Ugh. I hate the first part of this chapter. I tried to so something cool and give you a part of a chapter in Derek's point of view, but I feel as if I failed epically. I want to get rid of it, but for the sake of the story, I can't. Derek's point of view is the whole reason why I took so long to update. Massive writer's block/self-doubt. But I forced myself to get through it (it sucks, especially the end, I was just bull-crapping my way through). For your guys sake. Plus I love the part after Derek's point of view. It saves everything. Or at least I hope so.

Disclaimer: Why yes, I am Kelley Armstrong in disguise, secretly writing fanfiction to help get rid of my excess creative juices. If you like Jessa I might put her in my book... Haha. I'm just kidding. I'm not Kelley. And I don't own Darkest Powers.

Chapter 13: Tough Situations

Derek's POV

Walking back into that kitchen was one of the hardest things that Derek ever had to do, but he knew that it was just a start to the chain of hard experiences that he was about to set off. Without thinking about it, he squeezed Chloe's hand, and he felt her squeeze back. It made him feel better to have her with him, she always managed to get him to think things through and he knew that with her around he wouldn't make mistakes. Or so he hoped

That thought was then immediately followed by the thought of having decided to let Chloe risk her life to get Jessa back. He knew that it was the best plan they had, he had always known that, had known it even before Jon had suggested it, but he had, and still was, finding it hard to accept the fact that this plan involved purposely getting Chloe killed. He couldn't do it, his instincts rebelled against the slightest thought of it, killing the girl that he loved? No. An automatic no. Why would he ever want to do that?

But he knew it had to be done. Jessa needed to be saved. The only way to get the demon Nadinka out of her body was to kill Jessa (or at least her body) that way Nadinka would be transported into the afterlife. But killing Jessa would be the problem. Jessa was part werewolf and Nadinka had demon powers, if they attempted to kill Jessa Nadinka could fight back and hurt someone. But if they managed to get Nadinka into Chloe's body then Chloe would be able to use her powers to control Nadinka while Chloe was killed, thus ensuring that no one would be hurt and Nadinka would be gone.

Killing Chloe was the best way to save Jessa, the best way to ensure that Nadinka didn't lash out and hurt Simon, his dad, Chloe's aunt, or Jessa herself. Jessa needed to be saved and this was the best way. He wasn't going to just allow Jessa to be possessed, he couldn't do that. Jessa meant a lot to him. Nothing romantic, he could never view Jessa in a romantic way, but as a sister. There was a bond between them, a bond that he assumed only two werewolves could make, and that bond was strong connecting him to Jessa in many ways. He couldn't let her get hurt, but that had already happened so it was up to him to make sure that she was saved.

But the safest way of saving her involved killing the girl he loved.

He really didn't want to kill Chloe, and even though he had already decided on it, he still felt part of himself telling him that he couldn't kill her, that it was best to just take the risk that killing Jessa posed. Derek knew that it was his wolf instincts that were telling him this. Chloe was right when she had called him protective, because he was, because it was his instincts to protect the ones he loved. This ingrained need to protect her was blocking out any rational or logical thought that he had. So he tried to force back his protective instinct so he could examine all the variables in the situation, so he could fully accept that risking Chloe's life was the best thing to do.

So Chloe and him walked through Jon's house and into the kitchen to resume the discussion that had ended before with him and Simon fighting.

His dad was talking to Chloe's aunt at a table that sat off to the side of the kitchen. His dad was trying to convince her that they had to kill Chloe to ensure everyone's safety. Derek frowned at this, he hadn't thought about Chloe's aunt having to agree on the plan. But then he gave a mental shrug; Chloe's aunt was very gullible and unsure of herself, it won't take much to get her to agree to the plan, especially if everyone else was okay with it. Tori and Jon were talking, and Derek wondered where Simon was.

He didn't have to wonder for very long, Derek could hear his brother's footsteps as he made his way towards the kitchen. Derek felt uneasy about his brother's approach, he had forgiven Simon for what he had said, but had Simon forgiven him? Derek wasn't sure, but he knew that it was entirely possible that Simon hadn't, Derek usually cooled down a lot faster than him.

