Ok, I'm sure all of you have heard about my boyfriend dilemma (and if not, then you aren't a nice person :P (lol jk!). But my head hasn't really been in the mood for necromancers lately, and that explains the lateness of this chapter. Sorry.


(Chloe's POV)

I felt something warm and wet on my forehead. My eyes fluttered open and I almost had a heart attack. Huge green eyes were staring at me; and I jumped. Only a second later did I realize that it was Derek.

"Derek! What are you doing here? Wait…where am I?" I ask. I'm laying down on a lumpy couch, and Derek has a blood soaked paper towel. My first thought is-

"Oh my God did you get hurt?"

He raises an eyebrow.

"No, you did," he said simply.

"What do you mean-?" I started to ask. But I got my answer while I tried sitting up. It's like somebody hit me with a baseball bat. I must've looked dazed -because I felt dazed - and Derek pushed me back down.

"You hit your head. Er - I think you did. I dunno," he shrugs. "I just came because a necromancer I know was in a damn graveyard!"

I winced. One second he looks concerned, the next he hates me. Typical Derek for ya.

"Look - it wasn't my fault. Alex -," I stop dead.

"What?" asked Derek. He must've been expecting a full on assault argument here.

Alex. What about the kids? Where are they? Are they still in the graveyard with those dead people? And what about Liam? Did he get them?

"Look, Chloe, I didn't see any kids when I got you out of the graveyard, so I don't think they were even with you," he tells me.

There was silence as I just let that sink in. Okay, so the kids were with me, I know that. Alex was the one who made me go in that godforsaken place to begin with! But if Derek came and got me out of there…and he didn't see them…did they somehow get out of there themselves? Or - even worse - were they still there?

I stood up, and I totally ignored the sensation of vertigo that was coming on. Derek looked kinda surprised for a second. I headed for the door, but - darn his werewolf quickness - he beat me too it.

"Where the hell are you going?"

"I'm going to go get those kids back from the graveyard before-" I stopped. I heard something, and apparently so did Derek, because he stiffened. It was the sound of a creaking door.

"What was that?" I whispered.

"Why are you askin' me?"

"Hello? You're the werewolf with enhanced senses!" I hissed. He rolled his eyes, and opened his mouth to say something when I heard a girl's voice - Heidi's voice - call out,

"C-Chloe?"

I didn't know how the heck those kids had gotten back in the house, and honestly, I didn't care.

"Who's - HEY!" Derek protested as I pushed him towards the sliding glass door.

"Shut up!" I hissed. Ya know, pushing a train going the opposite direction is probably easier then pushing a stubborn werewolf. "You'll probably freak the kids out I they see you! Now…go!"

He looked at me for a second, then went out the door himself. Thank you!

"I'll wait in the car then," he said.

"Wait, car?"

Derek smirked at me, then walked out the open glass door and closed it behind him.

"Chloe?" asked Heidi again, only louder this time. I turned around and followed the sound of her voice, and it lead me into their parent's bedroom.

"Yes?"

They looked relieved to see me - er, at least Heidi did.

"W-what were those things that t-tried to-"

"Heidi, that was only a nightmare. You fell asleep after Bobby read you a story," I said, hoping she would buy it, so I won't have to explain anything. She looks at me with these huge innocent eyes, then at the air, where I guess Bobby is, then looks back at me.

"Oh…"

"Now I need to get you guys to bed before your mom comes home-"

I'm not even done talking when I hear the front door open.


Lol I'm so evil. :D Oh and you guys get cookies *gives cookies* because today's my birthday, so if you're reading this now, you are special (ed)! XD Sorry…I hang around my friend Abby too much. Whatever, I think there's only gonna be one more chapter! T_T Boo!!! R&R plz!