Here is the next chapter, my lovelies.

Hope you like.

Why would they tell them I was dead?

I quickly shook my head, to erase it of any thoughts; I need to get my head in the game.

I took a step away from Derek and started to make my way towards the door.

"Just stay here, okay? Ill come back and get you out of here. Just…stay, and keep quiet" and with that I stepped out of the closet and shut the door behind me. I went over to were I saw Diana last, the sooner got her out of here, the sooner I could get them out.

I went up the stairs and looked into the rooms that she headed into before.

"DIANA, WERE ARE YOU?" there was no reply. I took a few steps forward when I suddenly felt myself be airborne. I went over the railing and crashed into a wall before finally hitting the wall. "Argh that hurt" I slowly started to stand up when I was flung again in another direction. "Aarrrggghh" this time I landed in to a pile of trash cans and boxes.
"Will you stop, THROWING ME" I rolled onto my back and sat up before I was pushed back down again, Diana was sitting on top of me.

"You really thought I was stupid, didn't you?" I gave a small laugh, "I didn't think you were, I knew" she slapped me on the face and pinned my arms above my head.

"What are you doing? What, the witch has finally lost it?" she really has gone crazy.

"No, I get to do something that I have always wanted to do" I saw a flash of silver before I felt a sharp pain I my lower stomach. She fucking stabbed me with a switchblade, very original.

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh" I may be a vampire, but it still hurts the same as if I was a human. She pulled out the blade slowly, making me feel every nerve, before she stuck it in again. Tears started to roll down my cheek as I let out another scream, I clenched my teeth to try and hold it in. "oh, im sorry does that hurt?"

"The only...cough…. reason you're doing this….is because I can't kick …your ass"

She gave a throaty laugh before continuing "that maybe, but im still gonna take satisfaction out of this" she sat up slightly and lifter her hand up like she was about to punch me, only a second later sparks came from her palm growing bigger and bigger each second that went passed.

"Bye, Chloe" I closed my eyes and the last thing that passed through my mind was "im sorry guys"….

The hit never came; I opened my eyes to see Diana frozen above me, binding spell, but that means-

"Are you just gonna sit there, or are you gonna get up?" I turned my face away from my attacker and found Tori with her arm raised with a look of concentration on her face.

"I don't think I have ever been happier to see you" she gave me a small smirk. I grabbed hold of her hand and haled myself up, only to hunch back over in pain. "Um, maybe I shouldn't do that in the future," I wrapped my arm around my waist and stood up a little straighter. Tori gave me a worried glance but I just waved her off, I needed to get her and the guys out of here.

"Were are Derek and Simon" she put her arm underneath my shoulders, allowing me to rest some of my wait on her. "they went out to check for anyone passing by, but they should be back by now" that was all that I needed, I let go of Tori and raced forward to wards the doors that led outside, I found them just outside the door. "What do you think your doing?" they both swung around to face me, but showed a look of relief when they knew it was me. That didn't last too long when they got a good look at my torso.

Simon stepped towards me "Chloe, what the hell happened, are you ok?" I gave a small laugh. The adrenalin was starting to ware off, making me feel the full blown pain again.

"Yeah, if being stabbed in the stomach twice by a witch bitch is okay, I feel peachy" I waved off what Simon was about to say next. "Forget about it, we need to find away to get you guys out of here" I looked over at Derek, he was just standing there looking out around the corner. I noticed he hadn't said two words to me or even looked me in the eye, that realisation broke my heart a little inside, forget him, I need to come up with a plan.

Tori, in that second came rushing through the door out of breath "three guards are coming this way, what do we do?" I stepped up next to Derek and took a look around the corner, DR Davidoff stood there, maybe if I distracted him… I've got it!

"Guys, when I tell you to, you will make a dash for the fence over there, you will hop it and you will get as far away from here as you can, got it?" they nodded "but make sure you don't stop, you will keep going and you wont look back, okay?" my breath hitched slightly, and my palms started to sweat, you need to protect them, you cant fail some one else again.

I took a breath and was about to step around the corner when a muscled hand grabbed my arm and dragged me back, I looked up into a pair of emerald green eyes.

"Your not coming back are you?" it was more of a statement then a question. I placed my hand on his cheek and gave him a small smile. "You need to protect your pack, that is your priority. Mine is to get you guys out of here. Take your pack and keep them safe" a look of panic passed over his features, like he regretted something, just make amends.