He shook his head. He didn't need this. Right now he needed to focus on making the plans needed to ensure Jessa's retrieval. That was all that really mattered right now.

"Is everyone ready to continue the discussion?" His dad asked, once Simon had sat down at the table. Everyone nodded their consent. "Okay, who has something to say?"

"I think we should go ahead with Jon's plan." Derek said bluntly, causing everyone but Chloe to look at him with shock. He supposed it was to be expected, he was just bitterly opposed to the plan less than an hour ago. "It's the best course of action available to us," Derek continued, "all we need to do is come up with a way to safely stop and restart Chloe's heart."

"An electric shock would be the best." Aunt Lauren murmured quietly from across the room. Derek looked at her in surprise. She was on board with the plan as well?

"Will this do?" Tori asked, holding her hands out and causing a lightning bolt to form between them.

Aunt Lauren frowned, "We'll have to test and see how strong it is and if you can control it before we decide."

"So it looks like we've decided on this plan, then." Kit said, smirking. "We'll have to work out a few kinks and maybe practice a few things, but there's no rush, Jessa's body isn't going to go anywhere where we won't be able to find it. Meeting dismissed."

And with that everyone broke into groups and started discussing topics of interest. Derek walked straight over to Simon.

"Simon, I'm sorry how I acted. I was being stupid and-" Simon held up a hand and caused Derek to stop talking.

His brother looked tired and weary, and suddenly Derek felt even worse about having yelled at him. "It's fine, Derek." Simon said quietly, "You were mad, I was mad, and we weren't thinking. I apologize for what I said and I forgive you. Problem solved."

Derek nodded, unsure if Simon really did forgive him. "We'll get Jessa back, Simon, you know that right. She's going to come back, no matter what."

Simon gave his brother a weak smile, "Yeah, I know."

Jessa's POV

She was so relieved to see that Simon and Derek made up, at least Simon wouldn't have to worry about his brother being mad at him anymore, giving him one less thing for him to stress about. And one last thing for her to stress about as well.

She would be lying if she said that the spirit world wasn't stressful. Maybe it wasn't the spirit world that was stressful, it was just the conditions under which she was in it that were stressful. She had so many things to worry about. The main one being where her body was and when she was going to get it back. Then there was also Simon and how he was dealing with her absence. Then there was what Nadinka was doing with her body, and that one was the biggest and the scariest mystery.

And number one on her list of worries as Purple appeared in front of her. "Jessa!" Her best friend exclaimed, "Come quickly, I need your help!" And then both her and Purple were traveling through the spirit world, teleporting from Kentucky all the way to LA in a matter of seconds.

"Where is she?" Jessa asked Purple, looking around the casino for Nadinka.

"There." Purple pointed towards the bar. Jessa looked in that direction and grimaced. Sitting on one of the bar stools was her own body, wearing one of the skankiest outfits she had ever laid her eyes on. Nadinka might as well have just put a sign on her body that said 'Open for business. Will come cheap.'

And that was what Jessa as worried about

Her and Simon were in love, and it was true that every once in a while they would have an extremely heated make-out session, but they had never actually had sex. So Jessa was still a virgin. And she intended to stay that way until her and Simon felt like it was the right time, because Jessa knew that her first time would be with Simon, and she wanted it to be with Simon, and she wasn't about to let some demon whore screw it up.

Jessa knew that the first thing Nadinka would be after having spent a few centuries in a run down shack was sex. And Jessa was going to make sure she didn't get it. She didn't want her body being used that way. She didn't want some man she had never met before doing that stuff to her. And she was pretty sure that Nadinka wasn't all that concerned when it came to STD's and birthcontrol.

Jessa walked right up to her body, dressed in a dress that could pass for a low-cut shirt and wearing make-up that made her look like a hooker raccoon, Nadinka really had transformed her body. And not in a good way. At the moment the demon was talking to an attractive guy at the bar counter, her hand on his thigh.

"You just better stop right now, Nadinka." Jessa said, standing beside the demon and crossing her arms.

Nadinka's eyes flicked to Jessa, her brow gave a slight frown as recognition flooded her eyes, but otherwise the demon didn't react.

"My dad owns half the cost from Maine to Georgia." The guy Nadinka had been talking to was saying, a slight slur in his voice, "I'm going to inherit it all one day, baby."

