Pretty Reckless ━━ Derek Hale [1] [Completed]

chapter eighteen | howls at night

Scott and Clara began to run again; Scott on all fours while Clara was running the normal, human way. She always found running on all fours hurting her back.

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 "I brought a little help too."

Clara and Scott watched the tortured hired by Kate turn around the face them, his face suddenly covered in shock. Derek then upper-cut him, sending him unconscious onto the floor.

"Well, that went well." Clara muttered, letting out a breath of relief. As the two teenagers walked forward a few steps, Clara watched hesitantly as Derek tore off the electrical pad on his chest. She knew the plan that her and Scott came up with in order to save Allison's family but she had a feeling that Derek was not going to like the plan.

"Scott, Clara, help me with this." Derek said as he glanced with the chain that cuffed his hand to the metal bars.

"No."

Derek snapped his head at the two, his eyes lingering onto Clara the most but all she did was keep a stern look on her face, "What?" He questioned, dumb-founded.

Scott looked at Clara from the corner of his eyes, looking for support. Clara huffed, adverting her eyes somewhere else, "Not until you tell us how to stop Peter."

"You two really wanna talk about this right now?" Derek asked them, his patience limited.

"He's going after Allison and her family. He's going to kill them." Scott pleaded.

"So what!"

"So tell me how to stop him."

"You can't!" Derek than angrily rattled his chain, "Now - I don't know when Kate's coming back, so just get me out of this right now! Get me out right now!" He yelled at them, Clara flinching at his tone.

"Promise you'll help us." Scott calmly demanded.

"You want me to risk my life for your girlfriend?" Derek yelled, his fury growing and getting the best of him, "For your stupid little teenage crush that means absolutely nothing? You're not in love, Scott. You're 16 years old. You're a child!"

Clara was some what hurt by his harsh words. Although she did not love Derek, as far as she was concern, the fact that he looked down on Scott for having strong feelings for a girl at a young age almost made her wonder if he looked at her that way.

Scott paused for a moment, nodding slightly as if he was considering it, "Maybe you're right. But I know something you don't. Peter said he didn't know what he was doing when he killed your sister, right? He lied. Remember this?"

He pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket, the piece of paper that had a dead deer on the ground with a spiral printed on its body.

"Where did you get that?" Derek growled.

Scott ignored him "My boss told me three months ago someone came into the clinic asking for a copy of this picture. Do you wanna know who it was? Peter's nurse. They brought your sister here so that Peter could kill her and become the Alpha, and that's why you're going to help me."

Derek was literally shaking with anger and the intense fury, a certain betrayal mixing in. The fact that his only surviving family member killed his sister was probably one of the worst kinds of betrayal.

But Scott sighed before turning around, "Just say you'll help me, and I'll help you unlock your other -"

The two teen wolves froze once they heard the sound of metal breaking off. They turned to see Derek rubbing his wrist and his broken hand-cuff lying on the ground.

He looked up at the two, "I'll help you."

The three werewolves walked towards the Hale house, Derek panting behind them. He was still weak, breathless from all the torture he had to endure. His arm was wrapped around Clara's neck, helping him balance on his stumbling legs. But that's when he stopped, "Hey. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on."

Everyone stopped, turning to Derek who was looking around, "Something doesn't feel right?"

Clara unwrapped his arm from her neck, "What do you mean?"

"I don't know. It's - it's kind of like it's -"

"No, don't say 'too easy' people say 'too easy' and bad things happen." Scott retorted while Derek rolled his head and slumped his shoulders, "What, do you think finding you was easy? Getting away from Allison's dad? None of this has been easy."

"Fine. You're right." Derek nodded, agreeing for once. Scott sighed in relief, glad he didn't have to argue with the Hale wolf.

That's when an arrow hit Derek in the shoulder, an inch away from hitting Clara. Once Derek dropped to the ground, Clara scrambled next to Scott. the two werewolves looked ahead and saw a some-what familiar pair ten or fithteen feet away. Another arrow sharply hit Derek in the leg, landing in on the ground.

"Scott, Clara, your eyes!"

But it was too late. They were already caught.

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~ ~ ~ ~ Monrox (Katie)