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Po: I'm here by myself for now. The others are busy with Holiday stuff. Here's the next chapter to UNDEAD. We thank you all for the reviews you have left. We really appreciate them, and we love to reply to you guys. Enjoy the next chapter to this story.
Derek walked up to Tuck, and laid a hand on his shoulder. Tuck turned around to look at him, wondering what was up. The girls were unaware and kept walking inside. Tori wrapped a blanket around Chloe, pulling her close, and away from Derek and Tuck. Tori and Tuck shared a quick glance, and he nodded. Tuck turned to look at Derek.
"Tell me the truth." Derek said. Tuck raised an eyebrow in question. "Is Casey pregnant?" he asked. Tuck's jaw went slack. How did he find out so quickly? Simon couldn't have gotten to him that quickly, especially with the van blowing up.
"Yeah, she is." Tuck said. Derek sighed, and rubbed his face. "Why are you so concerned?" he asked. Derek shook his head, and turned back to Tuck.
"How far is she?" he asked. Tuck looked back at Casey, then back to Derek.
"She's about a week." He said. Derek sighed once more. "Derek, are you okay?" Tuck asked. Derek shrugged him off.
"Do you know how long her pregnancy will last?" he asked. Tuck nodded.
"About nine weeks. It's faster when the girl is a wolf." Tuck explained. Derek nodded, already knowing this. "Dude, seriously you're freaking me out right now." He added. Derek folded his arms, looking at Casey.
"How is she going to lead the pack if she's pregnant?" he asked. Tuck looked at him shocked.
"Like she does every day, her pregnancy doesn't make a difference." Tuck said. Derek stared at Tuck like he was a fool.
"Casey has a choice now. Save her baby, or save the pack?" Derek looked back at Casey. "She nearly killed herself and the baby, saving Chloe." Tuck sighed, and folded his arms.
"Then I think you owe her then." Tuck said. Derek looked at him confused. "Like you said, Casey sacrificed herself to save Chloe. The least you could do is stay a little longer."
"You're telling me to stay?" Derek asked. Tuck just shrugged, knowing that Derek knew what he was saying. Derek grumbled something, staring at the girls. He looked back at Tuck, who smiled at him. Derek growled, not able to help feel obligated, and walked up to Casey.
Casey looked up at Derek, curious on why he looked so orderly. Derek looked her dead in the eye.
"I've made a decision." He said. Casey looked at him confused, and waited for him to continue. "We will stay." He said. Casey smiled, about to hug him, but he held up his hand. "But I am going to take control of the pack." He said. Casey narrowed her eyes at him. "Just until the baby is born, then you can take back your place as alpha."
Casey looked him over, and saw that he was being serious. She knew that he only wanted what was best for her. He was only looking out for her, and the baby. Casey sighed, making her decision.
"Okay, but we are setting some limits." She said. Derek looked at her, waiting for her to continue. "It's like this, I'm still Queen, what I say goes. But you will be like the war General. When it comes to battle you call the shots. Deal?" she asked.
Derek looked down at her stomach, and then back up at her. She reached out her hand, and he slowly reached out and shook it.
"Deal." He said. Casey smiled, and nodded in approval.
"Wait, I'm so confused. What just happened?" Chloe asked. Casey smiled and looked down at her.
"During my pregnancy, Derek will take control of the pack." She explained. Chloe's eyes widened in shock, and her mouth hung open.
"Pregnancy? Casey!" Chloe squealed, and pulled Casey into a hug. Casey laughed, and hugged her back. "How long have you been pregnant?" she asked.
"Only for a weak." Casey said. Chloe laughed, and looked down at her stomach.
"You're already showing though." Chloe said. Casey looked down, and laughed herself.
"I'm only going to be pregnant for 63 days, so this should be quick." Casey explained. Chloe pulled her into another hug, and squeezed her tight.
