This is the eleventh chapter to Full Moon. Hope you like it!
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Chapter 11
And The War Continues
The hours passed by and my patience shortened even more. 3 hours to be exact. Derek lay there sound asleep, not making a noise. He looked peaceful, so different from my Jacob. He usually snores, but I thought it was adorable. At least until drool started to fall from his lip. I began to stare at Derek again right after the news went to a commercial. They reported, the humans reported, that even more bodies have been found in Seattle last night. They said that the problem was out of control and that everyone stays inside, especially during the night. So that meant, no more hiking, no more fishing, and people would have to stop going to work and school on the night shift. Wow, this really is out of control. So this means that Aunt Alice can't go shopping anymore. Good, because I'm tired of my closet being redone every week. Derek then wiggled his eyebrows and I thought he was going to wake up, but his body went slump again. I sighed.
"Carlisle, how much longer?" I asked.
"I don't know.", he responded, "I never really took interest in what drugs do to humans. And I don't know what kinds he took. We'll just have to wait and see if he wakes up."
"Wait, what do you mean 'If he wakes up'? What if he doesn't; what are you talking about?" I felt my heart rate slow.
Carlisle sighed then he began to look at his feet from the couch. Suddenly he mumbled, "We'll pray for him." What? No, Derek can't die!
Reason number 1, he's so innocent! Too innocent actually. Well, he did steal some stuff and who else knows what, but I'm positive that those things wouldn't have been his first choice. If he ever had a choice. Reason number 2, we need him. Right now, Derek is the only source of information from the werewolves that we have. Besides our laptops. I knew what Carlisle meant; we'd just have to wait and hope for the best. So I would do that; patience Nessie. That's all you need right now, just wait. Jacob came back from patrolling the house and he had Seth, Quil, Leah, and Sam with his pack right behind him.
Jacob looked down at Derek then said, "Is he even close to waking up?"
Carlisle looked frustrated so my dad answered for him, "Just wait."
Sam's pack took a step closer to Derek to get a better visual. I stared at them suspiciously and they noticed, so they let down their glares. Opps, I didn't mean to stare at them like I was going to hit them or something. Oh well.
Jared furrowed his eyebrows then Paul asked, "Is he one of them?"
"Maybe, we don't know. Probably not though, at least not yet." my father told him.
Paul wrinkled his nose then said lowly, "Looks like it."
We all sat there silently then another 3 hours went by. Wake up Derek. Wake up! Please, I'm begging you! He began to look better than he did before. Began to look like his old self. That gave me a little hope. It was dark now and the moon shined a beautiful tan in the form of half a quarter. Jacob looked at Derek, then my eyes followed his. He was moving around a lot on the pillows and blankets he was propped up on. I heard Derek groan then we all got up. I stared at him and his eyes blinked slowly then progressed quickly. He looked around at us then his eyes landed on me, then at himself. He saw all the cords and whatever else Carlisle hooked on him.
"Wha..where am I?" he mumbled and I barely understood him. He started to panic and tried to pull off the shots filled with medication that traveled through his veins.
"No, it's just to get the drugs out." Carlisle informed him and Derek stared at his golden eyes and relaxed.
"I don't believe that, but I just don't care anymore." he sighed, then he puffed his cheeks like he was holding back vomit then I heard him swallow.
"How do you feel?"
"I feel like crap! Ugh, this is worse than...I don't know." Derek tried to get up, but Carlisle slightly pushed him back down and he stiffened.
"Your hands are cold." Derek said lowly and I saw him look at us, mostly my parents, aunts, and uncles. He looked shocked and just shook his head and tried to get up again. Carlisle let him this time and all he did was fall back on the sofa.
"Derek, what happened last night?" Carlisle asked.
"Long story, I don't feel like explaining. Let's just say I...um...I actually don't remember, but it wasn't my fault!"
"We know that." Esme assured him and Derek smiled a little.
"Okay Derek, we need to ask you an important question." Carlisle said.
"Am I going to get a prize?" Carlisle chuckled then he realized Derek was serious.
"Umm...if you'd prefer one."
"Just joking!"
"Oh alright. Well, we need you to tell us something. Do you know anything about the...killings in Washington?" he nodded then lost all amusement on his face.
"Okay, and what about who's orchestrating this?"
"Why do you think I would know?"
"Well, do you know anything about the...the ones who live amongst the moon?" Carlisle decided that was the best way to state it. Derek looked as if he understood then I saw him get angry.
