Chloe pov

I stared blankly at the wall in front of me, I had been in here two weeks! What the hell was taking my friends so long, I was going nuts here. The doctors or should I call them crazy scientists kept poking and prodding and testing. The worst so far had been the regeneration test to see how far a werewolves regenerative powers went, but not only did they test me they also tried it out on a born werewolf and a normal made werewolf, and apparently I had the best healing capabilities of all of them. Then they started the experiments, they tried to make another necromancer a werewolf and she died then they tried giving a necromancer my blood before turning them the man they tried this on lasted a day before he died mid shift, not pleasant. Shifting my weight I grimaced at the pain that sent shivers down my spine, and not in a good way.

I froze when I heard footsteps in the corridor outside my cell, definitely two sets then I heard voices "are you sure it this way?"

"yes I'm sure"

"really cos I feel like we've already been down this hallway"

"we are going the right way now stop bugging me, it's bad enough I'm stuck with mutt face I don't need you annoying me too!" god my mind must be playing tricks on me cos that sounded exactly like tori and Lydia and now that the voices were closer I could also pick out what sounded like the clicking of claws on the stone floor. Blinking I saw an odd blur of colour flash across my room, shaking my head I ignored it thinking I was going crazy. The voices got louder and louder till they were right outside my cell I glanced up and sure enough there was tori standing there with Lydia at her side and the huge black wolf I guessed to be Derek standing outside the bars of my cell. I stared feeling hope crawling up the back of my throat. Derek let out a confused huff and I realised he probably couldn't see me camouflaged as I was amongst the straw that was my bed and the ragged blanket that I slept under, moving slightly I winced at the pain the movement caused and I saw Derek's eyes catch the movement and the frown on his wolfish face deepened, scratching at the bottom of the cell.

Tori scowled "what now?"

Lydia looked into the cell but she clearly couldn't see me either "I don't just open it and we will see what has him so eager"

Tori rolled her eyes but approached the door and inserted a key card into the slot next to the door, and with a faint whoosh the door swung open, I stared in wonder for a moment at my freedom before Derek was blocking the sight with his huge head and body smiling broadly and ignoring the pain in my cheeks that this caused I waited and with a funny yelping bark noise her tackled me to the ground and started licking at my face fight the scream that working its way up my throat at the feeling of having a giant black wolf on top of my already broken ribs a faint groan escaped me and Derek backed of instantly terrified of hurting me. Taking slow deep breaths I let the pain fade slightly and with a smile I said "jeez took you guys long enough, what was the hold up?"

Tori gasped and said "oh my god Chloe is that you?"

Laughing slightly I groaned when that aggravated my ribs and said "the one and only"

Lydia let out a girlish squeal an ran over to me, as she got closer she gasped as she saw the wounds and scars littering my body "oh Chloe what happened?"

Shrugging I said "uh they had some things they wanted to find out, I have to admit it was interesting learning some of these thing about myself too."

Tori scowled and said "let me at 'em I want to kill the lot of them, the bastards!"

Grimacing I spoke up "um I would much rather go home thank you, do you know if Fran has got the info we need?" before tori could answer the blur of colour returned and when it stopped I saw it was Liz, gasping I said "Liz?"

Turning she spotted me and screamed "Chloe!" and practically bounced with glee "oh I'm so happy, if we didn't find you soon I was gonna start searching the ghost realms!"

Smiling I replied "it was a close one for sure, still not entirely sure were out of the woods yet but hey we'll get there"

Footsteps echoed down the corridor and I saw Simon, may, Grayson, ash, Fran and another girl I didn't know round the corner. The girl I didn't know had long blondish brown hair to her waist and large bluish green eyes they looked oddly familiar, then it clicked they reminded me of my eyes before I became a werewolf. They were the haunted eyes of a necromancer, smiling I said "well that explains Liz" they all looked confused and I nodded at the unfamiliar girl.

Smiling at me she said "hey my name is Shakira but most people call me Kira and I'm a…"

"a necromancer, I know."