"Casey!" someone shouted. Casey pulled away from Chloe, to see two wolves bringing in a girl who looked to be 12 years old. She was as skinny as a twig, and her brown wavy hair hid her face. One of the wolves pulled her head back and it was the girl from before.
"We caught the one who set the van on fire." The wolf said. Casey walked forward, glaring at the girl.
"Who are you?" she asked. The girl didn't answer, instead she spat on the ground near her shoe.
"I'll take care of this." Derek said, laying a hand on Casey's shoulder. Casey began to refuse, but she remembered the deal. She nodded, and let Derek and the others go back outside and 'work' it out.
Derek took the girl and the wolves to the side of the barn. Derek ordered the wolves to pin her up against the wall, and she shouted at them. Derek noticed that this girl wasn't a vampire. He could still hear her heart beat.
"Who are you?" he asked. She shouted something at him in another language. He sighed. "Look, we can do this the hard way, or we can do this the easy way. Your choice." He said. The girl spat at him too. He shrugged, and nodded towards the wolf on his right.
The wolf took out a switch blade, and pressed it up against her throat. She gasped and looked at Derek. He stared back at her with a dead serious face. The wolf began pressing forward, and she squirmed.
"Nakita!" she shouted. The wolf backed up a little.
"Who do you work for?" Derek asked. She didn't say anything, and Derek nodded at the wolf again. She held in a scream, and looked at Derek.
"Thomson. Mr. Thomson." She said her voice carried a thick Spanish accent. Derek looked at her expressionless, but he was wondering who this Thomson guy was.
"Why did Thomson send you?" he asked. She sniffed, looking close to tears.
"He said that, if I didn't do what he told me to, he would sell my little brother and sister to slave traders." She said. Derek glowered at her.
"Why did he send you to us?" he asked. Nakita shook her head, almost looking pleadingly.
"He did not say, he just told me to do it. Please if you do not let me go, he will send my family away." She begged. Derek couldn't help but feel bad for the girl. She was only 12, and she was being forced to do someone's dirty work.
"How did you set our van on fire?" Derek asked. Nakita began to sob, and hung her head.
"Please sir," she begged.
"How?" Derek persisted. She sniffled and looked up at him, her expression turning hard.
"With my own hands." She said. Derek looked from her face, to her hands, and then back to her face.
"You can make fire with your hands?" he asked. She nodded, glaring at him too. He began thinking, it would be a giant risk, but they could use her. "I'll tell you what." He said. Nakita's expression turned confused.
"You cooperate with us, Nakita, and I will make sure no harm will come to you, and we will do our best to get your family back." He promised. Her expression turned to surprise.
"You can do that?" she asked. He shrugged.
"We've done harder things." He said. She stared at him for a while deciding on whether or not to believe him. She decided to trust him, and nodded.
"I promise sir." She said. Derek nodded, and had the wolves let her go. She fell to the floor, and caught herself with her hands. Derek crouched down to look at her closely.
"Remember, if you give me any reason to think that your plotting against us, I can end you." He threatened. Nakita nodded, and he helped her up.
He brought her back into the barn, and handed her over to Tori. Tori looked up at him pissed, and confused.
"She needs to be cleaned up." Derek said. Tori looked down at her, then back up to Derek. "After she's cleaned up, she'll tell us what she can." He said. Casey looked from the girl to Derek.
"Are you sure about this?" she asked. Derek merely nodded. "Okay, Tori take her to one of the wives and have her run her through a bath. Then get Catharine to find some other clothes for her. Tori sighed, and nodded. She took the girl towards the wives, and did what Casey ordered.
"I really hope you know what you're doing here Derek." Tuck said, watching Nakita walk away.
"Don't worry. She'll be fine." Casey said, watching her as well.
Po: Really hate to cut you guys off right there, but that's all BW gave me to give to you. A special thanks to chloerockslikeme for giving us the name for Nakita. It's a great name. Hope you all enjoyed it, and leave a review to let us know how much you liked it/didn't like it. Happy Holidays!