Darkest Powers: Edition 2 By 331

This is what happens after the Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (but not the Reckoning), after they had found Mr. Bae (Simon and Derek's dad), defeated the Edison Group and the Cabal, and gone back to their old lives.

I do not own anything and it all belongs to Kelley Armstrong. I am just using her characters and adding a few of my own.

Chloe's POV

When I woke up the next morning, I was groggy. I lifted my head off my pillow and sat up. The room looked dark and greyish, and I couldn't really see beyond a couple feet. I pressed my hand to the side of my head to get rid of my early morning head ache, when I felt something wet. I froze. I slowly pulled my hand down, and screamed. My arm was bloodied and decaying, ghostly white with splotches of blackish green rot and blood. I heard laughter, and looked up. Standing in front of me was......

"DEREK!" I tried to get up but couldn't. I looked down at my body, and all they way up to my shoulders my body was bloodied and decaying. My feet didn't even have skin anymore, it was just bloodied muscles and bone. I screamed again.

"DEREK! HELP ME!" I cried, but he continued laughing. His eyes were a weird glowy red purple, and the pupils were black slits. A woman I had never seen before came up behind him, creepily smiling. She put her hand on Derek's shoulder.

"Kill her." Derek smiled like he had gone mad, and lunged at me.

"CHLOE, NO!" My dad jumped in front of me, and Derek slashed him with his newly grown claws. I screamed.

"DAD!" his body fell to the floor, and what he landed on made me stop breathing. Tori, Simon, Aunt Lauren, Kit, Kari, Beth, and another person I couldn't quite remember but I knew, were all dead on the floor. The woman gestured to the one I couldn't remember, and his body started picking itself off the floor. I gasped. It was Nate. He had been one of my friends in art school too, and he had sort of asked me to the dance before I had been sent to the Lyle house. But now, he was covered in blood, and his chest sliced open like butter. The woman pointed at Derek. He froze, and Nate's arms became sharp like knives, and he slashed Derek across the chest, killing him. I screamed. Not Derek. Not him. Nate turned to face me, his eyes blood red. I wanted to re-kill him. His eyes looked scared as I looked at him, and he started coughing, then looked like he was choking. He needed to die. Now. I kept focusing on killing him, I only faintly noticed the woman laughing hysterically in the back round. Until I heard her say

"Good work, my pet. You've done well. Maybe well enough to do it for real." my breath stopped, and I started coughing up blood. I looked down at my hands, and they were covered in blood. And that blood wasn't mine. Then everything went black.

I shot up in bed. I was in a cold sweat. I looked at my arms, to make sure they weren't bloody. They weren't, and I sighed in relief. I had been having dreams like this for the past week. Aunt Lauren hadn't been able to reach Kit, Simon, Tori, and Derek, and I was worrying like hell. The dreams made it worse. School was okay, I guess. The dance had been postponed, and was tomorrow. Beth and Kari had sensed something was wrong with me, and had the sense not to pry, but instead took me shopping for dresses. It helped a bit, and now I had a cute midnight blue dress with silver sparkles. It faded down to purple as you went down the dress, and the sparkles were supposed to be stars, like the night sky. It looked really great with my strawberry blonde hair, which was returned to normal by a really expensive hairstylist. The shopping had helped take my mind off things, but it didn't stop the dreams. I shook my head and got out of bed. Annette knocked on my door.

"Chloe, hurry up, honey! Breakfast is on the table, and don't forget to wear the new outfit your father bought you, because he's coming home for dinner!" I sighed, knowing that whatever my father bought was probably not something I wanted to be seen in public in. I loved the guy, be had no taste in girls clothing. I really hoped that he had let Aunt Lauren pick it out. I walked to my closet and pulled the box out from the bottom. He had sent it yesterday, but I had been afraid to open it. I hastily pulled off the lid, and found.......... a gift card. I frowned, but was a bit relieved. Why such a big box though? At least he hadn't picked out clothes for me. It was a mall debit card, meaning I could buy anything from a certain mall with it. Apparently it had $300 dollars on it. But it still meant I had to take the time to go out and get something, which I did not mind, but it meant either going by myself or taking Annette. Kari and Beth were going on a double date tonight (they had been talking about it all day yesterday), so they were out, and Annette, well, lets just say she was not the most ideal shopping partner. I could take Aunt Lauren, who was a good shopper, but seeing her always made me remember the people I was worrying about, and I was trying to not worry about them, so that would just make things worse. I sighed. I guess I was shopping by myself. I threw on a cute shirt, some jeans, and some converse, grabbed my bag, and walked downstairs. Annette handed me some toast.