"Look, I don't know anything about that!"
"Yes you do Derek.", my father told him, "I can hear it in your thoughts. All you have to do is tell us and you can do whatever it is you'd like." He looked at the ground and started to mumble things I couldn't understand.
"I don't care you if you give me a million dollars! I'm not a tattle, you think I'd really betray them for a bunch of parasites?" he yelled. I felt offended. Then I realized something, he knew what we were, or he just figured it out. Oh boy. A human knowing about vampires. One name popped in my head: Volturi.
I saw Jacob getting frustrated then said, "Look kid, they don't give a crap about you! So just spill it already!" Derek stared at Jacob then said.
"You don't know a thing. I know what you guys are thinking, and so do you mind-reader. You think you can just say anything that's convincing and I'll eventually give in because I'm 'young'. Yeah, well we're going to be doing this all night if that's what you were hoping for." Derek slumped into the cushions and waited for someone to say something. Hmm, maybe I could make him crack.
"Derek?" I said to him and he lost his cocky glare. It was working.
"What?" he said and turned away.
"Why are you doing this? Why are you taking their side. All they're doing is killing people. Is that what you want?"
"No..." he trailed off.
"Well, if you tell us then you don't have to be like them, you can stay the way you are."
"You mean I can stay weak and venerable."
"No, I mean you can stay...good."
He looked up at me then sighed, "I'm not saying another word." He closed his eyes and that was it. No matter what one of us tried to say to him, he just ignored us and didn't respond.
. . .
It was midnight by now from what I could see. Derek recovered and could walk again, but that still didn't mean he could leave. Every time he got up, Uncle Em, Uncle Jas, and some of the wolves would block his pathway. He just sat there on our couch, mumbling about how we're all going to be dead. My father assured us we were fine and that just made Derek hide his thoughts even harder. I sighed.
"Derek, please. Why are you doing? Why?" I yelled out.
"You'd do the same thing if you were me."
"I don't think I would."
"You wouldn't know..." He was right; I wouldn't know.
Another 30 minutes went by and Derek still wouldn't give in. He just sat there with his eyes wide open. I don't know how he did it, because I was getting tired. I yawned. I could see Jacob's pack getting angry, and Collin got up from his chair. Suddenly, Derek was pinned up against a wall with Collin right in his face.
"Just tell us already! I'm sick of this!"
"Cut it out Collin!" Sam commanded.
Collin knew he wouldn't win that argument, so he placed Derek on his feet who now looked frightened. Derek sat back down and put his head on the back cushion. Esme came in with a tray of food and all the wolves got up, except for Leah. She's not going to like us no matter what. I thought to myself and my father nodded. Even though she didn't like us, that never kept Esme from making her a meal. She'd reject it as usual and Seth would automatically grab her plate. On the other side of the room, we saw Derek tensing up and covering his nose. Jacob noticed Esme trying to offer him some of the hot dogs she made and he quickly stopped her.
"Here" Jacob said while holding out his hot dog wrapped in tin foil. Derek slowly reached out for it then Jacob continued, "If you tell us."
Derek realized what he was doing and rejected it.
"Alright fine, I'll just give it to Seth." Right when Jacob said that, Seth grabbed it from his hand while chewing on Leah's.
I felt bad for Derek, this is considered torture the way Seth kept munching. Eventually, Derek looked down and started to wipe his eyes then he tried to leave, but everyone stopped him. He decided to go to sleep after that, but he continued to wrinkle his nose. I saw Aunt Rose and Esme frown, but they went along with it. Derek, still curled up in a ball, started to sweat. Then he whispered,
"Fine, I'll tell you, just make it stop."
"Okay," my father said, "So where are they?"
"Umm...I don't know. We move a lot."
"Where was the last place you saw them?"
"I told you, I don't know."
"It's the drugs Edward.", Carlisle told him, "He'll remember by tomorrow, if I'm right."
"Alright, we'll handle it tomorrow." my dad said. Right when he said that I was ready to go to sleep and Seth already passed out. I wish I could go to sleep on cue. I was so tired that it felt like I could. The last thing I heard before going into sleep was Derek thanking Esme for his meal.
