New Life

Part Seven

"What the hell are you doing here?" you aimed your gun at him, moving backward.

"Put that down, (Y/N). Do you even know how to use it?" Jay scoffed, walking around you while you continued pointing your gun at him.

"Why are you here?" you asked again.

"A lot of reasons. You already look like you're handling a lot, so I think it's best for both of us if I leave for a little? Put this little plan on pause?"

You could feel your heart rate quickening as he continued to walk to you, before stopping in front of you.

"I'm gonna kill you," you spat.

"Get your revenge on me, but make sure it's a fair battle. As you can clearly see, I'm unarmed."

"You have powers. You're not human."

"Then I won't use them. Do you want to have this fight with me when one of your friends is on the brink of death?"

Derek came back to your mind as you lowered your gun.

"That's what I thought. Here," he tossed you your phone as you tensed up.

"You-"

"Yeah, I don't need it anymore. I'll see you in a bit," he winked at you before walking away.

Your entire body was shaking as you stood outside the Salvatore House, breathing in shaky breaths before you shook your head, entering the house.

Be calm

"Where's Derek?" you asked.

"In his room," Stefan replied.

Zach and him were walking around, while you saw Zach carrying weapons.

You sighed, making your way up the stairs to Derek's room. Laura sat with him, holding his hand while he laid unconscious on the bed. He had an EKG next to him. You could see the burns on his body as you tensed, slowly walking to Laura. She wiped her tears, before looking up at you.

"Damon did..." her voice broke as she stopped herself.

You wrapped your arms around her tightly, while she hugged you back.

"Why isn't he healing?" you asked softly.

"Fire, Silver, and Wolfsbane are our weaknesses. If he wakes up, he can heal. But I don't know if he's gonna wake up."

"We need to take him to the hospital," you replied.

"No, they're going to have questions about it, and then if he wakes up and heals-"

"I know a doctor that works at the hospital. He knows about the supernatural, he and his wife are members of the supernatural council Derek's innocent, they won't hurt him," Laura's face was filled with worry.

"We can't do much here. You can only heal him so much without losing your alpha status," she nodded her head, agreeing before walking to Zach and Stefan.

Tears rushed to your eyes in an instant as you looked down at Derek's body, stroking his cheek. There was a look of discomfort on his face.

"You need to wake up, you idiot," you held back your cries as you pressed a small kiss to his forehead.

"Please wake up."

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"Thank you for helping us, Doctor Grayson," he smiled, before walking away from you.