Teen Hunter: The Darkness Within

Chapter Five: Demon Wolf

Chris

"What's your name?" Derek asked Claire. Claire fiddled with her hands not making eye contact with anyone.

"Claire, Claire Adams," Claire replied timidly. Derek glanced back at me and sighed before continuing.
"What's the last thing you remember?" He asked.

"I was dying, and then everything was dark. The next thing I know, I'm waking up naked in the woods."

I ran my hand through my hair as I walked over to Derek.
"How is this even possible?" I whispered to him. "You found her in the woods on fire?" He asked me for the hundredth time.
"Yes, and the strange thing is, it wasn't spreading, it was contained, around her."

"Do you have the bestiary on you?" Derek asked. I nodded and unhooked my flash drive from my keychain and tossed it to him.

"Fully translated by Lydia," I informed him. "I hope you know that doesn't comfort me," Derek informed me.

"Doesn't comfort me either," I informed him as I glanced over at Claire.

"Ok how is she alive?" Leather jacket me asked. I ignored my other self as I played back the scene in my mind.

There was something off about what she told us, it was like she was giving half a story. Part of me wanted to grind it out of her. The other part of me was so happy she was alive.

"Hey lover boy," Cora said walking up next to me,"Can you please tell me what happened to my brother?"

I sighed and turned to the younger Hale. "You mean Sour Wolf? He's always been like this," I informed her as we both looked over to the scowling alpha.

"No he wasn't, he was more light hearted, more open," she informed me. "It's been years since you've seen him, a lot can change," I responded. Cora shrugged but I could tell she wasn't convinced.

"I came back for this? I get to see him alive, get to hear news that he's an alpha, he can't even keep his pack together," she exclaimed annoyed.

"Look, Derek isn't perfect but, in the year I've known him, he's come up big saving our asses, also had the weird phase where we fought, but other then that he's been trying to do the right thing, maybe the power got to his head a little towards the beginning, but he's starting to get what being a leader is," I spoke surprised about how true the words actually where.

I used to hate Derek for taking away my cure, for stabbing Scott and I in the back multiple times. There wasn't no more disagreement between everyone anymore, we all knew what the bigger picture was. Living. If you wan to live you stay in numbers. Up till now it's been one single enemy we have had to deal with it would seem. Peter, and Jackson. Even though Kate and Gerald had tried to pursue there own goals, it didn't work out for them. Now we had a pack of alphas, and I had no idea how we where going to fend them off.

I didn't realize that Cora had walked off and started working out leaving me to wonder how long I had been in my thoughts.

I sighed and finally walked over to Claire and sat next to her.

"Claire," I breathed out.
Claire looked over at me a tear streaking down her face.
I lightly placed my hand on her shoulder to comfort her but instead my veins turned black and I took pain. I winced and took my hand away.