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Twenty one
Chloe POV
After the day's events and the horrid nightmare I had tonight all I really wanted to do was curl up under the welcoming bed covers and fall into a dreamless sleep. However, I could not do this because life just isn't that nice and somebody up there really doesn't like me at the moment. Now, I should have probably done what I had been told when Derek ordered me to stay inside and get Kit, but I'd had just about had enough of everything tonight and quite frankly I was getting a little bit cranky. That must have been what had made me decide to ignore Derek's orders and help him.
I ran from room to room shouting frantically at everyone to get their butts off their beds because we had an emergency. Well those words weren't used exactly but I would rather it be thought of that way. Anyway, apparently Simon, Kit and Tori where used to emergency drills or whatever because they were completely calm about getting to Derek to help him. I on the other hand had been freaking out about how Derek could be hurt or Royce and Rae could be out there.
I rushed down the stairs – accidently missing two in my haste and tumbled into Simon who helped me up – and ran into the cold night. I had completely forgotten about my lack of clothing until that moment but I was more concerned for my mates safety.
Tori and Kit where the last to come outside but they didn't question why I was suddenly screaming at them to get outside. I was trying to find Derek in the night but it was impossible, everywhere was quiet and it was too dark to see anything. Behind me Kit and Tori both had balls of light in their hands which I assumed where spells of some kind. Simon was standing next to me and was chanting something under his breath. Something was making my chest heat up, I pulled my pendant out to see it was glowing viciously.
Everyone's eyes were staring at me and the pendant but I had no idea what was going on.
"Check the forest. Tori go with Chloe, you're the most powerful one here right now." Kit ordered
She nodded and we took off running to the forest. Our footsteps echoed around the hopefully empty forest. The trees made shadows from Tori's light thingy in her hands and as we continued to run I could hear grunting ahead of us.
"This way!" I said
We turned left and continued to run through the darkness. Something snaked onto my foot and I fell on my face.
"Happy now blondie? Dragging us all back to our bodies for a bit of fun?" Something said.
I screamed as I looked into the empty eye holes of a rotting corpse. Tori threw her ball of light at it but it only made it angry. She helped me up and we started running again. Bats and rotting birds swept over our heads and would try pecking our eyes out.
"What's happening?" Tori panted
Even in the circumstances she sounded calm if not exhausted but still calm. I didn't bother answering because I knew just as much as she did. We reached a big clearing where a huge figure was bent down with rotting bodies all over it. The person was grunting and had a pool of blood next to it. I knew those grunts, and by the way I began feeling extremely protective of the person I knew it was my mate.
"Derek!" I shouted even though he was only meters away from me
His head snapped up and so did the corpses on top of him they all started getting off of him but came straight for me and Tori. She had her ball of light ready and made it go across the wide area of space where the corpses where. It made them fly backwards but they got up again straight after. I was too busy watching Derek to notice that one of the corpses had crawled towards me. This one was rotting more than the others and was making noises instead of words. It grabbed onto my arm and started dragging its body upwards. I started crying silently and tried pushing the creature off of me but it just dug its bony hand into my arms tighter.
"Gah gah gra gho gra." It said once it got close to my face.
It was repulsive and horrid. Its skull was only half there and its whole body had green moss on it. The other corpses were getting closer and Tori was still trying to get them away from me and Derek too.
"S-stop p-p-please." I said while crying
It dropped to the ground and stared up at me. I didn't know why it listened to me but I wasn't about to waste time finding out.
"S-stand s-s-still please." I said to all of them
They all stopped moving though some obviously tried not to. I rushed to Derek who was lying on the floor. A corpse was lying over him.
"Get off him." I ordered venomously because that was my mate.
The creature slowly got off Derek's body but this one wasn't as old as the others and still had its flesh on it.
"This is your fault missy. You did this to us and we don't like being treated like fools." The thing said
The other bodies started shouting and making noises in protest to what I was doing to them.
"Please be quiet. I didn't mean to do this to any of you. I'm sorry if I hurt you but it wasn't my intention to do so. I don't know how I did this but I want to help you. Okay? Just let me find out." I said
Everywhere was silent so I sat next to Derek and Tori followed behind me, still watching the bodies cautiously which was a good idea.
