A/N: Ok, so I've decided to take my time more with these chapters to make them better for you to read, let me know if it shows in this chappie, be brutal! (And that means REVIEW) and I would appreciate it greatly if we could get my review number up to 45? Yes? Ok!
When Benji jumped, he had closed his eyes first, which was a mistake. Instead of jumping straight, he ended up flinging himself off the side of the building diagonally. Everyone could see that there was no way for Derek to catch him; he was three feet from the hideout's rooftop. They couldn't just let him fall four stories. Derek, with the reflexes of a wolf and having recognized Benji as a member of his pack, leapt off of the roof, colliding with Benji midair. They quickly dropped to the ground.
The girls ran down a ladder they found on the other side of the building and ran full force to where the guys were. "Benji!" "Derek!" the girls screamed in unison, terrified because neither were conscious. But these girls were smart.
Derek had wrapped himself around Benji to protect him, but because they landed on their sides, Benji still hit pretty hard. The first thing Chloe ad Alicia knew they had to do was check for pulses. They did so quickly, wanting to dismiss the idea of there being no thump-thump of life flowing against their fingers. Chloe, with the help of Alicia, pealed Derek off of Benji.
"Turn him so he's on his back, it will keep the blood flowing and keep it from pooling," Alicia instructed me. She must have taken a first aid class or life guard maybe. "Sit on your heels and keep his head in your lap. Stay still. If he has a concussion, this will keep his neck in a stressed position until he wakes up so that he doesn't lapse into a coma."
"He could go into a COMA?" Chloe was really freaked out now, and terrified beyond reason. "We have to wake them up! Alicia…"
"Chloe. I want you to breathe. This happened when I was a life guard at camp, and some kid tried jumping off the diving board, before the pool had water in it." Chloe relaxed a little, comforted by the thought that at least one of them knew what they were doing. "The first thing we do is give them a gentle physical before they wake up. And stop blushing, it's not like we will be fondling them, we're just going to check the joints for breaks and deep tissue bruising."
Alicia guided Chloe through the procedure, and Chloe deduced that Alicia, as boy-focused and superficial as she might seem, would be an amazing doctor. At the end, they had discovered that Benji was in much better shape than Derek, injury wise (yet not physically, but Chloe didn't say that out loud). Benji suffered from a heavily bruised left shoulder that was possibly strained, but not broken. He had bruises up and down his whole left side of his torso, and his knee was swollen to a point where being able to feel for a fracture was impossible, and poking around could causing pain that would wake him. Benji was the lucky one whose face was completely protected my Derek's hold on him, he was breathing fine, and his pulse was normal. To say Derek was not doing as well would be an understatement.
All together, Derek had: left collar bone broken, elbow broken, one rib fractured but not completely snapped, a shattered knee cap, purple and black shiny bruises all over his face and down his torso, his left cheek swollen like he was eating a jaw breaker, and to top it all off, a broken pink toe. Chloe couldn't imagine the agony he would be in when he woke up.
Much to her dismay, Alicia said, "We have to wake them up, or we risk them needing a hospital or professional help."
"You're telling me that after all of what we just put together, we won't need to get them to a hospital?! Are you MAD?" Chloe was already worked up and then hearing that her man and friend were going to have to stay in agony was awful.
"Look, Chloe. I know it's hard, but just follow my lead for now. Don't touch them or try to shake them awake, just do it verbally. They don't need any more pain when they regain consciousness."
∂erek
I was having a wonderful dream where I was skydiving, but with no parachute. It was so cool because I wasn't scared, I just didn't need one. I kept falling. I was facing the ground, watching the trees stay the same small size, like ants, never getting bigger. When I flipped over to look up at the sky, I saw a large dark cloud. It was right in front of the sun, and irritated me. Why was it there? It was slowly taking on a shape…it had… was that golden locks of luscious hair? It was Chloe, was she an angel? And that's when I finally shuttered my lids open, seeing my angel right in front of me.
Then the pain hit. Hard. "What the hell happened? And why does my mouth taste like blood?" I wanted to spit out the blood, but when I turned my head to the left, I noticed that a bulge the size of a nectarine was preventing from turning very far. I swallowed. Ew.
"You jumped off of the building to save him for me," Alicia replied with tears in her eyes as Benji took a quick breath in, returning back to earth. I wasn't aware their bond was that strong, but now it was hard to miss, her sobs were loud, and lengthy. I felt a small water droplet fall to my lips, it tasted salty.
"Oh, Chloe, don't cry," I tried to reach up and wipe her tears, but winced as something started to sear with pain on my side. "I'll be better in no more than two days. Being a werewolf equals being a fast healer. How you holding up, man?" I looked at Benji who finally stopped moaning and groaning enough to talk and be coherent.