"Eat on the way honey, or you'll be late for school." She also gave me a banana ("its healthy!" rolls eyes), and shooed me out to the limo. Abby was in the backseat. Today she was wearing a purple hoodie, black jeans, and red converse. She really needed to dress more like an adult, and I told her that.

"I have all the rights to wear what I want, and besides, its not like wearing this makes me any less qualified to protect you." I rolled my eyes, and dropped my bag on the seat.

"At least I dress my age." she grimaced at me. She was such a little kid. I laughed, and Milo, the driver smiled at me.

"Hey kid, how's your morning so far?"

"Regular as it can be with her here," Abby stuck out her tongue at me. I smirked, and settled into my seat. Milo's driving got us to school on time. Abby walked with me to the front of the school, where Kari and Beth were. They smiled as I came up, and we walked to our lockers together.

"Hey, Chloe! Have you asked Brent to the dance yet? He hasn't said yes to anyone yet, or asked anyone, and the dance is tomorrow!" Kari smiled. I cringed.

"I don't think I want to ask anyone to the dance. I just want to go and dance with anyone I want to." Kari and Beth frowned.

"Oh come on Chloe, just ask him. He won't say no. I bet he's been waiting for you to ask, but been to scared to ask you," Beth put her arm around my shoulders and turned me in the direction of Brent. Or, I thought, maybe he just didn't want to go with anyone, and if I asked him, he'd just say he didn't want to go to the dance with a schizo, and I would run away like a wimp. Besides, I sincerely didn't want a date. Both Kari and Beth pushed me forward, and I stumbled, and bumped into someone.

"Chloe?" I looked up, and I stopped breathing. My dream flashed in front of my eyes, and I shrieked and ran towards the bathroom. It was Nate. Just before I made it to the safety of the all girl area, a hand wrapped around my arm. I turned to see Nate latched onto it.

"Chloe?" this time I had the sense not to scream. I wasn't dreaming, he wasn't a dead sadistic zombie, he was just a person. I faked a smile and looked at him.

"Nate?" his worried face relaxed, and my smile became real.

"So you're okay? I haven't seen you since....that day. I thought you were....dead. But you're not! So how are you?"

"I'm fine. I've been back for a week, but I haven't seen you around. Where have you been?"

"I was in Indiana visiting my relatives."

"Oh." it was awkward for a minute. Nate let go of my arm, and I fiddled with the strap on my bag.

"So, um, how have you been?" I asked. He smiled at me.

"Fine. I got the director's spot for the short film."

"Really? That's great! What's it about?" He went on to tell me all about it, and I was laughing at some of the stupid things he did in order to make his movie perfect. Beth and Kari had been watching us from across the room, and the were signaling for me to do something. I mouthed 'what?'. They mouthed back 'ask him!'. I became confused, and made sure I answered Nate's question without letting it show. Then went back to mouthing. 'Ask him what?' they rolled their eyes. 'To the dance!' WHHAAAAATT? I shook my head frantically, but then Kari stuck her hand in hand in my locker and pulled out my favorite video camera (I had more than one), and mimed dropping it. I gasped. Nate looked at me quizzically.

"What?" I smiled at him.

"Nothing, I just didn't know you were allowed to do that in a short film."

"Oh." he went back to talking about the film, and Kari moved to holding the camera by just the hand strap. I mouthed 'evil!' to them, and took a big breath.

"Nate." He stopped mid sentence.

"Yeah?" I took another big breath.