The next day I woke up it was raining and I was in my bed. I yawned like usual and I realized I wasn't in my clothes from yesterday. I was in something fresh, rather that the messed up hunting clothes. It was a long dark blue shirt with some black pants and a dark coat was right next to me. I got up and put it on. I went to meet my family and I saw that everyone was still there. Derek looked like himself again and was just getting finished eating some type of sandwich.
"It's about time you woke up!", Uncle Em said, "Now can we go?"
"Yes, we may leave." my father said.
"Would you like anything to eat or-"
"No Bella!", he yelled, "Come on, let's just go already!"
"I'm fine mom." I told her and she nodded.
"Okay, where to first?" Jake asked.
"Derek?" Carlisle questioned.
"I guess we could...um...go to the woods." Derek said and I saw his eyes were even darker. I sighed and decided to ignore it. Derek got up and he looked...taller. Well, humans grow right. Maybe he's just going through a growth sprit. Everyone else noticed as well then Carlisle asked,
"Derek, how old are you, exactly?"
"Uh, 12. Why?"
"Oh, it's nothing." Derek stared at us then followed where Emmett had already ran to. I was a little disappointed because I knew now that we had to go at a "human rate". Outside we saw Uncle Em all pumped up and we entered the area of green and brown. It was muddy and Derek was trying his best not to slip. We continued walking then Jacob suggested we split up.
"No Jacob", Carlisle said, "That may cause problems."
"What kind of problems?" Derek asked.
"Well, splitting up isn't a good idea. We should stay close." Derek nodded.
"Wait a minute, do you guys smell that?" Quil asked.
"Smell what?" Paul said. We all sniffed around and the raining increased, making it even harder to find the scent. Then I noticed it. Up in a tree, there was a strong texture of human and walnuts. Also I saw a little shadow.
"Look." I said and everyone's eyes followed.
"Ness, I don't see anything." Jake said.
"No one does." Leah said. What? I swear I'm not crazy! I stared even more and the shadow was gone.
"Well...there was something." I said and they all kept walking, ignoring me. Derek zipped up his jacket even more and I started to smell it again. Okay, this is just, I don't even know. So aggravating.
Minutes went by of us searching then I saw something in another tree. This time, they couldn't deny it. She was so visible. And she wasn't blonde. It was a girl who looked a little younger than Derek. Her brunette hair blowing in the wind right up under a large tree branch to keep her from getting wet. Derek looked confused as we all stared at the girl. The wind blew even more and I could smell her walnut scent. Sort of like Derek's scent, except his was more masculine and had an added cinnamon smell.
We all kept staring and Derek questioned what we were looking at. How would a girl that small get up that high in a tree. No one did anything and they just kept staring. I decided to break the stillness and climb up there. I grabbed onto the tree and started to go within human speed. I was almost there then suddenly, out of nowhere, I was knocked down and someone was on top of me. Then in the blink of an eye, I was in a choke hold. I tried to kick and swarm, but I was paralyzed. Then I noticed the giant bite mark on my left arm. Things got blurry and everyone's voice was an echo.
"Get away from her!", an unfamiliar voice yelled, "Or I kill her!" I saw my family and Jacob, barely. Jacob was now in his wolf form and his pack unsuccessfully tried to stop him, so he was pinned down by one of my family members.
"Okay, we'll get away from her.", a female said. Mom?, "Just please let her go!"
"Hmm, let me think about that..." A husky voice said an I felt a claw scrape my neck.
"Cut it out Richard!", a small voice yelled, "Let her go! go! go! go..." It repeated and I felt dizzy.
"Yeah, and what are you going to do about it? Humph! I can't believe you Derek! You do this to us, for them! I should kill both of you!"
All of a sudden, I was dropped and fell straight to the ground. I started to feel something inside me. A liquid running through my veins and it made me feel like I was crazy. I couldn't tell if I were screaming or not then I slightly opened my eyes. I had the vision of a human and things were farther away. Derek and some other boy with dark brown hair was rolling on the ground, fighting. Derek punched him and blood drew from someone's body. It was...human blood, Derek's blood. The boy threw Derek on the ground while he strangled to get up. Someone was being hit and I heard a crack. Snap! Another bone was broken, and the sound kept repeating over and over. I looked up, unwillingly, and I saw pale faces hovering over me. One of them were pinning me down, keeping me from moving, while he gave orders. I looked over at the fight again and I saw a wolf, not the shape-shifters, but a huge dark brown wolf that looked almost black.
I heard a large, massive howl then things went black. All I could remember was blood being washed away by the rain.
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