"That's wonderful, Marcus." Nadinka purred, her eyes flitting back to Jessa. "Hey, baby?"

"Yes?" Marcus feel under Nadinka's seductive eyes.

"I think I left my purse over by the card tables. Can you go get it?" Nadinka gave an alluring smile, "It has my room key in it."

Marcus's eyes widen when he understood what Nadinka was implying, "Of course, sweet cheeks." And then he was lost in the sea of people.

"What do you want, she-wolf?" Nadinka asked, turning to face Jessa.

"Don't use my body for sex, you parasite." Jessa made her voice cold and hard.

"It's my body now, little girl, and there is nothing you can do about it. I can do whatever I want." Nadinka smiled at her, and Jessa ignored the urge to shudder. It was so weird to see her body talking to her, but it being so unlike herself. It was easy to believe that it wasn't actually her body in front of her, what with the wardrobe and all the make-up, but Jessa still was given the creeps of seeing her own body be so unlike herself.

"It's my body, you whore. You have no right to be in it." Jessa clintched her teeth together.

Nadinka shrugged off Jessa's words. "Speaking of whores," the demon said, "I meant to ask you this earlier, are you a virgin?"

"You're in my body, don't you know?" Jessa was loathe to actually answer the demon.

Nadinka rolled her eyes and took a sip from the cocktail in her hand. "Kids these days, don't know anything. No, I don't know if you're a virgin or not because I can't access your memories. Why? Because all memories are stored in the spirit of a person, not the brain. How else would you know everything about yourself right now if your memories weren't stored in you spirit?"

Jessa thought about that. It did make sense.

"So are you a virgin, girl?" Nadinka asked forcefully.

"What does it matter?"

"I will take that as a yes." Nadinka murmured, "No matter, that boy seems like he enjoys a challenge. Just wait until I tell him it's my first time. Or rather your first time." Nadinka laughed, smiling evilly to herself.

"It won't matter because you two are never going to make it back to your room." Jessa told her firmly.

"That's rich coming from you, girl." Nadinka laughed, but at the same time the guy, Marcus came running up to Nadinka, his face pale and scared.

"G-ghost!" Marcus said weakly. "There was a g-ghost! I'm out of this place!" And with that the guy ran off.

Nadinka turned to glare at Jessa. "You will pay for this, girl." Nadinka said coldly.

"Not likely." Jessa said, clipply. Then she teleported her way back to where Purple was hiding. "What did you do this time?" She asked her.

Purple smiled. "I put on a bed sheet and scared him. He thought it was a joke until he lifted up the sheet and saw that nothing was there. It was brilliant."

Jessa smiled, relieved, "Thanks, Purple, I owe you one."

"No problem," Purple assured her, "I don't want some sleaze-ball sleeping with my best friend's body. It's my duty to protect you."

"Do you mind staying on sleaze-ball duty while I go inform Chloe on the new situation?" Jessa asked.

"No problem." Purple said, "I always wanted to go around scaring people. Now I have a reason."

"Just don't get carried away." Jessa told her gently, before she teleported back to Jon's house back in Kentucky.

"CHLOE?" Jessa called out loudly, not seeing her in the kitchen where Simon and Derek were now talking quietly.

"Right here!"Chloe called, hurrying into the kitchen.

"We didn't call you." Derek said, frowning at Chloe, but Chloe just shook her head, walking towards Jessa, saying. "It's Jessa." Both boys perked up at this.

"What's wrong?" Chloe asked her, some how knowing that something was indeed wrong.

"Well," Jessa began feel uncomfortable. She looked over at Simon, worried about what he would think, and knowing that he would react badly to it, but it was a big issue that needed to be brought up. "There's something you should know..." And then Jessa went on to explain the sex situation to Chloe.

When she was done Chloe just stood there, her mouth wide open in shock. "Um... I hadn't even thought about that." Chloe said slowly. "That's a problem, isn't it?"

"A very big problem." Jessa agreed.

"What is?" Simon asked, coming up to Chloe, "Is Jessa alright?" He looked around the room, as if he could see her.

"Um..." Chloe trailed off and glanced over at Jessa, a question in her eyes.