I grinned at her and she looked taken aback "how did could you know that? Liz did you tell her"

Liz shook her head and Kira frowned

"your eyes"

she turned to face me shocked "what about my eyes?"

smiling I said "they reminded me of mine before I got turned into a werewolf."

She smiled back at me and we had a silent moment of appreciation for each other before I moved and winced slightly tis sent everyone into save Chloe mode and I was helped up and then everyone held onto Fran, Derek using his canine teeth and she teleported us out of the building, unfortunately as she was teleporting so many we didn't get far.

The was a shout from behind us and I saw gauds coming our way, everyone started fighting and I was nearly useless I managed to deflect a few blows aimed my way but I was barley standing so I was hardly helping. I head someone shout Derek's name and I turned in time to see a man raise a gun aimed right at Derek's chest. I don't know where the strength came from but one minute I'm on one side of the clearing outside the facility and the next I'm standing in front of Derek, at first I feel nothing and then I feel the burning in my chest, it missed my heart by about an inch but it didn't matter it must've had wolfs bane on it as I could feel the burning spreading through my body searing me from the inside out, crumpling to the ground I watched through hazy vision as Derek killed the gaud that had shot me and then there was people running and shouting and fire but I was so out of it I barely noticed. I did however notice when I felt my head being lifted and placed on something warm looking up I saw Derek in human form.

huh he must've changed, smiling up at him relieved I said "you're alright?"

"yes but Chloe why would you do that for me?"

"I love you" the words slipped out before I could stop them and then I realised they were true I did love him I wouldn't have done so if I didn't and there was no point in him not knowing before I died.

Tears pooled in his eyes and he said "you are not dying, don't you speak like your dying, it's just a gunshot he didn't get your heart and you're a werewolf you will heal, you will heal, you will heal" he kept repeating the last bit like a mantra, and I didn't have the heart to tell him the bullet had wolfs bane on or in it and I was going to die.

Derek pov

I was fighting a guard and I had just put him out for the count when I heard someone shout my name turning I saw another guard raise his gun to my wolf forms chest and prepare to fire when suddenly there was a blur of blond coloured hair and a bang. I was expecting to feel pain but I didn't that is until I opened my eyes that I hadn't realised I had shut and saw my Chloe standing in front of me, she let a soft sigh and crumpled to the ground I hated how her pale fragile looking body resembled a broken looking doll as she laid there lunging forward I ripped the guard who shots her limb from limb. When I was done I turned and shifted back into my human form, may magically clothed me I nodded my thanks briefly before running over to her, kneeling I lifted her head carefully and rested it in my lap stroking her hair back from her face her eyes fluttered open and she spoke her voice was quiet and strained sounding but I could just about make out her words "you're alright?"

Shaking my head at her selflessness I said "yes but Chloe why would you do that for me?"

Smiling she said "I love you"

The words echoed in my head she loved me after everything I had done she loved me. But wait the way she said that sound like a good bye she was not saying goodbye, she couldn't die she was a werewolf so I said as much "you are not dying, don't you speak like your dying, it's just a gunshot he didn't get your heart and you're a werewolf you will heal, you will heal, you will heal" I kept muttering the last bit willing it to be true, I had a feeling soothing wasn't right but I didn't know what, the sadness in her slowly closing eyes told me she knew she wasn't going to live and that scared me. Shouting "MAY!" I spotted here making her way towards me at my shout her pace increased and she reached me in seconds.

Crouching she said "what's wrong with her?"

"I don't know but she shouldn't be like this she should already be healing but she's not she still bleeding and I don't know what to do."

