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I was pretty sure my mouth dropped open with surprise. There was a moment of awkward I-don't-know-how-to-respond silence.

Questions flooded my mind. The top one had to be "How had she survived giving birth to werewolves?"

Then it clicked. That's why Derek had left. To find…Adele. His mom.

"How…what…" Simon stuttered. Adele looked at Derek.

"I think we'd better to discuss this on the way to Kit's." Adele replied. Derek nodded, then studied my face like he'd forgotten how I had looked.

Simon tapped Derek's shoulder and they both turned to look at something behind them. I tried to peek over Derek's shoulder, but he turned quickly. He must've seen something he didn't like, because he announced "Let's take the back door."

I'll be honest; I really didn't want to let go of Derek. But in my defense, he didn't seem to mind me taking residence in his arms.

Simon voulunteered to drive, saying he was probably the one who would do the least talking. The way he said it made me feel guilty, but it was true.

Adele slid into the seat next to me, and Derek shifted uncomfortably. He slid my hand into his.

"So Adele," I started awkwardly.

"How did you…survive?" I asked, astonished. I had always assumed she had died in childbirth. Derek and Mr. Bae had never mentioned her.

She smiled, and her eyes grew distant. "Well that's a very long story." She said, shaking her head. I shifted, anxious.

Adele looked down, thinking. "Well I was pretty young when it happened…." She recalled, nodding to herself. A strand of dark hair fell in her face, and she gently tucked it behind her ear.

"And I remember…people. Strangers. They kidnapped me." She continued. I scrunched my brows, confused.

She looked up and kindly smiled again. "See, I didn't know I was pregnant at the time. They did. How they did, I'm still not sure," she pursed her lips. "Maybe it was all one big ploy to study the werewolve race, but at any rate, they kidnapped me. I was eighteen."

I bit my lip. Derek uncomfortably looked away.

She continued without skipping a beat.

"I fought. I fought with all I had. But they were stronger. Smarter. They took me into the lab….I remember they knocked me out for a while…then when I woke up…they told me I was pregnant. With werewolves." She laughed. It wasn't the kind of sound that invited you to join in. She looked back up to me.

"Of course, at first, I didn't believe them. And I didn't believe them when they told me I carried,-and would probably eventually pass on-the Necromancer gene." She said it like it was nothing, but I widened my eyes, even more shcoked.

"You…you carry the necromancer gene?" I asked, stunned. I looked up to Derek. He looked just as shocked as I was.

She studied me. "Well, now it's been passed down. None of my…kids became necromancers, though. It skips geneations. And with that overwhelming werewolf gene, I don't know if it made it down. But the necromancer gene is almost equally as strong. If….Ryan is the dad, then…. Tori's kids might get it…but I heard she's a witch. That might cancel it out." She reasoned.

My head spun. Werewolf, Witch, and maybe Necromancer? How was that going to turn out?

I looked back to Derek, who was looking at me, his eye brows furrowed, a tough look on his face. I interuptered it as: Oh crap.

"Anyway," she continued. "The pregnancy went by fast. Only a little more than a month."

It seemed almost impossible, but my eyes widened even more. "A-a little more than a month?" I said, my tone harsh.

Adele looked worried. Simon cussed from the drivers seat.

I swallowed hard. We were about two months short of time.

Derek squeezed my hand and said in a gruff voice, "Go on."

Adele looked cautiously toward Simon. "And giving birth…well, the pain was horrible. But it easily could've been worse. The key to surviving, though," she looked back to us now, "Is tulip."

I stared at her for a minute, unsure if I heard correctly.

"Tulip? Like…the flower?" Derek asked slowly. She nodded.

"They have a lot more power and use than people know. The Edison Group likes to keep it that way." She said darkly.

This conversation just kept getting weirder and weirder.

"After the birth…the long birth…they held me captive. They wanted to keep me, study me, and what effects the pregnancy had on my body. But I managed to get myself out."

I cocked my head, curious. "How?"

"Everyone has weaknesses, Chloe." Her face grew dark, almost cold. "Both physical and emotional. You just have to learn how to identify both and use them against them."

