Shout out to Stargazer1364 x2 for reviewing! Don't worry about not reviewing in awhile :) I'm just appreciative that you take the time out to read and review :) And yes..black perosn always dies :( I might run with the idea with Erica..feels weird having her still here. Enjoy!
Ashlee's p.o.v
"You let her leave? On her own?!" I ask Peter angerily.
"I didn't realise what she was doing" Peter defends. Cora's taken off, angry, pissed off, upset. I run out after her. I know where she's going and what she plans on doing.
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I roar and tackle one of the twins to the ground. I claw across his chest over and over. He just smashed Cora across the head with a weight.
"Ash!" I feel arms around me.
"Let go!" I yell, clawing out, again and again, feeling all my anger from last night come out. They used me to get Derek to fight, Boyd's dead because of that. Scott pulls me to my feet, keeping my arms behind me so I can't fight back.
"Aiden! You can't do that!" so that must be Ethan. He's holding back his brother, the one I was just attacking.
"She came at me!" Aiden yells. I growl, pulling at Scott. Aiden meets my growl, roaring at me, his brother yanking him back.
"Kali gave Derek until the next full moon. You can't touch him or her!" Ethan lectures. The two twins walk out.
"I think she's really hurt" Stiles says. I help Cora to her feet. I wet a papertowel and start dabbing the blood rolling down her temple. She winces.
"Sorry" I say. Stiles tells her how stupid is was and Cora goes off at them, just like Derek does with me or his betas. It's a 'i'm concerned but I don't want to lose this arguement' sort of thing. Cora storms out.
"I'll make sure she gets home" Stiles says. I nod in agreement.
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When I step out of the shower, my phone rings. I ignore it. I don't want to talk to anyone. I hug Scott before he leaves for the memorial concert.
"Be careful..something feels wrong" I say to him.
"What do you mean?" Scott asks.
"Something's just..off. Are you sure you don't want me to come?" I ask.
"We'll be fine. You need to sleep-"
"I'm fine"
"No, you're not fine" Scott says seriously. "You didn't eat or sleep after Derek 'died'. Now Boyd, Derek taking off, the alphas..please, go to sleep. Have something to eat" Scott says.
"I'm okay, I promise"
"You're lying" Scott sighs.
"I can't sit back while everyone else does something Scott, it's not fair"
"No, you doing this to yourself isn't fair. It's not fair to me, or Stiles..or Derek" he says the last name cautiously. I look up at him. "Do you think he wants to come back and see you like this? You think Mum wants to see you like this? That I want to see you like this?" I shake my head, tears welling up. "We're going. You get some sleep and i'll see you later" Scott says, pulling me in to kiss my temple.
"Bye Scott" he blows me a kiss as he shuts the front door. My phone starts to ring again. I sigh and answer it.
"What?" I ask, I don't care who it is.
"Ash..something's happening to Cora" okay, I care who it is.
"Derek?"
"Can you get to the hospital?" he asks, voice filled with tears. Cora's in hospital..this must be bad.
"I'll be there as soon as I can"
"Thank you" he says before hanging up. I know I promised Scott to take it easy, rest and heal but Cora's more important.
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I start to feel dizzy as i'm riding, i've got Scott's bike again as he went with Stiles. I feel a sharp pain in my chest. I clutch my chest, groaning in pain. This causes me to lose control of the bike. I hit the curb and go over the handlebars, the bike rolling straight over my ribs. I'm glad there's noone on this road. I heave myself up, I can feel at least 3 of my ribs are broken. I have to get to Derek and Cora. I get back on, breath a little shallow. I'm wearing jeans and a leather jacket so my disangled bones are easily hidden. The blood soaking into the side of my white shirt..not so hidden.
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I make it to the hospital. I have to grit my teeth as I walk, hobbling quite abit from the cuts up my thigh. My jeans are ripped there but the bleeding has stopped. I approach the front desk, Mum's working.
"Sweetie, what are you doing here?" she asks.
"I..I need to see Cora" I say.
"Honey..what's wrong?" she asks, eyeing me.
"I'm okay..just..where's Cora's room?" she narrows her eyes, getting up. "Mum, don't" I say as she comes to stand in front of me.
"What happened?" she asks.
"Nothing, i'm okay. I really need to see Cora"
"Ash, you're bleeding-"
"It'll heal. Please Mum, Cora"
"Did someone hurt you?"
"No, it was an accident, my own fault I swear. Please Mum. Cora's room number, I don't want to hobble through these halls looking for her" I plead.
"I'll take you, you can barely walk on your own" she says. I go to object. "End of discussion"I sigh and hold my arm out, letting her slip in and carry half my weight as I walk. It feels like we've been walking for hours but we've just been down a few hallways. We come up to the room, I can hear Derek and Cora.