"Not so good. Pain. Lots of it. Oh… man…" Benji had finally really looked at me, seeing all of my damage, "you look awful!"
"Wow. That's great Benji, thanks," I said sarcastically, smirking. "How bad are we?" How much damage had my stupid idea of jumping off of a freaking building done to my best friend and me? The sad and pitiful looks I got from the girls said that it was bad. Really bad. I tried to move my legs, and was successful. Then my hips. I slowly made my way up my body, discovering, painfully, were the breaks were. "Well, this sucks."
"How long will it take for your wolf-mojo to make your lucky-ass heal? And is there any way u can lend me some?" Benji was trying to joke around; I think to hide the pain.
"I should be fine by the morning. And I'm not sure, we'll have to check my book for a way to share the healing stuff though."
"What book?" Alicia had this hopeful-confused look on her face. I really hoped it was in there.
"It's some magic book I found in an antique shop after school the day before I massed. It's got information on everything supernatural. Chloe, love, it's in my backpack. Where…where is my backpack?"
"I took it off before you woke up." Chloe rummaged through my bad and got out the large leather-covered book. It had this distinct smell of cinnamon and leather that blocked out any other smells.
"Help me sit up, I want to look myself. I think I know where to find it." I was leaned against the brick wall in a bit of pain. Luckily, I could already feel things start to heal. "Here it is. It says that I have to put you in a com-like state like I did to the bodyguards, and then… well it says I have to feed you some of my blood. And If I don't give enough to you, you could get stuck in the coma." Everyone just stared at me. It wasn't my fault, I didn't write the book.
"Benji, what do you think?" Alicia seemed unconvinced that I could do it.
"Alicia, this guy jumped off a building to save my ass, and I can't explain the pain I'm in. I just… I just need it to stop." Benji was beginning to tear, so to end the pain, I went ahead and did it. I looked deep into his eyes, and let the wolf in me talk. I felt myself begin to growl. I didn't understand what the chanting meant, I just trusted that the wolf could control itself and knew what it was doing. Benji collapsed. Before we began I took out my Swiss army knife so I was ready. I made a deep cut on my hand so he could easily get to it and so it would bleed a lot. Alicia had to look away, but still held onto Benji's limp hand. Chloe was beside me, her hand on my shoulder. I was nervous, so I quickly parted his lips and shoved my slit hand against his parted teeth. Tightening my muscles to get the blood flowing faster, I sat there for another 5 minutes, slowly getting more and more lightheaded.
Benji's eyelids began to flutter after a few more minutes, and then I blacked out, unable to keep conscious.
Chloe was leaned over Derek, Who had been passed out for a full three hours. Alicia had bandaged up Derek's hand using the end of Benji's shirt, he said he didn't care, the guy had saved his life.
Wake up, wake up! Derek, Hun, we can't do this without you, please please please wake up… Chloe began to cry and continued. Benji and Alicia had moved over a little, giving Chloe her space. The day went by agonizingly slowly, and once it was dark, Chloe fell asleep curled up next to Derek, tears still silently rolling down her cheeks. He still hadn't stirred from his deep sleep.
Chloe woke up to the feel of gentle rocking and a sweet husky smell. She immediately knew she was close to Derek, and recognized the feeling of arms around her. She opened her eyes, smiling.
"Morning, Love." His eyes were such an amazing emerald green, and with the sun rising in the back round, they were that much better. Chloe finally broke eye with him and looked around. Derek was sitting in the middle of the roof, with her in his lap. They were on the roof?
"How did we get up here? How are you feeling? When did you wake up? Why…" Chloe was getting worked up, and Derek didn't like it. It was a beautiful moment and she was ruining it.
"Calm down, Chlo. I feel fine."
"But how did we get of the roof?"
"That's easy," Derek said while leaning in closer, "I'm batman." He kissed her gently. The kiss was innocent, no feeling of need or urgency, only the sweet taste of each other's breath.
"Yeah. You're batman." Chloe could feel Derek smiling under her lips. They pulled away and sat together as the day brightened and the world woke up.
A/N: I know it wasn't long, but I worked harder than usual on this, so let me know what you think with a REVIEW! Also, here are some questions for you incase you don't know what to say in a review :P 1) would you guys be interested in a chapter mostly on Benji and Alicia? 2) is there anything that you guys really want to see happen or any character you want to come into play? 3) whose point of view is your favorite?
PS: I already know what will happen in the next chapter or two, it involves her mom and the safe house, so don't worry, they WILL get there lol. Also, I take NO CREDIT for the batman lines, they are from Supernatural (the TV show) and if you don't watch it, you should, its absolutely amazing XD .
