From Dust till Dawn

E/O Drabble Challenge, word: dust.

Summary: Not every surprise works out as planned. Some day the wrong guys could end up running the party …

Spoilers: none

A/N: Hey folks – my first multi-chap is going online tonight – big fat HALLELUJAH. Still, couldn't miss a great word like dust, right? So here it is: a little stardust for you. Enjoy!


They moved through the dusty rooms of the old southern mansion with the silent grace of predators, scanning the semidarkness for their prey, every sense alert, a dance choreographed by eyes and gestures only.

Suddenly a gasp, a frantic motion, too late: a roaring sneeze echoed through the rooms.

Stunned stillness, then an onslaught of furious commands and whirling figures, bare muscles and gleaming fangs, feral snarls and the deadly whisper of cold steel, the 'thud thud' of severed heads hitting the wooden floor, followed by unguided bodies, until the assault died away.

"Bless you," Sam panted.

A wheezing.

"Thanks'ammy"