Chapter Three

Broken Knee

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"There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle"

- Deepak Chopra

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Four days had passed and Derek's body was recovering at a painstakingly slow rate. Deaton had finally managed to get his hands on the same type of wolfbane the cops had used (ever since the plant had gone commercial it probably wasn't that hard anymore), so Derek was finally out of the woods. The bullet wounds had mostly healed, they weren't bleeding anymore but the soreness was still an issue. All issues with his knee had yet to be solved though; Derek couldn't walk.

It wasn't at all unusual for wounds so full of wolfsbane to take a few days to fully heal, but a few good swings to the knee with a bat? He should be fine by now, able to walk and run like any normal person.

But that wasn't the case; he was forced to use a cane for the few times he got out of bed. If Derek couldn't walk he couldn't fight. And if he couldn't fight he wouldn't be able to defend himself, or the ones he loved.

And that was a scary thought.

The wolf slammed his fist down on the bedside table, eyes glowing a violent blue.

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"We shouldn't be up here, Stiles" Scott whined following his best friend up the stairs in the center warehouse. It was 'off limits' to any of the kids but Stiles liked to think that was more as a strongly worded suggestion rather than a rule.

"If we didn't do everything we weren't supposed to do then you wouldn't be my best friend, Scotty," Stiles pronounced while climbing higher up the stairs.

"Come on Stiles! Your dad put that chest up here for a reason," Scott pleaded,

"Dad wants me to give up my heritage, everything my mother taught me, and move back home."

Scott sighed, "What do the people at his work think anyway? They have to know that you haven't been in school in three months,"

"Probably that my dad withdrew me to protect me from the monsters of this world," Stiles joked and turned around to face Scott, "Too bad they don't know that my best friends a werewolf," he teased.

Scott laughed, "Because you thought it was a brilliant idea to be out in the woods in the middle of the night!"

"Oh come on! Its not like I dragged you out there to find a body or something!"

He smiled, "No, you just got me bit by a werewolf!"

Scott holds out a hand signaling Stiles to stop moving, Stiles sighs and slumps his shoulders before turning around and heading down the steps. People were in the office and people were no good when it came to snooping.

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Stiles bounced his foot up and down jostling his whole leg. Deaton was late. Deaton was never late.

Stiles was sitting outside a warehouse on a wooden bench, there were six warehouses in total, five arranged in a circle with on dead center in the middle.

The BHR hideout, which Stiles likes to call the Batcave, was located in the middle of a forest smack dab in the middle of no where. No one knew what the buildings were used for before, but many of them had been converted into apartments and lofts. Too bad they never went on the market, a lot of them were pretty cool.

Sprites and pixies (despite common belief, fairies were the nasty ones) had planted trees in the area, and groomed the trunks and leaves to hide the nine floors of monsters under the green canopy. People always asked for details, something Stiles loved to give.

It was a long drive this deep into the forest, probably three hours, but never once was Deaton late and he wouldn't be anything but early if he was bringing someone as important as Derek Hale.

So the question remained; where were they?

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Yeah, I know its short. Maybe I would be more excited to write longer chapter if YOU PEOPLE REVIEWED CHAPTER TWO. You guys break my heart.

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PS 6-02-14 These are old chapters with fixed grammar, the newest chapter will be up tomorrow.