I am so, so, so, so, so sorry for not updating for a really long time. Don't worry, this isn't a boring chapter. I sped up, so this chapter won't be about Erica, Boyd, and Isaac's training or about them going to school. This is when they check out Amy's family and sit down to eat some cookies! Note my sarcasm. Anyways, enjoy!
After seven days of training, Derek deemed the young wolves ready. He threw every challenge and scenario at them, and they were able to pass it after rounds of practice. Boyd improved on his speed, Isaac his endurance of pain, and Erica her concentration. Speaking of Erica, she is currently stranded in her thoughts.
Days passed since her and Derek's make-out session and now, she is wondering if he just used her for the night. She would feel herself shift when the thought Derek using her and leaving her in the dirt hit her.
It was the night before they were going to break into the warehouse Amy and her coven were hiding in. Derek went over the plan with them over and over again making sure it's drilled into their head, so there was no way they would forget.
Boyd
Finally, tomorrow night is when we're going to the warehouse. The plan is that we would tie Kevin up and bring him with us. I'm in charge of making sure he doesn't escape, and preventing his family from freeing him. Erica, Scott, Isaac, and I will stay outside and Derek would break in. He says he's going to threaten them, let them know that if they harm any human being, we would kill Kevin.
If a fight starts, then everyone except for me will enter the warehouse and help Derek. Derek made sure we don't forget what to do, questioning us about our job to make sure we would remember.
If we're outnumbered, Derek said we are going to try and fight them off and we can't, we have to flee.
Derek reminds Scott to report at the subway station after sunset, because they will leave around 6. Everyone goes to bed that night, anxiously waiting for the mission to be set into action. Everyone has receives wounds from training, but everything healed. On the third day of training, Derek broke Boyd's left wrist. Fifth day, Derek made a gash on Erica's shoulder, on the second day Derek scratched Isaac's abdomen, and on the sixth day, he broke Scott's leg.
Everyone woke up, ready for the night to come. The teenagers were ready to get on with school, with strict orders of avoiding Amy as much as possible.
Derek
I pull up in front of the high school. Erica, Isaac, and Boyd hear the engine of the car and run out of the front doors, racing each other. Isaac gets into the car first, bragging to the other two, who just roll their eyes at him. I've been noticing something about Erica, she's been quiet lately and I barely hear any of her smart and sarcastic comments. I wonder if she still thinks about the night we kissed.
I push the thought out of my mind as I step on the gas and drive away from the high school. I take in the scent of the flowers that lie in the woods up ahead. I think Erica might've caught the scent as well, because she sits up straight and inhales deeply.
"Tiger Lilies." she says. I nod, she's right.
Erica
I can't wait to see the look on Amy's face when we walk into that warehouse. Shell probably be scared, shocked even, that we know the location of where she hides. I grin when the image of her begging at my mercy appears in my head. God, I don't know if I can wait any longer.
I look over at Derek. These past days have kept me wondering alot. That night, was it just a one night thing? Or a just-got-caught-up-in-the-moment thing? Or was he just using me as some sort of temporary pleasure? My blood boils at the sound of that.
"Erica?" Isaac calls.
"Yeah?" I ask.
"Why are you growling? Do you sense something?" he asks. I shake my head.
We park in front of the abandoned subway station and walk inside.
"You guys should get something to eat, hydrate yourselves because who knows what will happen tonight." Derek says as we walk down the stairs.
"You don't think it will be easy to fight vampires in skinny jeans, do you?" he says to me. I roll my eyes and walk into my room.
I throw my bag on my bed and walk back outside. I knock on Isaac's door.
"Yes?" he asks.
"You and Boyd wanna get something to eat?" I ask.
"yeah, let me change first." he says and closes the door. I knock on Boyd's door and invite him, too.
The three of us walk out of the hallway and see Derek organizing the crates we knocked down during training.
"Hey Derek, can you drop of us off at the diner?" Derek reaches into his back pocket and tosses the keys to Boyd. He reflexively catches it, and furrows his eyebrows down at the keys then at Derek.
"Boyd, you drive. I'm just going to stay back and fix things." Derek says, he hands Boyd some money. We walk up the stairs and get into the car. Boyd drives to the diner and we go inside and order our food.
"What do you think is going to happen tonight?" Isaac asks.
"Amy's family is definitely going to attack. I think they'll try to free him." Boyd says.
