Tess's House THIRD PERSON.

Chloe sat there perfectly still like she had been trained to. Elijah glanced over at her every once and a while when she would twitch. He thought she was starting to lose her grip on her vampirism. Nate hadn't given her very much blood lately, just enough to keep her under control. And now she was sitting here starving. He hoped she didn't lose control and go after him.

A chill ran over his skin from the cold night air.

"We can't keep this up," Elijah said. "We have no idea how long they will be gone." He stood up. Chloe followed suit. "Where is somewhere warm we can stay the night?"

Chloe looked at the home.

"Is there anywhere else?" he asked.

Chloe continued to look at the home

He sighed, this is was not a good idea and he knew it, but they would freeze being out here all night.

"Do not touch anything," he instructed her. He hated that Nate brainwashed her but he had to admit it came in handy sometimes to know she would definitely listen.

They walked up to the house and Chloe stood still. Elijah pulled on the door and it didn't budge. He didn't want to break in because that would work against his motive of peace.

"Find a way in that doesn't involve breaking anything."

"Yes sir," Chloe disappeared.

She hopped up onto the roof to look for skylights, she checked all the windows. Nothing. As she rounded the house to go back to Elijah when she tripped over something. Chloe hissed at the object, until she realized what it was. A screen covering a tiny entrance to the crawl space. Chloe pulled it off and made her way inside it. The place stunk of wet dirt. Chloe worked her way into the basement and came up to the door.

"Good job," Elijah said as he stepped in.

He turned to appear to be shutting the door when instead he grabbed Chloe's arms twisting them behind her back. Cold metal twisted around her forearms. She growled loudly at him.

"Oh calm down," he said. "This is just a safety measure so you don't do something stupid while I'm asleep."

Chloe struggled against it.

"Stop." He ordered as he shut the door and re-locked it. She did. "If you behave tonight, I'll find you blood in the morning. I know you need it."

He saw the flicker of desperation for blood in her eyes. Elijah walked around her and towards the living room. Chloe found herself forced to follow him. He noticed the confused look on her face and said;

"This device doesn't just restrain your arms, it makes sure you're never more than five feet from me."

He sat down in the recliner, maybe it was the dim lighting but he seemed to have dark bags under his eyes. Chloe twitched slightly but Elijah ignored it, he knew she wouldn't have a conversation with him anyway. But at least he got them both out of that dark place.

Derek's POV

My body felt hot, I moved uncomfortable. Trying to push whatever was on me, off of me. I didn't find any blankets with my hands though. I heard muffled speech next to me but couldn't make out the words. I felt so hot why was it so hot?

"Derek, open your eyes," finally came through clearly.

I blinked. The room was bright white and smelled of sterilized equipment. Someone squeezed my left hand. I looked over to see Simon on the verge of tears.

"Hey," he smiled.

"Where am I?" I asked, my throat felt a little dry. The last thing I remembered was being in the wooded area fighting a man with a hammer.

"You're in the hospital," Dad said. He was standing behind Simon.

I propped myself up on my elbows and tried to sit up but something was tightly wrapped around my stomach.

"What's with the bandages?" I asked.

"You got real hurt," Simon said. "We thought we were going to lose you."

I looked around at everyone and realized I wasn't the only one who got hurt. Matt was in a cast on crutches, Tess had her arm in a sling, Jeremy and Rachel had ice packs on their heads, and everyone else was black and blue with cuts.

"Where is she?" I asked.

Tess sighed, "We were going to ask you that. You seemed to know before that she wasn't at the house."

I shook my head. They seemed confused that I would shake my head in response. I dropped back onto the pillow, we'd been so close to finding her and I let her slip through my fingers again.

I pulled at the collar of the hospital gown.

"Why's it so hot in here?"

To my surprise, Tori was the one with the explanation.

"I used magic to heal your wounds. Your body might be in a bit of shock from all the sudden changes."

"So I'm good to go?" I asked. They knew me too well, I wanted to get back in the car and go. I couldn't sit here.

Simon set a pair of scrubs pants on my leg.

"This was all I was able to swipe from the nurses station. Your clothes are trashed."

Dad pulled the IV out of my arm while saying to the group;

"Alright, everyone out so he can get dressed."

I swear I saw Rachel look back at me with a wink as she left the room but I chalked it up to delirium. I was still trying to wrap my head around waking up to all this.

I pulled off the gown and bandages, my skin still felt tender so I decided to leave one layer of bandages on. I put the scrubs pants on and pocketed the IV bag of painkiller for later in case Tori's magic was flawed. I stepped out into the hallway where everyone was. It was dimmer than the room, they must dim the lights at night when there are less people around the hospital.

"Lets go," Dad said, walking close to me. He probably was waiting for me to fall over dead or something. I could feel my heart rate pick up as we walked, my body was definitely struggling to play catch up. Even with how stubborn I can be, I knew this meant to take it easy for a bit.