"Um, would you....like to......got to the dance with me?" I looked at my feet, my face probably beet red. He took my hand and I looked up.

"Sure," He said, and smiled at me. The bell rang, and Kari and Beth pulled me off to class, asking for details. I noticed, right before I was dragged into the English classroom, Brent. He was staring at me, looking a little hurt. Great. He had been waiting for me. Well shit.

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I went shopping later that day, and found some pretty cute stuff. For dinner with my dad, I found a nice purple shirt with black stripes, some black capris, and some black flats with a ruffle thing on the toe. My amulet matched perfectly, and I had been wearing it on a black ribbon that I had gotten while on the run. Looking at it made me remember the others, and I almost started crying right there in the dressing room in Macy's. But I calmed myself, got some chocolate, bought myself some really expensive heels to go with my dress, and had Milo drive me home. Abby had been with me the whole time, and she easily made me forget my worries by acting like a two year old. When Milo dropped me off at the house, Abby waved from the back seat, and I was glad she had come with me. She was a good shopper, despite her personal wardrobe. Annette was making lasagna, and it smelled really good, so I quickly changed into my new clothes and came down for dinner. When my dad arrived, he immediately hugged me. This had happened both previous times he had come home. Probably just to make sure I was still here. He must have really been worried about me. I hugged him back, and he ruffled my hair and let go. We sat down and ate the lasagna with Annette, and Aunt Lauren was there too. She hadn't gone back home yet, and it was nice having her there. The lasagna was as good as it smelled, and I went to bed with a full stomach.

The next day, I woke up sweating again. Same dream as the night before. Except before it ended, the dream changed, and I had been sitting on a hammock, looking at the sunset, with someone's arms around me. I snuggled closer into the person's chest, and they kissed my hair.

"I love you, Chloe." It was Derek. Then I woke up. I started crying. I missed them all, a lot. I hadn't heard from them, and they could be running for their lives and I didn't know, all because I had had to leave. They could be dead, and I wouldn't know. I was crying there for at least twenty minutes. I could still feel Derek's arms around me. I doubt we loved each other, because I didn't feel that way, and I knew he didn't either, but that doesn't mean I didn't miss him. Simon and Tori too. I looked at the clock on my bed side table. 5:00 am. Perfect. I doubted I was going to be able to get back to sleep, so I got up and got dressed. Today was the dance. I'll worry about Simon, Tori, and Derek later. I watched TV for an hour, and then when Annette got up she made me breakfast. I had bacon and eggs, and then she shepherded me off to school. I met Abby in the limo, and talked her and Milo like I didn't have a care in the world. But in the back of my mind, I couldn't stop thinking about the others. I had a bad feeling something was going to happen. But I pushed the thoughts back, and went on with the day. I met up with Nate in science, and he told me he would pick me up at six. We talked about the film festival in New York that was happening next week, and he asked me to go with him. I said yes, and Beth and Kari cheered, saying it was our first date. I turned red and said it wasn't but they proceeded to shout out in the hallway between classes that me and Nate were dating. I wanted to strangle them, but Nate squeezed m hand and smiled at me, so I kept my mouth shut. Again, I noticed Brent staring at me. But I'd deal with that later. I'll just focus on the dance right now. When I got home later, Aunt Lauren helped me get ready. She did my make-up, and took pictures of me in my dress and heels. The door bell rang, and Aunt Lauren shooed me up the stairs so I could make an entrance. She let Nate in and complimented him on his tux, and he asked where I was. She told him I was getting ready, and then called up to me. I counted to ten, then started down the stairs. I heard Nate gasp, and I looked at him, and gasped too. He looked really good in his tux, like really good. Like, hot. Exactly when I thought that, I felt myself blush, and I looked down. I rushed down the last couple steps and made my way over to him. He smiled at me, and I just looked into his eyes, smiling back. His beautiful, green eyes. I gasped and looked down, and made sure my hair hid my unexpected tears. Thank God Aunt Lauren had given me waterproof makeup. Nate lifted my chin up with his fingers, a worried look in his eyes.

"Something wrong?" I shook my self and smiled.

