*Mischievous laughter* That gives me a fun idea with Chloe since she hasn't figure that out yet. They aren't going to have downtime just yet;D
Jeremy's POV
Matt figured out a way to get to his car, I wasn't really listening. I think he was going to use magic to do it. We were to wait here until he showed up with the car.
Emma was going back to the state we found her in; scared, shaking, quiet. Everyone but Kyle and Chloe thought it was because of the vampires. But Emma was actually scared of herself. I brought her off to the side and we sat down against the wall.
"What the hell happened?" I asked softly.
Emma picked at the dried blood on her fingernails.
"Emma," I pressed.
"I couldn't control," she said finally. "It was like watching someone else's body."
I set my hand on hers to get her to stop picking. She wouldn't look up at me though.
"We all help each other around here," I said. "So let me help you. Derek taught me how to manage impulse control."
Emma shook her head quickly.
"I don't mean we're telling him, I'm saying let me teach you what he taught me."
"Oh."
"Trust me, ok? It won't work if you don't trust me. And this is something we need to work on, you don't want to accidentally attack one of these guys right?"
Emma shook her head and laid it on my shoulder.
"Good," I gently gave her hand a squeeze.
Chloe's POV
Tori and Simon decided to go around and do one more sweep for bodies in the building. The whole place was likely going to go down as soon as we lit the pile on fire but we wanted to be thorough.
"That was great," I smiled at Derek.
"Really?" He raised an eyebrow.
I nodded, "Of course! All of us fighting together, working together, winning together. Wasn't that an adrenaline rush?"
Derek rolled his eyes at me amused. I think he was happy that everything went so smoothly. No one was seriously hurt for once, and he got to fight beside me while protecting me. A best case scenario for an overprotective werewolf.
"There is one thing I have been wondering though," Derek said. I noticed the others listening in curiously. "Matt said that these vampires have been really active during the day, torturing the humans and all that."
We nodded.
"So then why were so many holed up here in a factory during the day," Derek pointed out.
That made me stop and think.
"Maybe they were resting from a busy night," Liz suggested.
"Or maybe this wasn't all of them," Kyle suggested.
A small shiver went down my spine, I couldn't count how many we had just fought but it was a fairly large nest. To think that there were potentially even more vampires roaming this town right now, coming back to this nest any minute. I did not like that.
"So then we stick around town for a few more days," I said. "Do some patrolling, watch the news to see what they say about their serial killer. If there are no more attacks then we probably got them all."
"But still why? Why were they here?" Derek frowned. "It just doesn't sit right with me."
It didn't sit right with any of us.
Matt showed up maybe half an hour later. He gave us all bottles of water to try to rinse ourselves off with so we didn't look like a bunch of murderers when we drove back. While we washed up, Derek shared with Matt his concerns.
"That's a really good point," Matt nodded. "I think you guys are right that we should stick around for a bit just to make sure it is all of them."
We rinsed off, dried off as best as we could, then piled in the car as Matt lit the fire. I noticed Kyle made an effort to sit as far back as he could to keep distance between him and Emma. Convincing him that she wasn't going to hurt us was not going to be the easiest task and he was one of the most easygoing of the group. What were the rest of them going to say when they found out?
It was snowing again by the time we got back to the safe house. We all climbed out and kicked around the snow for a bit while we waited for our turn in the shower. Everyone was too tired to actually do something with the snow, too tired for snowballs even. After my turn in the shower, I climbed right into bed and fell asleep.
Some time later
…ting… ting… crunch…
What was that? It sounded like someone breaking glass.
I rolled over and rubbed my eyes as I sat up. The small window between the two beds was not broken. But we forgot the draw the shade, the bright moon cast shadows all around the room.
Come on Chloe did you forget you have advanced hearing? It could have come from anywhere in the house. But it could have also been my imagination.
I slipped out of bed and tip toed out of the room. The boy's bedroom door was cracked so I popped my head in. That window was fine too. There was no window in the bathroom so I stepped out to the living room. The windows were fine from what I could tell. I stepped over to Derek's couch to wake him, maybe if he could double check them I would know if I was crazy.
I pulled back the blanket. No Derek just two pillows.
"What the-"
Ting… ting…click…
There it was again but it was a click not a crunch, I'd been too far away to hear it clearly before I guess. It was the sound of someone trying to move a door handle as quietly as possible. What was Derek doing outside? He doesn't really flee to change anymore.
I stepped into the kitchen to find Derek and see what he was up to. A voice whispered on the other side of the door making me freeze.
"Sedated right?"
I came closer to the door, that wasn't Derek's voice. Something sharp poked the back of my neck and I froze again.
"You should've stayed in bed."
The stench of blood came off his breath. Vampires followed us home.
"No," I said.
The sharp object pressed harder against my neck, breaking the skin. The back of my neck started to feel cold.
I wish I was quick enough to make a smart remark before I made a move but I didn't have one. I lifted my right foot and swung backwards as hard as I could, hoping to connect with something sensitive. The cold spread and things felt fuzzy as I spun around. Did my kick even make contact with the vampire?
Which vampires do you guys think it is? Remains from the nest they just attacked coming for revenge or did Emma's nest finally track them down?