"That's why you got to apply alot of Lamia Blooms on the rope." I say. Lamia Blooms are green plants that are poisonous to vampires, just how wolfsbane is poisonous to werewolves. A Lamia Bloom studded rope is going to be tied around Kevin's hands and legs when we bring him to the warehouse.
The plant will cause his skin to irritated and make him weak. Whenever he tries struggles to get it loose, the Lamia Bloom on the rope will subdue him.
We eat our food in silence and when everyone finishes, we leave a tip on the table and get into the car. The sun is setting, so Scott should be heading to Derek by now. Just like I predicted, we see Scott walking along the road.
Boyd rolls his window down and tells him to get in the car.
"Why were you walking?" I ask.
"My mom took away my car keys, remember?"
"She still has it?" Isaac asks. Scott nods.
We arrive at the old station and get inside.
Derek has them do some last minute training until it's 6:00. He tells Boyd to get the Lamia Puff rope, while he goes to fetch Kevin. Derek comes back out, restraining a tired looking boy. When Boyd ties the rope around his hands and legs, he screams. He skin starts to turn a deep shade of red, from the toxin in the plant. Kevin stops with the screaming and looks down at the rope, he looks back up at Derek with anger in his eyes.
"Lamia Blooms?!" he yells. Boyd gets duct tape and puts it over his mouth.
Everyone walks up the stairs and into Derek's car. Derek parks far away from the warehouse, because he thinks the vampires will hear the engine and come out and attack. Boyd holds Kevin and walks with everyone to the front of the warehouse. Derek puts his arms up, signaling for the others to stop and stay. He pushes the big doors open with ease and walks inside.
The wolves outside hear alot of hissing from the vampires.
"What are you doing here?" Amy asks, with an astonished expression.
"To make a deal." Derek says calmly.
"What deal?" Amy spits out.
Derek looks at the other vampires at the back. The oldest looking woman, must be Amy's mom. Two teenage girls, one old-looking man, and two young men who must be in their early twenties.
"You guys don't feed on anyone here." Derek says.
Erica, Scott, Boyd, and Isaac listen closely from outside as the conversation resumes.
The older woman, who Derek assumes is Amy's mother speaks up. "No. You guys killed my son." she says in a icy voice.
"We didn't, in fact we have him with us." Derek says. All the vampires in the room have shocked and questioning look on their faces.
"And if you spill any human blood, we will kill Kevin." Derek says. They all glare at him.
"What can we do, to get him back?" One of the teenage girl blurts out. She has ivory skin and straight auburn hair. She has a worried look on her face.
"Leave Beacon Hills." Derek says coldly.
"What if we don't hunt humans? Just animals?" the girl says, Derek sees the pleading in her eyes. All the other vampires glare at her for begging a werewolf.
"Why should I trust you guys?" Derek asks.
After he finishes that sentence, he is flung across the room. He looks up and see the man, probably the leader of the coven glaring daggers at him. He doesn't have time to attack Derek when Erica, Scott, and Isaac bursts in and let out a warning growl. Amy, her mother, and both of the twenty year old boys hiss back at them. The two teenage girls hide at the back, trying to avoid the fight. Amy lunges for Erica, her mother springs forward at Isaac, and the two men go for Scott.
Now with everyone after each other's throats, the man that attacked Derek picks him up by his collar and punches him in the face. Derek spit blood in his face and headbutts the man. Since both of them are leaders, their strength is evenly matched. In fact, everyone against each other is evenly matched. Amy was turned not too long ago just like Erica. Both men who are going at it with Scott are a fair match because there are two of them, and they are newborn vampires and are up against Scott who has been a werewolf longest out of the four teenagers.
Amy kicks Erica in the head and sends a punch, but is blocked on time. Erica tries to copy the flip Derek did in training, with average results. She lands behind Amy and sends a kick to her lower back. Amy swipes at her abdomen, effectively causing it to bleed for a short period of time before it heals. She smirks at Erica, who scowls back.
The lady punches Isaac in the face and is about to send another one to his gut, but Isaac grabs her extended hand and twists it. She screams, then kicks him sending him backwards ten feet and causes him to hit the wall. She charges for Isaac, who anticipates it. When she's close enough, Isaac grabs her and tosses her over his shoulder. The woman lands on her feet, a grin spreading across her lips at Isaac's amused expression.