"No, just nervous," he smiled back.

"Yeah, me too." Aunt Lauren took a picture of us together, and then Nate walked me out to the limo he rented. It was pretty much the same as the one I had every day, except it was white, and it had a different feel to it than my regular limo. And Milo wasn't driving. I slid into the limo next to Nate, and he closed the door. The driver started the car, but there was a glass window in between the front and the back, so I didn't know what he looked like, and we couldn't talk to him. We had the back all to ourselves. At first it was awkward. Eventually, I plucked up the courage to lean my head onto his shoulder, and I felt him relax and slide his arm around me. It felt similar to...Derek's arms, and I felt a pang of hurt. But I suppressed it, Nate didn't need to know I was in pain. I was supposed to be enjoying this, for God's sake!

"So, what type of movie do you want to see at the film festival next week?" that broke the silence. We talked about the different types, and how we hoped that there would be some funny ones, and that Nate had heard that there was going to be a famous director there. By the time we arrived at the dance, it didn't feel awkward anymore. We met up with Kari, Beth, and their dates at the door. The gym looked spectacular. It was decorated in silver and lime green, and there was s DJ and a dance floor and good looking food on a buffet. We talked with people, and danced some. Then a slow song came on, and Nate pulled me onto the dance floor. He put his arms around my waist, and I put mine around his neck. We didn't say anything, we just danced to the music, and I put my head on his chest. But then he stopped, in the middle of the song. I looked up.

"What's wrong?" he smiled down at me, embarrassed.

"Um, I know this is really bad timing, but I sorta need to go to the bathroom." I laughed.

"That's fine, I'll still be here when you come back." He squeezed my hand, and then went off to find the rest room. Well, now what was I supposed to do for the next ten to fifteen minutes? I was about to go sit at one of the tables, when I saw Brent making his way over. Oh shit. He stood in front of me.

"Um, Chloe?" I looked up at him.

"Yeah?"

"Um, would you.....like to dance with me?" I smiled.

"Sure, Brent, I'll dance with you." he looked like he let out a breath he'd been holding in. He took my hand and led me back onto the dance floor. It was still the slow song that me and Nate had been dancing to, so Brent put his arms around my waist, and I put mine around his neck.

"So, um Chloe, I've been meaning to ask you, are you okay?" I frowned in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"Um, like since you came back, I wanted to know if you were alright." I smiled, and he looked like he relaxed.

"I'm fine. I don't even remember what happened out there, so I don't have anything bad to remember, and I've been checked over by doctors, and they say I'm fine, so there's nothing to worry about that I know of."

"Good." he said, and smiled. I smiled up at him, and I though I saw him leaning in, but it was hard to tell in the light. Then the song stopped, so I let go, and he did too.

"Well, I have to go find Nate, he's probably done and looking for me," I said. Brent nodded, expressionless.

"Yeah, you do that." he started to walk away.

"Brent," he stopped and turned.

"Thanks for the dance. I enjoyed it," I smiled at him, and he smiled back. Then he walked away. I found Nate in the hallway, being cornered by Kari.

"Have you kissed her yet?" Kari was peering down at him with fire in her eyes, and Nate was trying to get around her. I ran over.

"Kari! Let my date out!" She smiled at me and let him get by. He ran over and grasped my hand. I smiled at him, then turned back to Kari.

"Kari, what were you doing to Nate?"

"I just wanted to know if he kissed you yet. Have ya? Have ya?" I turned red.

"Kari! You can't just go up to a guy and ask him if he's kissed someone yet! You—"

"You haven't kissed yet! OMG, you have to, like right now!" Kari was jumping up and down.

"KARI!" I said. But she was using puppy eyes at me, so I turned back to Nate. He was looking at me, as if saying if that would be okay. I didn't know what to do, so he just started leaning in. I bet Kari had stopped breathing in anticipation. Our lips had almost touched when—

"CHLOE!" My heart missed a beat. I knew that voice. I heard screams, and turned. The music had stopped, and everyone was staring at the door to the gym. On the floor, there was a dark haired figure, covered in blood. He was staring right at me, with piercing green eyes. I screamed, and started running over there. Nate misunderstood my scream, and pulled me behind him. I felt someone come up behind me, and it was Brent.