"Go ahead and tell him." Jessa said. "He needs to know, anyways. He's affected by this too."

"Chloe?" Simon tried to get her attention again, "What's wrong with Jessa?"

"Nothing is wrong with Jessa..." Chloe said slowly, frowning, "but rather her body..."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Simon asked, "Is her body hurt or something?"

"Um..." Jessa felt bad for Chloe, this was an extremely uncomfortable thing to say, "No, her body isn't hurt..."

"Then what is it?" Simon asked, exasperated.

"Nadinka's trying to have sex with guys!" Chloe spat out the sentence in a rush, then she cringed, waiting for Simon's reaction.

Jessa watched Simon's face. He rocked backwards like he had been punched, then blinked, as he tried to understand what Chloe had said.

"W-what?" Jessa slowly saw the shock leaving his face and anger replacing it, along with realization that it had to be true. "Are you kidding me?"

"Simon-" Chloe and Jessa both began.

"Oh my God," Simon grabbed his hair, staring at the floor, "I hadn't even thought of that! Shit!" Jessa raised her eyebrows when Simon cussed, it would have been funny under different circumstances.

Simon looked up and glared at no one in particular. He started heading towards the door, his hands sparking with electricity, his face set in anger.

"Where are you going?" Derek asked, quickly blocking Simon's path.

"Where do you think I'm going?" Simon asked harshly, "I'm going to go make sure that some guy doesn't sleep with my girlfriend! Move Derek!"

"Simon, you can't just leave. Not now." Derek said gently.

"So you expect me to just do nothing as some guy has sex with my girlfriend? NO! Derek MOVE!" A huge electric bolt exploded from Simon's hands on the last word, hitting Derek, causing him to fall.

"Simon!" Chloe shouted, running up to Derek, "Stop it!"

"I won't let Jessa get hurt that way!" Simon shouted.

"She's fine!" Chloe shot back at him, "Purple and Jessa have it under control for the moment. There's no need to worry." Jessa watched as Chloe helped a stunned Derek sit up.

Simon groaned in frustration, he moved away from the door and put his head against the wall, punching it repeatedly.

"Simon..." Jessa went and stood behind him. If only she could have five minutes with him; if only she could talk to him. She would make everything okay if she could talk to him.

"Simon?" It was Chloe, standing behind him, Derek was a few feet behind her, uninjured from the shock.

Simon groaned again, weakly punching the wall with his fist one more time before sliding down to his knees, putting his head in his hands. He said something unintelligible.

"What?" Chloe asked.

"Is Jessa okay?" He asked, looking up at Chloe, his eyes begging her to say yes.

Chloe smiled in relief, glad that Simon's rampage was over, "Yeah, she's fine. Her and Purple are making sure that Nadinka isn't alone with a guy. They're just worried that they won't be able to stop one if we wait to long to act on our plan."

"How's Jessa taking this?" Simon asked, his eyes once again roaming the room, as if he could see her.

Chloe looked at Jessa for her answer.

"I'm fine." Jessa said, getting down on her knees next to him, "I'm not happy with the situation, but I'm dealing with it. And I'm keeping a good watch on my body to make sure nothing happens to it... I miss you."

Chloe translated for Jessa.

"I miss you, too." Simon said, looking in Jessa's direction after Chloe pointed it out to him. "I'm going to make sure you get back soon. I'll make sure nothing else happens to you."

Jessa smiled at his confidence. He really couldn't do anything to stop Nadinka, but she made herself believe that he could.

"I love you, Simon."

"I love you too, Jessa."

Jessa looked at Chloe, "I have to go help Purple get rid of guys. Can you tell him I'm leaving?" Chloe nodded.

With one last look at Simon, Jessa closed her eyes and transported back to LA to help her friend stop Nadinka from having sex.

Sooooo... yeah. I know I took forever and I know I failed epically with Derek's point of view and I am never attempting him again. I just can't do Derek. But I hoped you liked everything else. And I feel the need for a Chloe Derek make-out scene. I wanted one in this chapter, but it just wouldn't fit. Maybe the next one? I will try to make it work. And I have no idea when the next chapter will be up, but I am so sorry it took me so long to update. I will try harder with the next chapter.

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