"Come on Deana, say goodnight to your sister."
The little girl bounced over to the crib and bent over to kiss her sister.
"goodnight Samantha." she whispered.
Merrin Winchester smiled at his daughter as he leaned over to kiss samantha."goodnight baby girl."
"you ready for bed Deana?" Merrin looked up to see his wife ,jane, standing in the doorway to Samantha's nursery.
"yes momma." Deana replied, as her mom picked her up.
"say goodnight to daddy."Jane told her.
Merrin kissed his daughters forhead."night Deana."
"night daddy."
Merrin left the room followed by his wife and daughter.
"goodnight sammy."jane said before turning out the lights and closing the door.
Whaaa! Whaaaaa!
Merrin opened his eyes as the sound of samantha's cry's came from the baby moniter.
turning on the lamp, Merrin turned, looking for his wife.
"Jane?"
sighing Merrin pulled hisself out of bed. heading to samantha's room.
as he got there he opened the door to see the shadowy figure of a woman.
"Jane, you got her?
Jane turned her head slightly, then put a finger to her lips. "shhh."
"Alright." turning away he headed back to bed. As he was walking down the hall he noticed a light flickering.
Walking up to it, he tapped it. then he heard a sound coming from downstairs.
Tiptoeing down the stairs' Merrin peered around the railing to see Jane asleep in a chair with the tv on.
Terror flooded over Merrin as he went tearing up the stairs. flinging the door open he saw that the woman was gone.
Jane woke up with a start as she heard her husband shout. running up the stairs, she ran into samantha's room.
"Merrin?"
walking up to Samantha's crib, she smiled at the baby who had woken.
"hey sammy,"you okay?"
Jane was about to go to bed when she saw something drip onto sammy's pillow.
reaching out to see what it was, more dripped onto her hand.
rubbing her fingers together, she it was red. Jane looked up.
oh my God! Merrin!
Merrin was stuck on the ceiling with a gash in his abdomen.
then the ceiling burst into flames.
Jane was frozen with fear, then samantha's crying broke her trance.
grabbing the crying baby, Jane ran from the room
"mommy!" Deana came running from her room.
"take your sister outside!"Jane commanded, placing the baby in her four year olds arms. "as fast as you can, now Deana go!"
Jane turned back to the room.
"Merrin!"
by now the whole room was aflame.
relizing it was to late to save him, Jane ran outside, grabbed her children and ran farther from the house just as flames exploded from the window.
Jane could hear the wailing of the fire trucks down the road. but she knew it was to late to save Merrin. holding her children close Jane watched the burning remain of her home.
20 years later.
"Samantha, get a move on, we where supose to be there like fifteen minutes ago."
"Samantha! you coming or what?"
Samantha poked her head out of her room peering at her boyfriend, jessie.
"do i have to?" she whined.
"yes, it'll be fun," he replied. "and where's your costume?
Samantha shook her head. "you know how i feel about halloween."
At the party Jessie raised his glass.
"so heres to Samantha and her amazing test victory."
"really, its not that big of a deal."Samantha murmered.
"she acts all humble, but she scored a 174."
Their friend nate almost choked on his drink.
"is that good?"
"its very good."Jessie laughed.
"so there you go, your the first pick,"Nick said."you could pick any law school you want!"
"actually i got an interview here, on monday."Samantha replied." if it goes okay i think i got a shot at a full ride next year."
"Hey, "Jessie said."its gonna go great."
"it better."
"how does it feel to be the golden girl of your family?"Nick asked.
"um, they don't know."Samantha replied.
"Well i'd be gloating! why not?"
"Cause we're not exactly the brady bunch."She laughed.
"whatever, "Nick said." more shots?"
"No!" Jessie and Samantha yelled. but he had already left.
"seriously though,"Jessie told Samantha."I'm proud of you. your gonna nock em dead on monday, and your gonna get that full ride. I know it."
Samantha smiled."what would i do without you?"
"crash and burn."Jessie replied with a smirk, as he leaned over to kiss her.
"No, Jessie. No!
Samantha's eyes flew open and she sat up quickly.
