That was pretty much the answer Derek was expecting. It was probably a good thing that he and Judith managed to take out the chimera before they showed up, considering the ruckus they were making as they piled out of the jeep. He sighed, rolling his eyes. "Take off," he said, nodding towards the woods they had traversed to get there. "Go back the way we came. Fill your brother in on what happened. I'll catch up with you later."
He knew it would drive McCall and the others crazy when he refused to share any information about his companion, but that didn't matter much to him. He and Judith managed more in a matter of hours than they had accomplished in weeks.