know, I can't reach it"
"He's not waking up!" Stiles said freaking out "I think he's dying I think he's dead!"
"Just hold on!" Scott yelled as he took a breath and retrieved the bullet "I got it!" I looked at Stiles
"Don't say anything about this" I kissed Derek with as much passion as I could and before I knew what was happening I found that Derek had put his hand around my face kissing back when we came up for air, the three of us helped Derek stand up and Scott handed him the bullet
Derek then proceeded to bite the top of it off and dumped a purple-ish powder onto the table, he then took a lighter and lit the powder causing it to spark like a firework, it produced a blue smoke that had me sneezing then Derek rapidly put the powder in his hand and paused for a second before putting it into the wound, he began to scream and roar out in agony dropping to the floor as the powder affected him then the wound began to heal and completely disappear
"That was awesome!" Stiles exclaimed as Derek sat up "YES!" I rolled my eyes at Stiles because he wouldn't chop of his arm but thought that was awesome
"Are you okay?" Scott asked
"Well, except for the agonizing pain" Derek replied sarcastically
"I'm guessing the ability to use sarcasm is a good sign of health" Stiles said, as I helped Derek up, he looked at Stiles angrily and tried to remove the blue tie from his arm
"Let me" I said, cutting it with scissors
"Okay, we saved your life" Scott started "Which means you're gonna leave us alone, all of us" I snapped my head up at Scott knowing he added that last part to include me "You got that and if you don't, I'm gonna go back to Allison's dad and tell him everything..."
"You're gonna trust them, you think they can help you?"
"Well, why not they're a lot freaking nicer then you are"
"I can show you exactly how nice they are" Derek replied scoffing
"What do you mean?" I asked him but he didn't answer only got dressed then pulled me outside, Stiles drove us to Derek's to get his car then Derek drove Scott and I to the Beacons Crossing Home: A Long Time Care Facility which was attached to the hospital
"What are we doing here?" Scott asked, getting out but Derek just kept walking and grabbed my hand as I came up behind him
The of us three walked inside and to a private room when Derek opened the door I could see a man in the wheelchair, staring blankly at the wall he didn't blink, he didn't move, he didn't acknowledge us when we came in
"Who is he?" I asked him quietly
"My Uncle, Peter Hale"
"Is he...like you?" Scott asked and Derek looked at Scott then back at his Uncle "A werewolf?"
"He was, now he's barely even human, six years ago my sister and I were at school our house caught fire" Derek paused and I knew this would be hard to say out loud "Eleven people were trapped inside he was the only survivor"
"So…what makes you so sure that they set the fire?" Scott asked and I heard Derek scoff
"Cause they're the only ones that knew about us"
"Well then...they had a reason" Scott replied and even I rolled my eyes at him he was so hypocritical sometimes
"Like what, you tell me what justifies this" Derek turned his uncle to face us, revealing the other side of his face, I gasped it was badly burned and had to turn my face away because I couldn't believe that someone would do this "They say they'll only kill an adult and only with absolute proof but there were people in my family that were perfectly ordinary in that fire, this is what they do and it's what Allison will do"
"What are you doing?" A voice came from behind us making me turn, it was a nurse "How did you get in here?"
"We were just leaving" Derek said, grabbing my hand and exiting the room, with Scott following behind us
"I'm sorry about your Uncle" I said to Derek who was sitting on my bed, when he brought Scott and I home I went upstairs to find him in my bedroom even though I saw him drive away so I guess he just parked down the road "Has he been like that, since the fire"
"Yeah he's been comatose for 6 years I keep trying to get a response but whenever I do, I get nothing" he replied looking at the floor
"I'm sure if you give him time he'll eventually respond" I sat next to him, taking his hand, it was silent for a while
"Thank you for saving me" Derek suddenly said breaking our silence and entwined our fingers
"I did what any other girl in my position would do" I replied blushing and I hope the darkness made it so he wouldn't notice
"I don't think every girl's first instinct would be to kiss me"
"You never know, you're pretty kissable" I smirked
"So are you" Derek said stroking my face gently with his hand, I nuzzled my face into his hand loving the feeling of his touch he then let out a deep breath and leaned into me, kissing my lips gently, before slowly kissing me harder and harder until we both had our hands all over each other
I quickly got onto my knees and straddled my legs around Derek's waist then wrapped my arms around him running my fingers through his hair I also felt him reach under my shirt, moving his hands up to my bra strap, I then made the first move of taking off clothes slyly pulling off his T-shirt and I stopped kissing him to marvel at his sculpted body, running my fingers over his abs, I was about to kiss his neck, when Derek pulled back from me which confused me
"What's wrong?" I asked him
"Not yet, not here I want our first time to be special besides I haven't even taken you out yet" I laughed as I moved myself away from Derek, even though I really didn't want to, I shyly tugged at the hem of my shirt, I flinched when he touched the mark he left on my neck "I'm sorry about this"
"Don't be it's okay, it will go away" I replied "Will you stay with me tonight?" I asked him
"What?" he asked
"Will you stay with me tonight?" I repeated making Derek smile
"Of course I will" I smiled and grabbed Derek's shirt then went into the bathroom to change into it when I came back out I found a shirtless Derek laying on my bed, I turned out the lights and laid down on the bed next to him
"Good night Skye" Derek said, kissing my head softly
"Good night Derek" I replied curling up against his side laying my head on his chest taking in his scent and curled my arm across his body letting my hand rest against his heart and felt it beating steadily and smiled before letting myself drift off into sleep
A/N: I really hope you all are still loving this story and please comment becuase that encourages me to keep writing and post more chapters