"Jessie? Samantha said, then saw him still asleep beside her.
sighing in relief, Samantha lay back down, but then sat up again when thought she heard floorboards squeaking. Samantha listened for a moment before shaking her head.
"I must be going crazy."she thought.
then she heard it again. carefully slipping out of bed, Samantha tiptoed to the door. quietly pulling it open, she peered down the hall.
seeing nothing, Samantha crept down the hall. passing the kitchen, Samantha saw a shadowy figure of a woman heading toward the living room.
taking a side door, Samantha entered the living room. then hid in a corner.
when the figure passed her she leaped out at her, wrapping her arm around the womans neck. the woman struggled, then flipped Samantha over, pinning her to the coffe table.
"Whoa, easy tiger."the woman said as a streak of moonlight from the window hit her face.
"Deana?"Samantha exclaimed."you scared the crap out of me!"
"thats cause your out of practice."she replied with a smirk.
Samantha replied by kneeing her sister in the stomache, then flipping her over. pinning her to the floor.
"or not,"Deana laughed, then gave her a shove."Get off me.
Samantha sat up, then held out her hand pulling Deana up.
"What are you doing here?"Samantha asked.
"well I was looking for a beer."Deana replied.
"Sam?"
the lights came on and Jessie was standing there looking alarmed.
"Uh Jessie, hi, Deana this is my boyfreind, Jessie. Jessie, this is Deana.
"oh you mean your sister Deana?"Jessie exclaimed.
"nice boxers."Deana said, giving him a flirty smile.
"yea, just let me go get somthing on."Jessie replied.
"NO, Its fine, seriously."Deana said. "anyway" gestureing to Samantha, she added."I need to borrow her for a moment, talk about some private family matters.
"no."Samantha said, walking over to Jessie."whatever you wanna say, say it in front of him."
"Very well,"Deana sighed."Mom went on a hunting trip. and she hasn't been home in a few days.
Samantha looked at her sister for a moment, before turning to Jessie.
"Jessie, Excuse us.
Jessie nodded. then Samantha followed her sister out the door.
"You know you can't just break in, in the middle of the night, expecting me to hit the road with you."Samantha said.
"Your not hearing me Samantha, "Deana said."Mom hasn't been back in a while."
"So what?"Samantha replied."remember the poltergiest in anver? or the devils gates in Clifton, she was missing then to. She's always missing, and she's always fine.
"not for this long."Deana said."now are you gonna come with me or not?"
"I'm not."Samantha replied.
"why not?"
Samantha looked at her sister."I swore I was done hunting Deana, for good."
"come on, it wasnt easy, but it wasn't that bad."Deana said.
"yea? when i told mom I was afraid of the thing in my closet, she gave me a shotgun.
"well what was she supose to do?"Dean asked.
"I was nine!" Samantha replied."she was supose to say, Don't be afraid of the dark."
"don't be afraid of the dark? are you kidding me!"Deana exclaimed."of course you should be afraid of the dark, you know whats out there."
"yea, I do. but still the way we grew up after dad was killed, and dads obsession to find the thing that killed him."Samantha said."but we still haven't found the damn thing, so we kill anything we can find."
"And save a lot of lives doing it."Deana replied.
Samantha shook her head. "you think dad would have wanted this for us?"
Deana didn't answer, and swung open the door, and walked over to the car.
"the weapon training, the melting silver into bullets."Samantha continued. "man Deana, we where raised like warriors."
"So what are you gonna do?"Deana asked."just live some normal, apple pie life?"
"No, not normal. safe."Samantha replied.
"And thats why you ran away."Deana said.
"I was just going to college."Samantha said."it was mom who said if I was gonna go, I should stay gone. and thats what I'm doing."
"Yea but Moms in real trouble right now,I can feel it. if she's not dead already."Deana pressed. "I can't do this alone."
"Yes you can."Samantha replied.
"Yea, but I don't want to."Deana said quietly.
"What was she hunting?"Samantha asked.
Deana walked over to the trunk, and opened it, lifting the bottem to reveil an asortment of weapons.
"Alright, where the hell did I put that thing. "Deana said.
"So when mom left, why didn't you go with her?"Samantha asked.