"Chloe, stay behind me, I'll protect you." Nate had a determined look in his eyes, and I knew he would put the life on the line for me if I needed him too. But he misunderstood.

"NO!" I shrieked, and he stared at me. I pulled out of his grasp, but I was grabbed from behind. It was Brent.

"Chloe don't be stupid, he's probably the guy who kidnapped you. You wouldn't know because you can't remember! So stop and let us take you somewhere safe!" I stomped on his shoe, and he howled in pain and let go.

"I do know who it is! It's Derek, and he's hurt!" Nate and Brent were both staring incredulously at me, and Brent grabbed my arm again.

"Chloe don't be—" a dark shape covered in blood was there and hit Brent in the face, and he stumbled backwards. The shape turned towards me. It was Derek.

"DEREK!" I screamed, and hugged him. He hugged me back, and I didn't care my dress was ruined by the blood. Derek was here. Wait, BLOOD?

"Derek, what happened to you? And where's Simon, Tori, and Kit?" by then the whole gym was silent, staring at us. I could feel Nate and Brent staring at me. Derek's face was expressionless.

"I'm fine, but we need to go, the others are outside waiting. C'mon, move!" he pulled me in the direction of the door, but Nate and Brent stepped in front of him. They looked relatively small and weak next to Derek.

"You're not taking her anywhere." Nate was glaring up at Derek, and Brent looked like he wanted to kill him. Derek smirked and pushed past them, pulling me with him, but Nate grabbed my arm and pulled me back. Derek growled and forced Nate's hand off my arm. But Nate just grabbed my other one, and Brent took a hold of the one Nate hadn't. Derek just grabbed my shoulders and pulled, and the boy's grasps fell off me. He steered me out the door, with Brent, Nate, and Kari following. Though we had left the gym, I still felt three pairs of eyes on my back, and I knew it was the three of them. I felt another hand latch onto my arm.

"Chloe? Where are you going?" It was Beth. She had a concerned look, and I knew she was worried. But I shrugged out of her grasp.

"I have to go," Brent, Nate, and Kari grabbed me.

"NO." All four of them said. Derek growled.

"This doesn't concern you, so leave. NOW." They looked scared, and Kari let go. But Nate and Brent still had a firm grasp on my arms.

"She isn't going with you. It's illegal to kidnap someone, and I'm not letting you take my girlfriend." Nate was glaring at Derek again. Derek had frozen, an some sort of emotion crossed his face, but he changed to glaring back before I could tell what it was. He growled, and looked like he was going to start a fight. I put my arm out in front of him.

"Derek, don't start a fight. I'm coming." The others, Brent especially, looked like they wanted a fight, but froze when I said that.

"Chloe, you're not going with this guy! Are you crazy? He's probably the guy who kidnapped you!" Kari was staring at me. Nate took my hand.

"You can't go Chloe. You have no idea where he's taking you, or what he's going to do to you. Don't go," that last part, he said while looking straight at my eyes. He leaned forward and kissed me. I heard a growl behind me and Nate was gone. Kari and Beth were screaming, and Brent tried to tackle Derek, who had thrown Nate to the ground. Derek caught him, and threw him onto Nate, who was getting up off the ground with fire in his eyes. Derek grabbed my arm and pulled me in the direction of the street. Then there was a crack, and a light flashed. Derek fell to the ground with a howl of pain. I gasped and knelt down next to him, but he started to get up. I looked for the source, and my blood turned to ice. A woman was walking toward us. Kari, Beth, Nate, and Brent were all frozen were they stood. Binding spells. It was the woman from my dream.

"Chloe, how nice to finally meet you in person. So far I've only met you in your dreams, but now, we can finally start what I've been wanting to begin." she was smiling evilly, and it was creeping me out. Derek tried to stand, but he was too weak, with all that blood loss, and he just lay there next me growling.

"Chloe, run," he said, and I shook my head. I couldn't leave him and the others here to the mercy of her. I stood up.