The way she said it sent shivers down my spine.

There was about five minutes of silence.

"So Chloe," Derek started. "What have I missed?"

His emerald eyes bore into mine, luring everything out…

And so Simon and I told him about Rae. We told him how Dr. Davidoff had possessed her body and attacked Simon and I at the apartment. I told him how his main focus was on killing us-me, in particuler.

And to top it off, Simon announced "Oh, and I found out about Tori, my sister."

After that, everything went silent.

Simon made a sharp right turn, making me slam into Derek's chest. He cushioned the slam by putting his arm lightly around me shoulders. He let out a deep breath. "Everyone's okay?" He asked, his brows furrowing. I nodded. "We wouldn't leave if someone was." I replied. He kissed the top of my head and sighed again.

The rest of the ride was basicly scattered questions from everybody. The ones from Adele were mostly about how we had dealt with the Edison Group, what we had learned about them, and how bad we thought they wanted us dead.

Derek asked a few about how bad the apartment was, and if there were anymore attacks.

Simon asked Derek if he could've thought of a better excuse the get me out of the house than "I need chips."

When we pulled up in Mr. Bae's driveway, immediately the front door to the house opened and Aunt Lauren and Kit hovered around the car excitedly.

Derek popped open the door, and we slid out. I slammed the door behind me.

"Chloe! Where…Derek?…" My Aunt stammered, a frazzled look on her face. Mr. Bae smiled and studied Simon. "We should've known they'd g after Derek." He shook his head. Aunt Lauren sighed.

"Thanks for the warm welcome." Derek muttered, wrapping his arms around my waist. I smiled.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Adele awkwardly standing off in the corner, waiting to be noticed.

Simon coughed and nodded in her direction. Mr. Bae's and Aunt Lauren's eyes both darted to Simon, and then to Adele. The smile on Kit's face melted off and was replaced with a wide-eyed stare.

"A-Adele? Is that you?" He blinked a few times. Adele kindly smiled. "Hi Kit." she said. As she started to make her way round the car, the front door opened again. Everyone turned as Tori made her way to us, a smile on her face.

The first thing I noticed was her stomach. It look as if she had put a gigantic bowling ball under her shirt. Half of her tummy shone under her grey tank top. She put her hands on he hips when she reached us, and toke deep breaths.

"Well you're not going home tonight," she said. "Your apartment is screwed."

I wanted to reply, smile, laugh, something, but I couldn't focus on anything but her stomach. How long were we gone? A day and a half? How the hell…

"The babies are developing a lot faster than we thought…" Aunt Lauren said slowly, a worried look playing on her face.

"Oh…my…." Adele murmured. Kit turned to her. "How many weeks do you think she has?" He asked her. I looked over to Simon, who look noticeably more concerned for Tori. I wondered if Tori noticed it, too.

"Oh, no. Not weeks." Adele shook her head.

"Days."

It was about eight when Tori fell asleep, and our intense conversation seemed to fall with her.

We had decided a few things. The one that had struck me the most was right after Tori gave birth, we had to leave. To where we were moving, we didn't know. But Derek and I had to pack soon, because as Adele said it could be anyway.

Adele would be the one to pick up the objects needed for Tori to survive, and I was glad she knew what she was doing, because other than Tulip, I had no idea what she was talking about.

Mr. Bae turned to me before he ducked into his room. "Night Chloe." He said. He turned, but I quickly grabbed his shoulder. He spun around with confused eyes.

"Simon knows." I kept my voice low. It took him a minute to process what I was saying. He sighed and guiltily looked at me. "I need to tell her, don't I?"

I pursed my lips, then nodded. "Alright." he said sleepily, and turned into his bedroom, softly shutting the door behind him.

All I could hope was that Tori would take the news well.

Sorry it took so long to update! I haven't been near a computer all week, and I was going to update last night but my power went out due to a storm.

So, just a fair warning: A lot of action in the next chapters (there's only a few left!)

Anyhow, comments on Adele. What do you think of her? Like her? Hate her? Think she's evil? How do you think Tori will take it? And the babies are coming soon…

R&R