Kyle brought back a gray bedsheet and handed it to Matt.

"Come here," Matt said to the wolf.

The terrified wolf wasn't moving.

Jeremy reached out his hand again, "I promise we won't hurt you. We'll get you fixed up."

The werewolf smelled his hand again.

"Please," Matt set the sheet down.

The wolf stared at the sheet for a minute before coming forward as best as they could. It laid down on the sheet shaking from nerves.

"Hey hey, shhhh," Matt said quietly. Gently rubbing behind their ear. "You've got to stay calm so you don't change."

"Why shouldn't they change back to human?" Jeremy asked as he tucked the sheet around them.

"Changing with a broken bone is extremely painful and can lead to serious problems," Matt said.

The three of us stood and backed up to give Matt space. He lifted the werewolf who started whimpering.

"I know it hurts," Matt said. "It'll be over with in a second."

Matt quickly cut through the yard to the car. We all followed behind. Matt set the werewolf down in the backseat and got in the driver's seat. Kyle and I sat in the front; Jeremy slid in the back beside the werewolf. He pulled the sheet from their face.

Matt started driving. I was curious if were just going to head straight back with this stranger but I wasn't going to question. Matt knew what he was doing. Kyle and I watched Jeremy and the werewolf.

"Are you a guy or girl?" Kyle asked the werewolf.

"Kyle," Jeremy frowned.

"What? It's a valid question."

The werewolf looked at me. It was a female werewolf. Jeremy took the edge of the sheet and dotted the blood before it got into her eye.

"Man, they really hurt you," he sighed.

Her eyes dropped. Shame? Embarrassment? Whatever the reason was, she wasn't going to make eye contact.

Matt joined in the conversation, "Why don't you kids try to get some rest? We'll have our hands full when we get back."

None of us could fall asleep though, the fact that we found a beat up werewolf prisoner was a lot to process. It sucked that we couldn't ask her questions. I wanted to know who she was and what she did to get in a position like that.

By the time we got back to the motel, the werewolf had drifted off to sleep. She probably hadn't got real sleep in a long time.

"Ok," Matt said putting the car in park. "We can't bring her inside. Chloe and I will run inside and update everyone on what's going on. Then Jeremy and I will take her to another location to fix her up."

"Why me?" Jeremy asked.

"She seems to trust you the most out of all of us so far and we'll need something that can calm her."

Matt and I went in through the back entrance, he was still covered in vampire blood. We knocked on the door and stepped into the room. I was immediately swept off my feet by Derek in a huge hug.

"I'm so glad you're okay," he said into my hair.

"Bro, put her down before you squeeze her to death," Simon said.

"Where's Kyle and Jeremy?" Derek asked Matt, loosening his grip on me but he still held his arms around me.

"In the car waiting," Matt said. "We ran into a… hiccup of sorts. The vampires were holding a werewolf captive. She's in very bad shape. Jeremy and I are going to go fix her up."

Everyone's jaws were dropped.

"Why-?" Liz began.

"I don't really have any answers right now," Matt said. "She is still in wolf form so she can't really communicate with us."

"Where are you taking her to fix her up?" I asked. It wasn't like there was a supernatural hospital down the street.

Matt shrugged, "To be honest, somewhere secluded on the outskirts of town where we won't run into humans."

"Might she feel kidnapped again?" Simon asked.

Matt nodded, "That's very possible so we have to be careful not to overwhelm her and scare her off. She needs medical attention."

Matt excused himself and got cleaned up in the bathroom quickly then left. Kyle came into the room a minute later. Simon stole all of Kyle's attention immediately, asking about how it went. Derek and I listened to them for a few minutes before falling into our own world of conversation.

"How did it go here?" I asked Derek.

He shrugged, "Fine. A little stir crazy. I hope we can all go as a group soon. This sitting and waiting feels like a waste of time."

I nodded, "I'm sure we will soon. Matt's seen that we are all capable of fighting now."

Derek kissed the top of my head, "You, Chloe, are capable of anything and everything. I hope you know that."

Jeremy's POV

Matt came back out to the car with fresh clothes on and sent Kyle back inside. The car shifting into drive woke the wolf up and she jumped to her feet. I quickly grabbed her before she fell down.

"Hey whoa whoa it's okay. It's just the car."

She growled lightly but made no sudden movements.

Matt drove us to the industrial district of town and out to the warehouses. He put the car in park and turned around.

"This is probably our best bet for not running into humans. No one's going to be out here this time of day."

But just to be safe, we were to stay in the shadow of the car. Matt opened the door and helped the werewolf get out of the sheet.

"She's shaking," I said kneeling beside her. "Matt she's terrified."

"Wouldn't you be after what she's probably been through?" Matt said.

He helped her lay down on her side so he could examine her broken leg. Matt was very quiet as he did so. I just gently scratched behind her ear trying to keep her calm.

Finally I couldn't take the silence, "What is it that you aren't saying?"

"See the way these broken bones are pressed against her skin?"

I nodded.

"Its because they don't fit her leg," Matt said.

"What does that mean?" I asked. She started to whimper and shake more as she listened to us.

"It means these are human bones in her wolf leg, she needs to shift back before we can set them to heal."

My heart dropped, this girl had been through so much already and she was going to have to shift again with broken bones and wounds before she could get better? She would probably suffer PTSD for the rest of her life.

"I'm sorry," Matt said to her. "Are you ready?"