"What do you want from me?" I glared at her and she laughed. She had long blonde hair, and it was tied into one braid in the front (like both sides came around and became one braid on her chest) (like Medusa from the soul eater anime), and she was wearing all black. Her eyes were the same color as her hair, like an amber, and were pulsing.

"You, my dear, is what I want. I want you to use your powers for me, and I intend to use whatever means necessary to make you cooperate, even if it means a few murder victims." she smiled creepily again, and looked over at the four in the binding spell. I gasped.

"But why would you want me? I'm just an out of control necromancer! Nothing really special about me at all!" I just wanted her to not think about the four of them, so maybe if her spell wore off, they could escape. She turned back to face me.

"So ignorant. But then, you have no idea what those people did to you when they messed with your genes, so how could you possibly know what I mean to do with you? Well, why don't we find out?" She pointed her hands at the others, and they glowed red as she said an incantation. I screamed at her to stop, but she didn't. A red beam shot out of her hands, and all I wanted right then was for them not to get hit, and that woman to stop. And miraculously, it stopped. The red beam evaporated into a green energy shield that had sprung up around Kari, Beth, Nate, and Brent. And it looked like the woman was choking. There was a green coil of energy around her neck, but she was smiling. She snapped her fingers and both green masses of energy disappeared.

"Exactly what I thought. Good job, you did well. But I wonder what else you can do." That was me? I looked at my hands in confusion. I just wanted her to stop, but I didn't expect anything to happen. She laughed.

"Didn't think you were capable, did you? The Edison group did a lot more to you than you thought, didn't they? And that's exactly why I need you." Something touched my leg, and I jumped and looked down. It was Derek.

"Chloe,.... go...now!" I couldn't. I looked back at the woman.

"Who are you?" She just kept smiling at me.

"My name, child, is Aerona."

"And why do you want me?"

"Because I need you."

"For what?" Before she could answer, a white van pulled up behind me and Derek. The side opened, and there was Tori and Simon.

"Get in!" They said. Aerona snarled, but Tori hit her with a lightning bolt, and she went down.

"Get the four mortals!" She screamed, and two men I though I would never have to see again jumped out of nowhere and grabbed Nate, Brent, Kari, and Beth. The struggled, but then Liam bit Kari, and she screamed. No, not them. They had normal lives, they didn't need to go through everything I had to. And Ramon bit Nate, to stop him from pulling Beth out and grabbing Kari away from Liam. He screamed too, and I started running towards them, but Simon pulled me into the van. Kit steered it over to them, and Tori hit them both with lightning bolts and they were thrown back. Simon and I pulled Nate, Kari, Beth and Brent into the van, and kit sped us away at about ninety miles per hour. We were all squished in the back of the van, me, Derek, Tori, Simon, Nate, Kari, Beth, Brent, and Aunt Lauren was back there too. She was patching up everyone's wounds, Nate and Kari first, because theirs were gushing blood, and then she moved on to Derek's multiple gashes injuries. I hugged Simon and Tori.

"Where have you guys been? I've been trying to reach you for a whole week! I was so worried!" Simon looked down.

"Sorry about that, but we didn't want to risk calling you, she might have been able to trace the call. We came as soon as we thought she was chasing a dead end, and we just wanted to get you far away. We didn't know she, Liam, and Ramon were going to follow. Derek didn't want to come, because he thought you were safer here with them chasing us, but then dad said there was the possibility they had already been tracking you from the moment you left, so we came to get you." I smiled. At least they weren't hurt. Derek came to sit next to me, Aunt Lauren had finished bandaging him. But then Nate sped over and sat in between us, and put his arm around me. Derek scowled, and Simon looked hurt. Tori smirked, and I kicked her. But then the van stopped, and we got out. We were at the top of a slanted field, outside a fence. On the other side of the fenced in area, there was a road, and some houses, and a fancy looking place with a bunch of buildings with some tennis courts. It was probably some kind of rich kid school. We had been driving for only a short time, but I had no idea where the heck we were. But Brent got to it first.