"Tori I need your jacket." I said without taking my eyes of Derek
She didn't say anything just took the jacket off and tossed it to me without looking away from the bodies. I put it on the source of the puddle of blood which was a cut going from one side of his stomach to the other. The fabric of the jacket was stained instantly but Derek seemed to be getting better as the blood stopped flowing out of him.
"Your dream -Raised the bodies - Brought them back - From the dead." Derek said
"How do I send them back?" I asked him
"You – need – concentrate – on – pushing – back" He said
It was obvious that talking was hurting Derek so I stayed quiet and concentrated on each individual body.
"I'm sorry I did this. I am going to send you back now. I never meant to cause you pain." I said
I sat down with my eyes closed and breathed in and out slowly. I visualised pulling the spirit of the corpses out of their bodies so they were in the air and floating. I imagined an open window that was filled with light and pushing the spirits into the window. It took a while because I did it individually so the spirits didn't fly away but eventually I got them all out of the bodies.
I opened my eyes again and looked at my pendant to see the glow on it was fading gradually. I looked back at Derek to see him staring at me. He was holding Tori's jacket to his wound but I was sure he was finished bleeding now. Tori helped me carry his weight back to the house which was hard considering he could barely hold himself up and he weighed at least twice as much as both of us. When we got to the house me and Tori led him up to his room and put him on his bed.
I got him a fresh shirt and put it next to him before helping him take of the blood stained t shirt he was wearing. I looked at the damage of the cut and it did look deep. I asked him where the first aid kit was and got it from the bathroom. Most of the bleeding had stopped but a small trickle was running down his side. I cleaned the cut then applied the only antibiotic that was in the kit. I called for Tori and she said she had sent a signal to Kit that said they were back at the house and safe so they should be with them soon. I bandaged the cut while I waited for Kit because I think Derek would need stitches.
When I looked back up at him I could see his eye where half closed but he was staring at me. I wiped his hair from his eyes so I could look at him properly and just kept stroking it soothingly.
"Hey." I whispered
"Hey." He said
"You scared me." I admitted "Are you okay now?" I asked
He nodded but he flinched like it hurt him to move much.
"I told you to stay inside." He said
"I don't usually listen to people that often." I said with a small smile
"You could have got hurt."
"So could you." I said looking at his cut
"I heal fast, you don't."
"You're not invincible Derek." I said looking back up at him
"But I can protect myself."
"I can protect myself! I got rid of those things." I said
"I know." He said "I was just worried about you."
"I'm okay." I said
I leaned down and pecked his lips gently, I loved how soft they were. He groaned as I pulled back and I smiled down at him.
Kit came in seconds later and I jumped off the bed so he could get a better look at Derek.
"You need stitches but with your werewolf healing I'm going to use the dissolvable ones." Kit said
"Should I leave?" I asked
"No!" Derek said immediately
Kit looked over at me then back at Derek.
"He needs to be with you right now Chloe. It's a werewolf thing, after everything that has happened his wolf is on edge right now and needs you to be close to him so he knows your okay." Kit said
I nodded and Derek signalled for me to go on the other side of the bed from Kit. While Kit worked on his cut I sat still and held onto Derek's hand. I watched as he stared up at me and it took everything in me not to kiss him again. Once Kit was finished he said Simon was going to be sleeping downstairs so I was free to stay in the same room as Derek which we both seemed to be happy about.
I lay down next to Derek and he pulled me close to him. I marvelled in how well built he was and ran my hand up and down his chest, feeling his muscles and 6 pack. He growled when I stopped and I giggled at his look of disappointment. I really wanted to kiss him again but didn't because the last two kisses had been me making the first move and I wanted him to be the one to kiss me. I didn't realise I was staring at his lips until I caught myself doing it and I blushed in the dark.
I sighed and relaxed into his side until my breathing slowed and I fell into a well deserved sleep.
I haven't updated in years and I am so sorry for that. I have been a little bit busy with school and such but I really want to update sooner if possible. I hope you liked this update and I know it was quite short but to be fair I was writing it really quickly. Love You All! Please comment what you think xx