The guy with ashy blonde hair charges at Scott, but is punched across the face. The other one, the guy with dark mahogany hair jumps on Scott's back, pulling his head back, forcing him to fall. Both of them tower over him and are about to strike, but Scott acts quickly and kicks one of them off. He wraps his hands around the other's neck and kicks him in the balls.
Derek ducked as the man swipes at his face, hitting the wall that Derek's head had been leaning on a few seconds ago. Derek tackles him, his shoulder pushing the man's stomach back. They land and Derek elbows him in the face. The man grabs Derek by the collar again, and uses his feet to throw Derek over his head.
Erica send a high- fly kick under Amy's chin, causing her head to be thrown back. Amy raises her hand, but Erica grabs it, twists it and puts it against her back. She sends a power packed kick to Amy's back and Amy goes flying into the wall.
Boyd latches his hands on Kevin's arms, and tightens his grip every time he moves. Kevin is suffering from the effects of the Lamia Blooms, and the healing can't kick in, because the rope is covered in a thick layer of the poisonous flower. Every time Boyd would tighten his grip, Kevin would try to curse, but his voice is muffled by the duct tape.
Just as the wolves feel that they have the upper hand, they smell the presence of someone else in the room. Erica stands in front of Amy, who is sitting against the wall. Amy kicks Erica's legs, making her fall. Erica gets up and is about to attack, but stops when a tail wraps around her feet. She looks at Amy, who just smirks at her. Erica bends down to release the tail, but the it pulls her toward the owner.
The kanima, or Jackson, holds Erica by the back of her neck and looks into her brown eyes. Erica raises her hand to punch him, but his scaly hand catches hers. In one swift movement he paralyzes her and sinks his pointy, razor sharp teeth into her shoulder.
Erica
First, I feel a stinging sensation across the back of my neck. The venom doesn't sink in yet, because I feel his fangs sink into my skin. When I feel everything enter my bloodstream I lose control over my body and all of a sudden, I'm thrashing around recklessly. Like I'm having a seizure. Jackson tilts his head from side to side, and runs before any of the boys can get him.
"Erica! Shit, I'm coming!" I hear Isaac yell. He kicks the lady he's fighting with in her neck and darts over to me.
"Derek!" he yells in a panicked tone. Derek turns and his eyes widen at the sight of me thrashing around.
"Get her into the car, I'll hold them off." Derek yells back and punches Amy's dad in the face.
Isaac scoops me up in his arms and runs for the exit. Amy runs behind Isaac and tries to stop him by trying to swipe at the back of his head. I feel so helpless. I can't even move my lips to form a warning.
I see a pair of hands planted on Amy's shoulders. They force her to turn around, and now Amy is face-to-face with Scott. Before Amy can attack him, Scott kicks her back fiercely and she flies back and knocks into her dad causing both of them to ram into the wall.
We're finally outside. Boyd looks at me sympathetically.
"What happened?" he asks.
"Jackson." Isaac says. He sits in the car, with me on his lap still thrashing. Scott runs out of the building with Derek beside him. They dart into the car, with Boyd restraining Kevin behind. Derek steps on the break mindlessly. My eyelids feel heavy. I hear Isaac telling me not to close my eyes. Derek almost crashes the car on the way to subway station.
I am on the floor of the abandon subway station. Derek is squeezing my arm bloody to get the venom out. I scream from the pain until it fades. This is the second time Jackson has incapacitated me. The first being at the library in school during detention.
"Damn you Jackson." I say under my breath. I feel arms lift me. I am placed on my bed. I feel better now.
"Wait." I say. I grab Derek's hand.
"You owe me an explanation." I say. His eyebrows furrow.
"That kiss the other night." I say.
"Do you actually feel something for me?" I get straight to the point and look him in the eye.
"Yes." he says.
"It's just that there is no time for a love story when your facing a threat." he says. He places his hand on mine and holds onto it firmly. Those are the last words that I hear before my eyes drop and I succumb to sleep.
There you go :) Finally, another Derica moment! I will try to update more, because I hate leaving my readers hanging. I will never abandon this story or any other story I write, NEVER. You guys got to see Isaac as a brother to Erica, so I hope you guys liked it! Do you guys think Derek and Erica should go public with their relationship? Like let the pack know that they are official mates? Let me know in a review, the most votes will be chosen :) Again, sorry for not updating.