Frowning she lifted her hand and held it above the wound on Chloe's shoulder, when she pulled back her hand she so heartbreakingly sad turning to face me she said "I'm so sorry Derek…"

I cut her off "no she can't be dying, she can't! she's a werewolf"

"Derek there is wolfs bane in her blood, that's why she isn't healing, I'm sorry but she is dying and she doesn't have long left I could heal the wound and stop the bleeding but it won't matter the wolfs bane will kill her before she could bleed out anyway. I'm sorry"

I listened to her words numb, staring at her face so peaceful and beautiful even dirty and half the weight she should have been she was stunning. Gathering her warm body closer I breathed deeply of her scent trying to embed the memory of it deep into my brain. I listened to Chloe's heart and I felt my own stutter in time with hers as it struggled to keep beating. It faltered again once, twice and then was silent I could distantly hear my own still beating as I let out a horrendous wail of grief and rage.

James pov

I watched the wolf's grief and rage over the loss of his mate, turning to Katlyn the witch that had helped us catch her in the first place as well as rose and cassie I said "you got your money now I'm done!"

Scowling cassie said "what do you mean you're done?"

"I mean I'm done I'm leaving, I'm not going to keep hurting people it's not right" I was still watching the grieving wolf out of the corner of my eye

"the hell you are"

Snarling I shifted and took off I was not going to hang around that lot anymore, we had inadvertently helped separate two mates permanently and I knew how that felt, I wouldn't stand for it. I wove through the trees as they chased me although from the sounds of it there was only two of them where was the other one?

Katelyn pov (same as the unknown from before)

I think James had the right idea leaving now we had our cuts now don't get me wrong and think I've gone soft too, I just have a feeling I wouldn't live long if I continued to hang around with rose and cassie so with as little preamble as possible I simply stepped backwards and while they took off after James I muttered a vanishing spell and disappeared.

turning I left the woods with the Edison groups base behind and made a beeline for the nearest mall, time for a makeover, cant be recognised the nearest mall was a couple towns over to I dropped my invisibility and grabbed a taxi to the mall. once I was in the mall I headed straight for the hair salon and got my hair dyed a bright blond as well as finding some new cloths and buying a large selection of body sprays so I could confuse any werewolves that decided to try and track me down.

3 weeks later

Derek pov

it didn't get any easier, living without Chloe but I had to, to protect my family and friends. we destroyed all the Edison group bases and I hope that somewhere out there my Chloe is safe and happy.

kira approached me, "hey Derek I... I have someone who wants to talk to you."

"who?" I didn't really care it was probably Liz trying to make me feel better

"uh Chloe"

I froze, my Chloe was still here in limbo, I had never thought to ask kira if she could contact Chloe as I thought she would cross over straight away and would want to be left in peace "c...Chloe?"

smiling kira said "she said 'the one and only' and did like a funny little wave thing," I could picture her clearly I sighed if only I could see her one last time. I rubbed at the stone on Chloe's necklace which I had taken to wearing trying to make myself feel closer to her. then suddenly I saw her she was standing right in front of me staring up at me with an adoring smile on her face startled I jumped about a foot in the air and let out a startled yelp.

I saw Chloe bust up laughing and then look at me in confusion "you can see me?"

"and hear you apparently" I said

"how?"

"uh pass, I have no idea."

her gaze flickered down and landed on her necklace and a knowing smile graced her lips "who cares?" and then she drifted closer and reached for me, her arm passed trough and she sighed looking down.

"hey" when she looked up I smiled at her and said "so what it like being a ghost?"

she laughed and said "it actually kind of cool I went to see my dad and my old friends, I met up with my mum and we talked for a long time and now im hear to say my last and most important goodbyes."

"your leaving?"

"yeah I have to move on it not healthy to stay here too long and im taking Liz with me"

"oh, well what should I do? I don't really know how to function without you here"

smiling she said "I got wind of some other super naturals near Vancouver that could use some help"

smiling at her not so subtle hint that I should go help them I nodded and said "will you visit?"

smiling she nodded and said "tell the others I stopped by and said goodbye"

"I will, I love you Chloe"

"I know and I love you too Derek"

and then she vanished her body fading till it was no longer visible.

okay here is the next chapter and this story is about done I may write an epilogue I haven't decided just yet so read and review if you want another chapter if not I will probably just leave it like this.