"I was working my own gig, this voodu thing down in New Orleans."Deana said, still rumaging through the trunk.
"Wait, mom let you go on a hunting trip by yourself?"Samantha asked in suprise.
"I'm 26 girl."Deana replied, looking offended."Ah, here we go. so dad was checking out this disappearence right outside Jericho, California. about a month ago, this guy. they found his car but he had vanished, completely MIA."
"So maybe he was kidnapped."Samantha sugested.
"Yea, well. heres another one in April. another one in December 04, 03, 98, 92, ten of them over the past 20 years."Deana explained."All men, all in the same five mile strech of road. it started happening more and more, so Mom went to check it out. that was a week ago, haven't heard from her since, wich is bad enough, then I get this voicemail yesterday."
Deana played the message, and Samantha could hear cracks of their moms voice over a bunch of static.
"Deana,"their mom said." Something bad is starting to happen, I think it...I need you to..whats going on...be careful Deana..were all in danger..
"You know theres evp on that."Samantha stated.
"Not bad Sammy."Deana smiled."kinda like riding a bike isn't it? I slowed the message down, ran it through a gold wave, took out the hiss. and this is what I got."
"I can never go home."A woman voice wispered.
Deana stood up, closed the trunk and turned around.
"you know in almost two years I've never bothered you, never asked for anything."She said.
Samantha sighed. "Alright, I'll go. I'll help you find her. but I have to be back first thing monday."
"Whats first thing Monday?"Deana asked.
"I have an interview."Samantha answered.
"What, a job interview? skip it."Deana said.
"Its a law school interview, and its my whole future on a plate."Samantha replied.
"Law school?"
"So we got a deal or not?"
Deana nodded.
"I'll be back, wait here."Samantha said, going back inside.
meanwhile, elsewhere a teen boy was driving home while on the phone.
"Amy, I can't come over tonight."
"cause I have work in the morning, thats why."
"If I miss it, my dads gonna have my ass."
Suddenly the boy saw a woman in a long white dress standing on the side of the road.
"Uh, Amy. let me call you back"He said.
Hanging up the phone than stoping the car, he rolled down the window.
standing there was the a stunningly beautiful woman, with long black hair, and creamy skin. she was dressed in a long, white, tattered gown.
"Car trouble?"He asked.
the woman turned to him and replied in a dreamy voice.
"Take me home."
"Sure, get in."He replied opening the door.
"So, He asked awkwardly."Come from a holloween party?"
The woman didn't reply, and just stared out the window.
"You know, woman like you shouldn't be out here alone
The woman turned to him.
"I'm with you."She replied, with her face only inches from his own.
"Come home with me?"She asked.
"Um, hell yea."He exclaimed, turning on the car and driving into the night.
Following her instructions, he arrived at an old abandoned house, that looked like it was about to fall down.
"Come on,"He scoffed."You don't live here."
"I can never go home."She replied.
"What?"He asked, peering at the house."What are you talking about? nobody even lives here. where do you live?"
He turned back to the woman and to his shock, she was gone.
Getting out of the car, he said loudly."That was good. Jokes over ok? You want me to leave?"
still no reply, he walked toward the house.
"Hello?"
He peered in a hole in the door. suddenly a bat flew out at his face.
"Auhh!"He shouted.
Turning around he jumped in his car and gunned it down the driveway.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he hit the road. then saw the woman staring at him from the back seat.
"Auhhhh!"
At a gas station, Samantha was ruffling through Deana's casette tapes, waiting for her to get back from paying for the gas.
"Breakfast?"
Samantha looked up to see her sister standing there with bags of chips and sodas.
"No thanks."She scoffed."So how did you buy that? you and mom still running credit card scams?"
"Yea well, hunting ain't exactly a pro-ball career."She replied."Besides, all we do is apply. isn't our fault they send us the cards."
"Yea?"Samantha laughed."And what names did you write on the application forms this time?"
"Uh... Berta afromion. and her daughter heliose. scored two cards out of the deal."
"Sound about right."Samantha laughed."I swear, you got to update your cassette tape collection."
"Why?"Deana asked.
