Completely Unlucky
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DEREK'S P.O.V.
It was the day after the incident at the school parking lot.
Whether it was doing research, working out, protecting Scott and Stiles or taking care of myself, I usually managed to occupy my time fairly well. Tonight, however, I just couldn't think of something to do. It was 8 p.m., and already dark. Looking out the window, I thought that the fresh air looked inviting so I decided to go for a run in the woods. I hadn't done that for…a whole day now.
My memory flashed back to the look on Stiles' face when he found out that I sometimes go for runs in the forest after dark, and I grinned. Pulling on my shoes, I stepped outside and took a deep breath.
I smelled the pine trees, damp air, dew on the grass and several types of flowers. Nature is underrated, I thought briefly, before jumping off my porch and jogging off into the trees.
The run felt good. My lungs filled with fresh, damp air. The trees were a blurred mass of dark green as I sped past them, and the animals in the forest didn't scatter when I passed, smelling the wolf in me. I pushed myself to go faster and faster, so I would be exhausted when I got home and could sleep instead of searching for other things to do.
Finally, after about 30 minutes of straight sprinting in a wide loop, I saw my house in the clearing. Panting slightly, I walked past the final tree before my house but stopped, sensing danger.
There was no sign of a vehicle, but I could hear four heartbeats other than mine, located inside my house.
I pressed flat against the back of the tree and peered around it slowly. I shifted so that my senses would be even more heightened, as well as the fact that I fought better as a wolf.
There was a dark figures moving in the window. I could sense their caution; smell anger and determination; hear talking.
It was Kate and three other hunters.
Fantastic. I guess that they didn't take into account that I might prefer privacy and silence when I try to fall asleep, and that it might be difficult to achieve that while they were all there…trying to kill me.
"If he's not here, you three will stake the place out until he comes back, understand?" Kate's falsely sweet voice carried through the air. I heard the three men grunt gruffly in response. "Now, let's check upstairs to make sure little Derek isn't hiding somewhere." I growled at the demeaning remark.
The sound of footsteps on the staircase traveled to where I was positioned, and I took what might have been my only opportunity. There was no window facing this side of the forest from my upper level. I ran soundlessly across the clearing and stopped at the side of my house, listening.
Things were being thrown across rooms, in search of me or perhaps for fun, I didn't really know. Hinges squeaked as the doors leading to rooms I rarely go into were thrown open and the rooms torn apart. I cringed slightly as I heard a loud smash from one of the rooms; probably an antique vase, or perhaps my TV.
Either way, it pissed me off.
I jumped up to the front porch and approached to door. I opened it quietly, doubting I would even be heard amidst the thumping and smashing coming from upstairs. I didn't risk closing it behind me, but rather hid in its shadow. My mind was racing with the many ways I could deal with these assholes, and the probabilities of outcomes where I turned up alive.
Maybe I had been focusing too hard on my thoughts because all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a blast of pain shot through my entire body. I almost fell to my knees with agony, but forced myself to remain standing. The electricity left quickly, and I ascertained it came from the living room. Inwardly swearing for allowing my guard to be let down so quickly, I shook off the last feelings of shock and pain and ran the other way, through the kitchen, before he could strike again.
I slowly approached the opposite entrance to the living room, when I heard feet thumping upstairs; Kate and the other two men must have heard the loud sizzling noise that the gun had made.
Seeing the man's vulnerable back, I once again grasped my opportunity and jumped on him from behind, tackling him to the floor. I wrestled his gun from his grasp and threw it out the window forcefully, sending glass everywhere. I punched his unsuspecting face and slammed his head against the wooden floor, rendering him unconscious. Tossing him aside, I prepared myself for a bit of a chase.
Right as I jumped through the broken window, volts of electricity were sent up and down my spine. The pain was almost unbearable; I writhed and twisted in mid-air, and landed roughly on the hard ground. The pain of my unexpected landing left my body quickly, but the shocks traveling through me were still excruciating. Unwillingly, I shifted back to human form where I lay. The volts left momentarily, but I foreboded that they would return soon enough.
Barely able to open my eyes, I heard rather than saw Kate and two men behind her walking towards me. Judging by the fact that I couldn't smell any blood off them, they had chosen to use the front door, rather than rip and tear their skin with the remaining shards of glass sticking up all around the window, like I had done. Suddenly I realized that I was bleeding from the cuts and glass all over me, and the pain from those injuries hit me as well, unwelcome.