"You can't say anything about this" I whisper, keeping my voice down. "About me being hurt"
"Why not?"
"He'll make me leave, go home. I need to be here for Cora. She's hurt because I didn't get there in time, Mum please don't say anything"
"Fine" she sighs. She lets me walk in on my own but follows me in, making sure i'm okay.
"Ash?" Cora asks weakly from the bed. It hurts to see her this broken. She's laid up in a bed, bandage wrapped around her head. Derek's head snaps towards me. He gets up and pulls me to him, hugging me.
"Um.." Mum says, obviously a little suprised we're hugging.
"I'm sorry..I had to leave for awhile" Derek says, bringing his hand to my cheek.
"It's okay, I understand. Don't take off without telling someone again..I didn't know what was happening" I say, leaning into it.
"I won't" he promises.
"Whoa!" Mum yelps when Derek leans in and kisses me. It's PG but that's enough to have Mum and Cora wide-eyed.
"Melissa! We need you in room 7" another female nurse calls out. Thank god for that timing.
"We're talking about this later" Mum says, pointing to Derek and I before running off towards the noise. I nod, leaning into Derek again.
"How you holding up Cora?" I ask.
"I'm..dizzy" she says, a little disorientated. "How are you?" she asks.
"I'm fine" I smile.
"You look tired" she says.
"I'm okay" I say. Derek turns and looks at my face. "I'm okay, really" I assure him. His hands come to my sides and I cringe when his veins turn black.
"What the hell?" he says.
"It's nothing" I say. He goes over to the door and shuts it. He comes back over to me.
"Who did it? The alphas? The twins?" Derek asks.
"What's wrong?" Cora asks.
"Nothing" I tell her. Derek touches my side again, veins turning black again. He looks up at me with worried eyes.
"What happened?" he asks softly. I sigh, both Hales looking at me for an explaination.
"I don't really know. I was riding the bike here..I just felt this pain. I lost control and crashed. The bike rolled over my ribs" I lift my shirt up, a deep purple bruising settling in. "I know at least 3 of them are broken" Derek brings me to the chairs, helping me sit down. He threads his fingers through mine and starts taking my pain. I smile a thank you at him.
"Are you alright?" Cora asks, looking over at me.
"Me? I came to see you" I smile softly. "Are you feeling any better?"
"I don't know what's happening..it's not healing" she says.
"When I can walk properly, i'm going after Aiden" I tell her.
"No, don't" Cora says.
"He hurt you-"
"And he'll hurt you as well" she says.
"You're not going after Aiden" Derek sighs. I'm met with the famous Hale glare by both Hales. I sigh.
"Fine" I huff in frustration.
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Once Derek's sure i'm okay, he lets my hand go. The ribs are still healing but the pain's bearable. My phone starts to ring again and I sigh. I only answer because it's Scott.
"Ash? Where are you?" he asks frantically.
"Um.." I was supposed to be home.
"I know you're not at home, where are you?"
"I'm at the hospital with Cora" I sigh.
"Ash, John was taken at the memorial concert"
"What? No" I say. "Please tell me you're joking"
"I'm not..i'm sorry"
"Scott, we have to get him back" I say.
"We will, I promise. We know who it is. It's Jennifer Blake, she's the Darach"
"Your english teacher?" I ask.
"I swear to god it's her, I saw her shift into..into it. She tried to kill Lydia and she took John. You need to tell Derek, both of you need to get to his loft right away, Peter's on his way to you and for some reason Jennifer's on her way here"
"Okay..okay. We're coming" I say, hanging up. I turn to the two Hales. "Um..we need to go, Peter's on his way here" I say to Derek.
"How are you so sure it's Jennifer?" Derek asks, obviously overhearing what Scott was saying.
"Because Scott said he saw her. And I trust my brother" I say. Derek looks to Cora.
"Go" Cora says. Derek and I both kiss her head before moving to leave. All of a sudden, rain starts pouring. Then there's thunder, strong winds. "A storm?" Cora asks. Normally we get storm warnings..this happened so suddenly. Derek takes my hand and we jog down to the carpark. I go for the bike.
"No" he says, pulling me back to him. "Don't take the bike, come with me"
"I'm not going to crash again" I assure him.
"Please..just come with me" he says. I smile and nod. "We'll come pick it up later"
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"Ash, I told you to stay at home and rest up" Scott says when we walk in. I drop Derek's hand but neither Scott nor Stiles miss that I was holding it. Scott glares at Derek. "You better not be-" he starts to warn Derek.
"Derek!" comes Jennifer's voice. I growl. What is she doing here? Derek motions for us to go behind the wall. "Derek?" she runs in. Derek stands there, watching her.
