The Stranger in the Woods

Chapter 9

I could feel the annoyance and hatred coming off of Stiles as he was driving, I could also feel the pain that Derek was in and I couldn't help but look at him. Derek started to take his jacket off just as Stiles got a text from Scott, which he didn't seem to like as she slammed his phone down.

"Try not to bleed out on my seats, okay? We're almost there." Stiles told Derek rudely and I just wanted to slap him upside his head.

"Almost where?" Derek asked weakly and that's when I looked out the window and notice that we were heading for Derek's house.

"Your house." Stiles told him.

"What?" Derek looked up at him. "No, you can't take me there." He told him.

"I can't take you to your own house?" Stiles was really about to get slapped.

"Not when I can't protect myself." As soon as Derek said that Stiles pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the jeep.

"What happens if Scott doesn't find your little magic bullet, hmm? Are you dying?" Stiles started to get really hyped up about this.

"Not yet, I have a last resort." Derek breathed out.

"What do you mean, what last resort?" I looked over at Derek as Stiles yelled at him and felt the urge to try and take some of his pain away.

Derek started to lift up the sleeve of his shirt and I could see the hole that was in his arm that was made by the bullet.

"Oh, my God, what is that?" Stiles started acting as if he was going to get sick. "Oh, is that contagious, you know what, you should probably just get out."

"Stiles!" I finally spoke for the first time while I was in the jeep.

"Start the car, now!" Derek told him.

"I don't think you should be barking orders with the way you look, okay. In fact, I think if I wanted to, I could probably drag your little werewolf ass out into the middle of the road and leave you for dead." Stiles told Derek and I couldn't help but to stare at him, that just came from the boy who, today just told us that he was scared of the man.

"Start the car, or I'm gonna rip your throat out . . ." I then turned to Derek wide eyed. "with my teeth." Really what is up with these two, but I had to say that was hot.

The boys had a stare off before Stiles finally gave in and started the jeep and started driving again.

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We were now driving around aimlessly, not knowing where to go and Derek was starting to look worst.

"Stiles maybe you should text Scott, Derek isn't looking to good and it's almost night fall." I told Stiles as I stared at Derek leaning forward into the front from the back.

I reached over and grabbed Derek's hand and that made him flinch away and look at me.

"Trust me." I told him as I reached for his hand again, this time he let me grab it but he kept an eye on me.

I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate on taking some of his pain away, it seemed as though it was working and I couldn't help but smile at him a little.

I suddenly started feeling a shooting pain go up my arm and let out a little scream, but I didn't let go of Derek's hand.

If this was the pain that he was feeling, he is a strong man.

I let out another uncontrollable scream but louder this time and it caused Stiles to jump and look back at me, Derek tried to let go but I wouldn't let him.

"Kat, what's going on back there, are you okay?" Stiles asked as he looked back at me and saw that I was holding onto Derek's hand. "What are you doing?" but all he got was another scream from me and with that he pulled over to the side of the road.

"Kat, stop!" Stiles yelled as he and Derek tried to pull me away from Derek.

When I finally did let go I leaned back against the backseat breathing heavily.

"What the hell was that?" Stiles yelled at me.

"I was trying to help him." I told him once I had my breath back.

"By hurting yourself?"

"That's how it works, I was trying to take some of his pain away." I told Stiles as I closed my eyes and pushed the last bit of pain away saying a spell with it.

Stiles looked at Derek. "And you just let her do that?" he yelled at him.

"No, I didn't know what she was doing." Derek told him as he looked back at me. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes, how are you?"

"Thank you." was all that he said to me.

"I'm texting Scott." Stiles said as he grabbed his phone.

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A couple minutes later Stiles phone started to ring.

"Scott, oh, my God, what am I supposed to do with him?" He waited and then sighed. "And by the way, Kat is hurting herself trying to help him and he's starting to smell." Derek and I both looked over at Stiles. "She said by taking his pain away, whatever she means by that and like death." I slapped him upside his head and that caused him to look back at me but then he got interested in whatever Scott had said. "What about your boss?" he listened some more and then sighed again handing the phone off to Derek. "You're not gonna believe where he's telling me to take you." Derek grabbed the phone.

"Did you find it?" Derek said and then listened. "If you don't find it, then I'm dead, all right?" I wanted to help but I was now on a strict no touching rule. "Then think about this, the Alpha called you out against your will, he's gonna so it again. Next time, you either kill with him or you get killed. So if you want to stay alive, then you need me. Find the bullet." That was the last thing Derek said before he hung up the phone and handed it back to Stiles and we started moving again.

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Once we got there Stile parked in the back and we got out and headed towards what looked like a garage door. I was helping Derek walk to the door, he looked as if he was getting worst and he probably was. Once Stiles got the door open and the lights on, Derek started walking towards a huge pile of bagged animal food and he just sat down on it. I could hear the sound of Stiles phone going off but I didn't look at him, I was too worried about Derek.

"Does Nordic Blue Monkshood mean anything to you?" Stiles asked as he turned around to look at Derek.

"That's wolfs bane." I said at the same time as Derek started talking.

"It's a rare form of wolfs bane." Derek sighed. "He has to bring me the bullet."

"Why?" Stiles asked.

"Because I'm gonna die without it." I looked at Derek with worry in my eyes after he said that and then I looked up at Stiles.