Dean threw the demon book down with force. His eyes were getting blurry and he was getting nowhere. He rubbed his eyes as he spoke, "I found nothing in that book either. This thing, it must be like, a new demon or something."
Sam and Bobby were sitting across from him on the older hunters couch. Bobby shut his book while Sam shut his laptop. They both looked at each other and silently agreed with Dean.
"The thing is it's very rare that something new would pop up." Bobby said after a few moments of silence.
"Well I don't have the energy to try and look at another book. If I see any more words I'm going to vomit." Dean surrendered as he sank into the chair behind him.
Sam stood up and stretched as he spoke, "maybe we missed something?"
Bobby shrugged, "I do have some more books…" he began, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Dean shudder. "But I'm pretty sure that none of them would mention this "thing" either."
Sam walked over to the window and looked out. It was turning fall now and the leaves were turning that red/orange color. He always loved to see that as a kid. Then, for some odd reason, he began to think of his childhood.
He remembered playing out in Bobby's yard; He was about 9 or 10. He was running around as the leaves were falling. Making huge piles and then jumping into them with Dean.
Hang on, Dean was wearing a dress. No, wait, that wasn't Dean at all. Dean always thought it was lame to play in the leaves.
His face scrunched up as he tried to remember who that other kid was. Sam thought harder. The memory started to become clearer.
It was a girl wearing the dress, obviously. She had long soft brown hair and it was in a braid. Her eyes were a kind amber brown that could brighten up any room when she smiled. She jumped out of the pile of leaves and scared the young Winchester. Her laugh was infectious and he started to laugh too when his heart calmed down.
"You scared me!" Sam squealed.
"I was a leaf monster! Hey, do you think your dad or my Uncle has ever seen a leaf monster?" The little girl asked.
Sam though about it, "I don't know. But I do know one thing."
"What?"
"You're too pretty to be a monster, Kelly."
Sam eyes flew open as he snapped out of his own memory. Kelly was Bobby's niece. He'd almost forgotten about her since he hadn't seen or heard from her since that day. He turned around and noticed that Dean was gone.
"He said he was going to bed. But I guess you didn't hear 'em, seeing as you were in your own little world." He heard Bobby say from the couch. "Care to share what you were thinking?"
Sam shrugged as he sat back down next to Bobby.
"Must have been something, you were pretty much dead to the world."
Sam looked at him and then away. "I was just thinking about…Kelly." He said delicately. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Bobby stiffen.
"Kelly huh."
Sam turned to face him. "Yeah, it's just…the last time I saw her, I was thinking about that. Have you heard from her lately?"
Bobby was quiet. Thinking he may have stepped over a line Sam was ready to say sorry when Bobby spoke up;
"Yeah, I heard from her last week." Then he stared at Sam. "You remember she's a hunter too?"
Sam shook his head yes as Bobby continued. "And she's pretty smart about Demons and whatnot like her ol' Uncle here…"
Sam smiled and then an idea came to him. "Hey, Bobby, why don't you call her?"
Bobby eyed Sam curiously. Sam took this as an opportunity to continue,
"If you call her and tell her about this case maybe she can help? She might know something we don't."
Bobby pondered this. "What do we have to lose? I'll call her in the morning though," Bobby yawned. "I'm too tired as it is. I'm gonna go on to bed. See ya in the morning."
"Goodnight," Sam called after him as he disappeared up the steps. He smiled inwardly and contained his excitement. That was a feeling that he hadn't felt in a LONG time. Weird.