"What are you doing here?" he asks.
"I know you're not exactly..human" she starts. Well..clearly. "Your friends, Scott and Stiles..they're going to tell you things, things you can't believe"
"Things like what?" Derek asks, acting clueless. I see, just because we saved her she thinks she can come to us for help? When she is the one killing people?
"All those disapperances, the..the murders..they think I did it"
"Why would they think that?"
"They think they saw..something"
"Something?" Derek asks.
"Just promise me you trust me. You and the other girl are the only ones who will believe me" she pleads. Derek looks over at me and I step out from the shadows. "Did you hear what I was saying?" Jennifer asks me. I nod, watching her closely as I come to stand near her. She looks between Derek and I and narrows her eyes. "Scott's your brother, correct?"
"Yeah.." I say slowly..how'd she know?
"I thought this would be easier" she says, looking at me.
"What?"
"You were never supposed to find him at the school, I was" Jennifer says. I look to Derek, confused. She lifts her hand up. "You've just gotten in my way"
"What are you doing?" Derek asks her. I feel that pain in my chest again. I grit my teeth, trying to muscle through the pain. "Ashlee?" I whine out in pain, dropping to the floor. Derek, Scott and Stiles come rushing towards us but she blocks them out with some sort of mountain ash circle. The pain increases and I cry out, my chest feels like it's collapsing. "What are you doing?! Stop!" Derek yells. Scott tries to push againist the barrier but he can't break it.
"S-Stop" I beg, feeling my heart start to hammer in my chest.
"I can break it" Stiles says, walking forward. Jennifer turns to him with glowing white eyes.
"No, Stiles, n-no!" I yell as she's bringing her other hand up towards him. Jennifer has Stiles on his knees, choking. "Stop!" I scream at her, I can feel my heart racing in my throat, my vision blurring.
"Ash! Cover your face!" Scott yells before throwing a brown powder at Jennifer. I do as i'm told. I can feel someone pulling me away, it's Stiles and he broke the mountain ash circle. I watch with wide eyes as Jennifer shifts into the darach and back again. Stiles wipes any powder on my face off.
"Mis-miseltoe" I manage to say. My heart's still going crazy. I see Derek grab Jennifer by the throat, hoisting her into the air.
"Hey, Ash? Ash? Calm down" Stiles says, holding me as i'm still twitching in pain. Stiles' face has returned to normal colour. I hear Jennifer tell Derek that mine and Cora's lives are in her hands. That we'll never find Shrieff Stilinski if Derek kills her. I black out for a few seconds, my breathing erratic. Scott's begging Derek to not kill Jennifer. Then Derek's on the phone to Peter, Cora's throwing up black blood and miseltoe. She's dying..and Jennifer's the only one who can help. "Please Ash, calm down, everything's fine" Stiles says, realising what's happening. I feel the pain in my chest flare up.
"Stop that!" Derek growls at Jennifer, squeezing her neck tighter. Jennifer smirks and snaps her fingers. I feel the bile crawling up my throat. I push away from Stiles and throw up on the ground. Black blood and miseltoe, just like Cora.
"Derek, don't! If you kill her then Cora dies, we don't find John and Ash dies! Please don't!" Scott begs Derek. I can feel how angry Derek is. I fall back into Stiles, breathing quick and shallow.
"What are you doing to her?" Derek asks Jennifer, eyes darting between me and her. "Stop!"
"It's-it's not h-her" I tell them. I know what's happening. My chest tightens and when I breath in, no oxygen actually goes in.
"Ash, calm down" Scott says.
"She's-she's going to-to kill C-Cora" I say. I can't lose Cora. Derek can't lose Cora.
"No, she's not" Scott says. He looks back up at Derek. "Put her down"
"She's hurting Ashlee and Cora" Derek says angerily.
"We can't kill her, we need her. Now put her down!" Scott orders. Stiles brings my hand to his chest.
"Come on, match our breathing" he says softly.
"Whatever you're doing to her, stop!" Derek yells at Jennifer.
"She's having a panic attack. Derek, put her down" Scott pleads. I hear Jennifer's body fall to the ground. She's smiling cockily at us all because Scott's right, we need her. "Don't let her leave" Scott says to Derek, running to my side.
"S-Sc-Scott-" I try.
"Come on, calm down. Jennifer's not going to kill Cora or you and we'll find John" Scott says softly. I shake my head.
"C-can't"
"Can't what?" Scott asks. I can see Derek wants to come over but he has to make sure Jennifer doesn't escape. Scott comes to my other side so i'm practically laying on both boys, my chest rising and falling far too quickly, my head swimming.
"B-br..breathe" I say before slumping in their arms, slipping into unconciousness.
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