"Look, what I said before-" I placed my finger against his lips to stop him from carrying on "I know" I stood up on my tip toes and gave him a small kiss on the cheek, I turned around and headed around the corner, towards all of the guards, towards my end.

Before I reached them I whispered "always protect your pack, Derek. Don't forget that, never forget that" a few more steps forwards and I was standing right in front of Davidoff, he glanced down at my torso but just waved it off and the first words out of his mouth were.

"So, did you pick up on a scent, did you get anything?" yeah, I got stabbed in the fucking stomach by your psycho co worker. Now time for the distraction.

"Yeah, I just have one thing I need to do", "what would that be Chloe?" I could feel Derek watching me. I stepped closer to him, as close as I could without giving myself away "this" the next thing, my fangs had come down and I attacked Davidoff. My fangs pierced his neck and he gave a huge scream before he dropped to the floor, two shots rang out in the air, but I didn't feel them. I attacked the first guard, effectively knocking him out with one punch, light wait, lol. The second guard was trying to stab me in a stake before I drop kicked him in the head. As I turned back to the corner were I left my friends, my eyes locked with Derek's, he showed a smile and I saw him mumble a "thank you" I gave a small nod. There was a loud 'crack' behind me before I felt something hit my back. The pain was excruciating and I could see stars start to form in front of my eyes. My body started to shut down like I knew it would, and in one final moment I locked my eyes with Derek's again and said one word, I knew he would understand.

"Run" I collapsed to the ground, and the last thing I saw was Derek, Simon and Tori heading towards the fence while a load of guards headed towards were I lay, before everything went black.

Derek POV

I locked my gaze with Chloe's, the sunlight was starting to set behind her and It created a halo, making her stand out from everyone else. She gave me a small nod and a smile started to grace her lips when I saw someone behind her. My eyes widened and before I could call her name, she was struck in the back with a lightning bolt. A look of shock crossed her beautiful features, and when we locked gases again she told me one word, a powerful word that got me moving, without looking back. "Run". I turned away and dragged Simon and Tori along just as I saw her collapse to the floor.

"You need to protect your pack, that is your priority. Mine is to get you guys out of here. Take your pack and keep them safe", "always protect your pack, Derek. Don't forget that, never forget that" her words kept ringing around in my head as I pushed Simon and Tori over the top of the fence, and once they dropped down they started to head into one of the gullies that Chloe had pointed out. I turned around to find no guards chasing us or shooting at us. They were all concentrated on Chloe. I could still see her lying there on the floor, making no movement, not even to breath. My heart clenched as a feeling of guilt passed through me as I had failed at keeping my friend safe, someone I had promised to help, and I had let them down. Concentrate, Derek. I ran into the gully to catch up with Simon and Tori. Simon came towards me and caught my arm before I could move away "where's Chloe? She was right behind you" I made my face go blank and my voice flat "she isn't coming back, she was our distraction to get away" I turned away and sat down on the ground placing my back against the wall. "What do you mean, she isn't coming back? She a tuff cookie to crack" I looked up to realise that Tori had said this, "why do you care? You made sure her life was hell at Lyle house, what are with the sudden friendship changes between you two?" she crossed her arms across her chest and popped out her hip "why do you care? wolf boy… aaww is someone jealous?" she made the word sound dirty, like it was a sin to feel jealousy at all, not that I do, I thought quickly. I gave a growl in her direction before Simon stud between us. "This is not the time for bickering. God, you two act like an old married couple" at that statement me and Tori looked at each other with shock before giving each other death glares.

"Great, now that I have your attention, we need to come up with a plan" there was a snort that came from Tories direction. "What good is that gonna do? Were gonna die trying, so what's the point saving someone who can't die? She wouldn't want us to die trying to save her, you know this" Simon gave her a look before answering "because we are a team, a pack. And a team always sticks together and help each other"

"You need to protect your pack, that is your priority" I realised then, that Simon was right. We do need to stick together, and she needs our help. I stood up and went over to Simon and Tori andstarted to come up with a plan of action, because I realised then that I know what I must do.

"You need to protect your pack, that is your priority" and that is exactly what I am planning to do.

So what did you think? I know I took forever; it is just that my computer has become very slow, and it wouldn't even help me fix some of my corrections on my work.

I hope it wasn't too rushed, or boring.

Please R&R thank you *brofist*