"Well for one. their cassette tapes, and two, black sabbath? motorhead? Metallica? It's the greatest hits of mullet rock."She mocked.
"House rules Sammy,"Deana said, taking the Metallica tape out of the box."Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts her cake-hole."
"You know, Sammy is the chubby 12 year old. It's Samantha."
"SORRY, CAN'T HEAR YOU!"Deana shouted above the music."MUSIC'S TO LOUD."
"Alright, Samantha said a while later."Theirs noone matching dad at the hospital or morgue. So thats somthing I guess."
"Check it out."Deana said, pointing ahead of them.
On a bridge in front of them there was a large group of cop cars.
Stopping the car. Deana reached into the glove box, pulling out a small wooden box. opening it, She pulled out a badge.
"Lets go."She said, geting out of the car.
Samantha sighed, than followed her sister out.
Aproaching the scene, all they could see was a car. Listening, they could hear the cops talking.
"No sign of struggle."One said."No footprints, fingerprints, spotless."
Samantha and Deana walked up to the car.
"So this kid, Troy. "Another asked."He's dating your daughter isn't he?"
"Yea."The first cop replied.
"You fella's had another one just like this last month didn't you?"Deana interupted.
"Who are you?"The cop asked.
"Federal marshalls."Deana replied, holding up her badge.
"You two are a little younge for Marshals."The cop asked.
"Thanks, thats awfully kind of you."Deana replied, flashing him a flirty smile."You did have another one just like it, correct?"She added.
"Yea, thats right. just a mile up the road."The cop replied."There's been others before that.
"So this boy, You knew him?"Samantha asked.
The cop nodded. "Town like this, everybody knows everybody."
"Any connection between the victims?"Deana asked."Besides that their all men?"
"No, not so far as we can tell."The cop said.
"So whats the theroy?"Samantha asked.
"Honestly, we don't know. serial murder, kidnapping ring."
"Well thats exactly the kind of crack police work i'd expect out of you guys."Deana replied.
Samantha stomped on Deana's foot.
"Thank you for your time."Samantha said.
When they got far enough from the cops, Deana smacked Samantha over the head.
"Ow! What was that for?"Samantha exclaimed.
"Why'd you have to stomp on my foot?"Deana asked.
"Why do you have to talk to police like that?"
"Come on!"
Deana stopped in front of Samantha.
"They don't really know whats going on. We're all alone on this. I mean, if we're gona find dad, we have to get to the bottem of this ourselves."
Samantha cleared her throat, nodding her head behind Deana. Deana turned around to see a couple FBI.
"Can we help you girls?"One of them said.
"NO sir, we were just leaving."Deana replied.
When they arrived in town, they got out of the car to take a look around.
"I'll bet you thats her."Deana said, pointing to a girl hanging up posters of the missing boy.
"You Amy?"Deana asked.
"Yea."The girl replied.
"Troy told us about you. we're his aunts, I'm Deana and this is Sammy."
"Troy never mentioned you to me."The girl said.
"Well thats Troy I guess."Deana replied."We're not around much, we're up in Modesto."
"So we're looking for him too."Samantha interupted."and we're kind of asking around. you mind if we ask you a couple questions?"
The girl nodded, gesturing to a diner behind them.
"I was on the phone with Troy,"Amy said, once they were seated."He was driving home. he said he would call me right back, but he never did."
"He didn't say anything strange, or out of the ordinary?"Samantha asked.
"No, nothing I can remember."Amy said.
"Heres the deal ladies,"Deana said to Amy and her friend who had joined them."The way Troy disapeared, somthings not right. so if you've heard anything..."
The girls exchanged looks.
"What is it?"Deana asked.
"Well its just, with all these guys going missing, peaple talk."Amy's friend said.
"What do they talk about?"Samantha and Deana asked eagerly.
"Its kina this local legend, "She said."This one girl she got murdered out on Centenial, Like decades ago."
Deana gave Samantha a pointed look.
"Well,"The girl continued."Suposedly shes still out there. She hitch-hikes, and whoever picks her up. Well they, disapear forever."
"Well thank you for your time."Deana said standing up.