"Where the hell are we?" Kit got out of the drivers seat and came around to see us.

"We're in Connecticut. Simsbury, to be exact." Brent, Kari, Nate, and Beth freaked.

"What the fuck are we doing in Connecticut?" Brent shouted. Kit stayed calm and just answered him.

"We're here because it's far away from the woman who tried to kidnap you all, and there's some people here I want to pick up." Pick up? Now even Derek was staring at him like he was crazy.

"You have to take me back home right now! My parents would freak if they knew I left the state in the a weird van with people I don't know!" Beth was holding onto Kari with a death grip, and Kari was just frozen. Nate was pacing back and forth, and Brent was still shouting at Kit. The rest of us were just watching.

"What the hell is going on?" Nate had stopped pacing and was now facing Kit.

"I will explain tomorrow. But for now, we should find someplace to sleep that's not a cramped van." Brent exploded.

"Sleep? I'm not staying with you people! I'm getting home!"

"And how, exactly, do you propose to do that? You're over 2,000 miles from Buffalo, and we're not giving you the van. You have no other way of transportation besides your feet, and you don't have a phone. What the hell are you gonna do, walk?" Derek smirked at him. If Brent could explode again, he would have.

"Don't talk to me, jack ass. You coming in is how we all got into this mess. And besides, you're the ones who dragged me here, so take me back!" Derek smirked again.

"You think we're going to listen to you? The only reason you're here is because Chloe didn't want you dead. And that's not such a high compliment, considering by now I bet she doesn't care whether or not you just up and died here and now." I put my arm in front of Derek's chest. Brent was starting to get annoying, but he didn't deserve to die. And he had a right to freak out after he was attacked by a crazy supernatural and two werewolves, then carted off in a van in the middle of the night to a different state.

"Derek, don't be mean. He doesn't deserve to die. But he also can't go back home." Brent spluttered at me, obviously unable to be angry at me.

"Why not? And Chloe, you and Kari and Beth and Nate need to go home too! Your dad will go crazy, and so will our parents!" I cringed at the thought of my dad worried again. He had just begun to recover from that worry. But Aunt Lauren stepped forward.

"I've already called all your parents. I said I'm taking Chloe to go get further testing to make sure there's nothing internally wrong with her after these last two months, and you guys wanted to come to make sure she was okay and comfort her. I said we were going to New Hampshire."

"And my parents just said okay? There's no way!" The others nodded. Aunt Lauren shrugged.

"I also said the health teacher was coming and would give you credit if you learned something medical, and luckily for you, I was made the new health teacher this morning. They agreed to that." That was surprising. I had no idea Aunt Lauren was going to be the new health teacher. But she did need a job, since her old was with the Edison Group, and they're gone now. Brent was still spluttering, trying to find a reason to bring him home. But it seems he came up with nothing.

"What was going on with that woman, Aerona?" Beth asked, and we all jumped (except Derek), forgetting she was there.

"I will explain that tomorrow. Now how about we find someplace to crash?" Kit smiled at us. Here I was again, on the run with Derek, Simon, Tori, Kit, and Aunt Lauren. With some extras. So much for my normal life.

Hey guys! sorry I'm a little late! I have this really big project, but I was sick today, so I wrote this chapter up. Its long, but good. Hope you like it! Aerona is supposed to be based off Medusa from soul eater (favorite anime right now), so if you need visualizing help, look up Medusa from soul eater. Chloe now has four guys who want to date her, though she only thinks there are two (Brent and
Nate), and two of the mortals are gonna get powers, while another has a secret. The other one just gets annoying. And then the group picks up two more supernatural kids from CT, and their foster parents, who are also supernatural. And they try to figure out what the hell is going on with Aerona. Plus, Tori gets super mad none of the guys want to date her (especially Brent), but things work out for her eventually. But you will probably have to wait at least a week or so (probably more, cuz of my other story) to find out what happens. Til then, enjoy and review!

-Julie-

P.S. One of the new characters is totally gonna be based on me! (and maybe my brother, but more likely one of my friends). Review!