Panthera Onca ➳ Derek Hale

10. Monstrous

Jade's P.O.V

   "Why am I banned from helping Scott now?" I whined to Derek. I began feeling bored being stuck at home all day long. Every once in a while I go out for a little walk, but Derek prefers me away from everything they're doing so I wouldn't be in danger. I get why he's being protective, but I'm not in prison, and I can protect myself.

   "Because you're pregnant. You need to stay here. I don't want anything to happen to you or the baby." He took his gun with him. That's not going to protect him!

   "What if something happens to you?" He cupped my face with his hands and smiled at me.

   "I have Scott with me." I shook my head. "Jade, calm down. I'll be okay, I promise you." What about all the promises the he broke? He lost his powers, he can't fight. He will get himself killed. I don't think he's as skillful with this gun as he was with his powers.

   "I'm coming with you." He shook his head.

   "You're not putting the baby, or yourself, in danger."

   "I have Scott with me." He narrowed his eyes. Yeah, I can play that game too and use Scott as an excuse.

   "Don't use my words against me." I grabbed my jacket, put on my shoes and exited the loft door, with Derek following me. "Don't try to test me." He grabbed my arm and stopped me. He doesn't get it. Scott has too much on his mind, and I have to make sure Derek's safe. I can't put his life under a risk.

   "I have to make sure that you're going to be okay. Just like you want this baby to be safe, I want you to be safe too. You can be so reckless sometimes, and if you're not going to do anything about saving your life, I'm going to." His grip loosened. He looked down and sighed. Wow, he's listening to me. I should mark this day on my calendar.

   "Please, be careful. If something will happen to you, I will-"

   "It's okay. We'll take care of each other, right?" He nodded. I smiled at him and hugged him. He hugged me back tightly. I know you're scared, but I'm with you.

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   We arrived to the warehouse where everyone were. Chris was setting the sensors, Braeden was loading her guns with bullets. I didn't enjoy having Braeden here, but her skill were needed and I need to suck it up. 

   "Stop shooting daggers with your eyes at Braeden." Derek whispered to me and I narrowed my eyebrows. I don't like her, and he can't blame me. He knows exactly why I dislike her, so he shouldn't act so innocent.

   "I'll cut her if she touches you." I replied, and he laughed. What's so funny? "She's clearly flirting with you when you talk to her." He tsked his tongue.

   "You know I have only you on my mind." He kissed my cheek, and I pouted. "Cute." He squeezed my cheeks together with his hand, but quickly stopped when Scott came over to talk to us.

   "Why is Jade here? This is too dangerous to her." Scott claimed in a worried tone. A small chuckle escaped Derek's lips.

   "She's strong minded, even if I lock her in the loft, she'll find her way out and come here to help us. She does whatever she wants." Derek answered him as he hugged me from behind, and I nodded. Derek looked at Satomi's pack and then back on Scott.

   "They'll be okay." Scott commented about them.

   "They've got claws and fangs, but they're not fighters." Derek acknowledged. 

   "That's why I called you." Scott added. Derek's not really a fighter now either... I'm afraid he'll get hurt. Terrified, actually.

   "Well, try to remember I don't have claws and fangs anymore either." He has a gun he can barely use.

   "That's why he called me." Braeden marked, and I squeezed Derek's hand hard. Maybe a bit too hard.

   "Calm down..." He whispered in my ear, and I huffed, slowly letting go of my grip over his hand. He continued to hug me and stroked my arm to calm me down. 

   "Am I the only one still hoping this is all just a false alarm? I mean, it's possible we could wait here all night and nothing happens. Right?" Kira sounded worried. As rude as I might sound, this isn't the time to panic. We each have our reasons to panic, but we put it aside right now because we're needed.

   "Scott, you heard anything from Stiles or Lydia yet?" Braeden asked.

   "Lydia's still talking to Meredith. Stiles and Malia are headed to the lake house. They're trying to stop it."

   "What if there is no stopping it? What if it doesn't end until we're all dead?" Brett, one of Satomi's pack, asked. There's no way we'll let that happen.

   "Then let's send a message." Derek responded. "Let's make something perfectly clear to anyone with a copy of that list. It doesn't matter if they're professional assassins, hunters, or an amateur who just picked up a gun. Anyone who thinks they can hunt and kill us for money, is gonna be put on another list. Our list. They get to be a name on our dead-pool." Damn, he sounded so attractive right now... I blame those damn pregnancy hormones. I turned to smile at him and he tried his best to hide his smile and look serious. We continued to wait for the assassins' attack. We heard one of the sensors and we knew that they're coming. I heard Chris started to shoot someone and everyone began to fight back by that sound. The assassins weren't hard to defeat, but they were a lot, so it took us time. Derek and I stayed together and fought together. He didn't let me leave his side.

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   "That was fun!" I exclaimed as Derek parked his car next to the loft. He laughed.

   "You like hurting people?" I pouted and shook my head.

   "I like winning." We both exited his car and walked inside the building. He pulled me closer to him and placed his arm on my shoulder.

   "I'm tired. Once we finish with this messy situation, we have to leave Beacon Hills." He confessed. "I don't want us to raise our baby here." He's going to be such an adorable father. I looked at him and smiled. He smiled awkwardly, and I chuckled. "Why are you looking at me like this?"

   "Because you're adorable." He narrowed his eyebrows.

   "I'm not adorable."

   "You're the cutest." I continued to giggle, and he sighed. All we need is find a cure to whatever Kate did to him and we can start a family together. After everything we've been through, we get to start a family together and relax from all the trouble and mess that happens in Beacon Hills. We finally get to be normal. Or at least a little normal.

   "You have to stop hanging around Scott and Stiles." I narrowed my eyebrows.

   "That's not happening." He picked me up, bridal style. Ooh... Felt good after being on my feet all those hours.

   "If our children will be as sassy as you are, we'll spend a lot of our time in their school's principal's office." I giggled. I don't mind, as long as my kids will be the ones I always imagined I'd have.

   "I hope they'll be as sassy as I am and not as grumpy as you are."

   "Pfft, I'm not grumpy." He looked at me with his grumpy face. Only God knows why I love him so much...

   "Yes, you are. You have a grumpy personality." We both laughed.

   "I'm in love with a lunatic." He looked at me and smiled. I placed a kiss on his neck. I'm lucky to have him.

   "I'm in love with you too." I smiled at him back.

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