Chapter one

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Lexi's POV:

Shouting reached my ears and I jumped up, ready to defend myself if necessary against whatever was making the noise. Silently, I crept towards the noise to see what was screaming in the middle of Purgatory and no doubt, drawing attention to itself. It took my eyes a few moments to adjust to the darkness as I moved through the trees, my fingers wrapped tightly around my dagger. I glanced in front, where the yelling was coming from and saw a tall person, probably a shape-shifter or vampire. That was when I noticed four red-eyed beasts looking vicious and ready to pounce at any moment. Instantly I started stepping backwards but made one mistake and stood on a dry leaf, making all the creatures turn towards me.

"Damn it!" I muttered under my breath as the first red-eyed being stepped towards me, its jaws snapping ferociously as it did. Keeping my eyes on the beast allowed another one to move behind me and I felt its hot breath on the back of my neck. Since the one behind me was closer, I swung and plunged the dagger into its chest, aiming for the heart. Just after I turned around the red-eyed monster in front of me pounced, almost managing to knock the knife from my hand. I struggled under its weight, trying to place the dagger close to its heart or any other organs. I shoved my knee into its stomach and thankfully caused it to flinch back slightly, just enough for me to stab the blade into the beast's heart.

After I pushed the creature from me, I was instantly pushed to the ground by another and I realized that the beast I was fighting before had left four deep gashes on my shoulder. I winced in pain before I pushed it away, trying to stop myself from thinking and to simply fight as though I wasn't injured. With a quick, hard push I forced the creature from me but it only jumped back with more force than the first time and possibly cracked a rib. In trying to keep the beast from ripping apart my throat with its sharp teeth, I plunged my blade into its shoulders and it paused for a moment. I used the distraction to withdraw the dagger and stab it into its heart, causing it to fall on me as blood poured out of the wound. With a huge shove I rolled it off of me and onto the ground, glancing to my left to see the person standing next to the limp body of the fourth monster. My body was aching from the fighting but instead of walking away and giving the person a chance to sneak up on me, I pinned them to a tree with my silver dagger pressed to their throat.

"Don't, I'm human. Just like you" the person said and I pushed the blade even harder, when I saw that the skin wasn't affected by the silver I placed it into my boot and walked away, knowing that since he was human I would have the upper-hand in a fight.

"Wait! How the hell did you get here? Are you a hunter too?" The guy questioned, causing me to turn around and look back at him, wondering why the hell he was following me.

"I do not play well with others so leave me alone" I hissed before walking away again and gasping when I felt someone grab my arm, stopping me in my tracks. For a moment I was back home, alone and desperate for an escape from my father but it passed quickly. I pulled the hand off of my arm instantly and glared at the man, wishing he'd go away so that I could spend the rest of my time in Purgatory alone.

"No, answer my questions" he responded and I crossed my arms, hoping he'd take the hint and leave. After a few minutes I tried once again to walk away and instead of stopping me, he followed me. I tried several times to make him go away but after the eighth time I gave up and simply decided to just answer the stupid questions.

"Yes I'm a hunter, now go away" I told him but he didn't.

Hearing almost silent footsteps from beside us I motioned for him to duck on the count of three as I casually reached down to my boot to grab my dagger. I held up three fingers and once I got to zero the guy ducked, just as the monster went in for the kill. I swung my blade, decapitating the creature with ease. It fell to the ground with a soft thump and I crouched beside it before pushing back the upper lip to show hundreds of teeth. It was a vampire and judging from the clothes, a very old one at that.

Guilt nudged at me, knowing that if I left this stranger alone he could be killed and that it would be my fault for not helping or training him. I tried to push away the emotion but it wouldn't go away no matter how much I attempted to make it disappear. Damn my annoying conscious.

"Come on, before you get yourself killed" I instructed before making my way through the trees, easily remembering which way to go to get back to where I had left my few possessions.

"Thank you…" He trailed off once we arrived at the 'camp' for the night and I realised that we hadn't even exchanged names yet.

"Lexi Haile"

"Dean Winchester"

"Okay now that we've exchanged names, get some rest so that you'll survive the next few weeks of Purgatory while I train you. Once I've finished training you, you can go your own way" I stated, noticing the annoyance in his eyes but I ignored it and looked away. From the corner of my eye I saw him opening and closing his mouth, trying to think of something to say before he finally chose to say nothing and instead, lay down against one of the trees. I watched him shift uncomfortably for a few minutes before he stopped, finally as close to comfortable as possible with the rock-hard ground that Purgatory provided.

Closing my eyes, though not falling asleep, I listened to the silence surrounding me and thought back to the days before Purgatory. One memory stood out among the rest and kept playing in my mind, each time more painful than the last.


10 years ago:

White walls surrounded me, making me feel trapped and my heart rate began to increase, my claustrophobia kicking in. My breaths became quicker and shorter, until I was slightly panting. Trying to calm myself down, I closed my eyes, thinking of the rare happy moments I had lived when I heard a soft groan.

Instantly I looked up, my gaze landing on the only person I could trust in this bleak world surrounding me. My twin sister, Faye. Her eyes fluttered open and multiple emotions ran through her eyes before she saw me. She tried to sit up and once I heard her wince I jumped from my seat to help her, knowing that trying to stop her would be useless.

As I looked at her I was reminded of just how different we were because though on the inside we were nearly exactly the same, on the outside we were the exact opposites of each other. Where she had warm chocolate eyes, I had ice blue, she had caramel curls framing her face where I had straight white blonde locks and her skin, as beautiful and light as snow, was a large contrast to my tan skin.

Her hands automatically fell to her stomach as she sat and my worry for her child increased as the doctors had only told me about my sister's health, not my niece or nephews. I could see tears of worry build in her eyes and I knew they weren't for her own life but for that of her baby. I quickly wrapped my hands around hers, a shiver going down my spine at how cold they were, and wiped away the tears that had fallen down her cheeks before giving her a hug.

A soft knock sounded from behind me and I stood up, moving in front of Kali to protect her. The fake smile on the doctor's face made my stomach churn as I prayed for my instincts to be wrong.

"Miss Faye Haile, I'm pleased to tell you that your surgery went well and your punctured lung is healing quickly, as are the other bruises you sustained during your … Uh, fall" I could tell that she didn't believe our story and I couldn't blame her, after all it was a complete lie. It wasn't as though we could actually tell the truth without being seriously injured or worse, separated from one another.

"My baby?" My sister asked, her eyes glistening with tears.

"I'm sorry but-"

"No!" My sister shouted, her hands tightening on mine and I knew if she squeezed any harder I could break a bone. Sobs erupted from her chest and I pulled her closer, comforting her while trying to keep myself together.

"The injuries that you sustained to your stomach during your fall were too great for your child to survive" the doctor continued in a soft tone.

"You're lying! My baby isn't gone, she can't be!" My sister screeched and I knew exactly what she was going to do. I grabbed her hand just before it reached the IV drip and other needles that were aiding her health. She began to thrash around and started yelling, swearing that her child was alive and this was just some sick joke. I wrapped my arms around her to control her moving before grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at me.

"Enough" I whispered, my eyes pleading with her to just stop and she did, embracing me tightly at her body shook with sobs.

"It's going to be hard but you're my twin, my other half and I'll never leave you, not like our mother"

"Forever and always" she stated, her voice was hoarse from all the yelling she had done. I met her grief-filled eyes.

"Forever and always"


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-Addy