Oh well. They would heal soon enough. And if I had used the front door, I would've been right in their lines of sight and I'd most likely be dead by now.
Then again, this was the Argent family. I had escaped their wrath before, and they were bound to be annoyed by now. Maybe death was better than what they had planned for me.
I drove my mind away from those thoughts and forced myself to focus on the present.
Kate came and stood in front of me, looking down. Using most of my remaining strength, I pushed my upper torso off the ground with one elbow to look up at her fiercely. Also so that I was in a slightly less vulnerable position.
"Poor, poor Derek. Thought he could get rid of us and just, move on with his life. Well, not this time, kiddo. It's about time we got a hold of you. We need to ask you some questions, and get some answers." The two men dragged me off the ground by my arms and held me at eye level with Kate, chuckling stupidly.
Coming right up to my face, she cupped my chin with her hand and examined me. "You always looked the most attractive when you were angry." I snarled at her and tried to tear my face away from her humiliating grasp.
"But lose the attitude, it's twisting your face a little bit." She swiftly turned around and snapped her fingers at her men, walking away.
I opened my mouth to call out a retort but found that I couldn't come up with anything satisfying enough, so I settled for elbowing the guy on my right in the face. He let go of my arm so he could cup the blood flowing from his (judging by the 'crack' I heard) broken nose, so I used my now freed arm to swing around and punch the other guy in the gut before he even realized what was happening. He, too, let go of me and stumbled backwards. I grabbed one guy and rammed him into the head of the other one; there was a loud 'bonk' and both men fell backwards onto the ground.
Before I could even look at Kate to decide which way was best to attack her, I received another dose of the electric gun and fell to my knees. Writhing in pain, I used my elbows to push myself backwards, as far away from her as possible."Tsk, tsk." Kate mocked as she lowered her gun and walked towards me. "Naughty boy." She placed her boot on my chest and I cringed in disgust. Looking anywhere but at her dominant expression, I noticed that even in my weak state I had managed to knock both of her partners unconscious. At least that meant that if I regained enough strength, there was only one person left to eliminate. "You know, I didn't really appreciate you knocking my guys out. They come in handy sometimes."
I smiled, glad that I had managed to upset her somehow. "Well they were being sort of hostile. And that's how I repay hostility." I croaked.
She leaned forward, adding pressure to my chest and whispered, "They wouldn't have to be so hostile if you'd just cooperated, Derek. Just tell me who the Alpha and second Beta are."
"When hell freezes over." I spat.
"Derek, Derek, Derek," she sighed. "When are you gonna get it? All you have to do is answer the questions and things turn out fine for you! If you don't, however, you will get hurt. And you know how much I hate to see you hurt." Her smug expression changed into puppy dog eyes and pouted lips. It made me want to throw up.
Then she seemed to rethink what she had said. "Who am I kidding, I love it!" She laughed derisively and took her cell phone out of her pocket. "Just tell me who they are, Derek, or things are gonna get ugly." I remained silent, but was swearing at Kate profusely in my head. "Okay, if you're gonna be an uncooperative little baby, we're going to have to try something else."
I closed my eyes and imagined that I wasn't in this situation; that I was still running through the woods, carefree and out of danger.
She took her foot off of me and dialed some numbers on her cell phone. I opened my eyes and saw that her gun was still aimed at my stomach. And she never took her eyes off of me.
"Hi Chris! How's it going?" She spoke cheerfully into the receiver. "Listen, I've got good news and bad news. Good news is, I have successfully captured the infamous Derek Hale. We are going to get him to cooperate and answer our questions, no matter what it takes." At this she flashed an evil grin. Anger boiled inside of me. "Yes, it was fun. I'll tell you everything later. Bad news is, he's been stubborn and has incapacitated all three of my guys, so I need a little help getting him to a proper interrogation area." Kate listened to his response and replied. "No, I don't mind staying with little Derek." She winked at me, increasing my anger and I growled, seemingly increasing her pleasure. "We're just outside his atrocity of a house." Another pause, as I worked extremely hard to lose my semi-calm. "Perfect, you're such a good brother. See you then!" She hung up and put her phone away.
"And now we wait." Kate grinned at me with raised eyebrows.
Not knowing what she had in mind, I took a deep, calming breath and wished more than ever that I hadn't allowed myself to get into this frickin' situation.