Disclaimer: Winchesters not mine.
I am very grateful that so many people have enjoyed the Dean and Arandi connection. I got this request from a couple of readers so I thought I'd give it a try.
Arandi meets Dean on a hunt but she's the hunter this time and Dean's the hunted.
UNDER THE HUNTER'S MOON
THE NIGHT I MET MY KNIGHT
The men hurried down the alley with the young boy, they kept casting looks behind them unable to shake the feeling that they were being watched.
"We need to hurry this is really creeping me out." The shorter man said scanning the alley once more.
"It's just nerves." The other man replied holding tight to the young boy's arm.
"I want to go home." The boy said.
"Shut up." The taller man responded gripping the child hard enough to make him cry out.
"Cut it out someone's going to hear." The short man whispered harshly.
"Too late." A dark deep voice said from the shadows.
Both men drew their guns. "Come out or we hurt the boy."
The tall figure stepped from the shadows dressed completely in black his long jacket making him look dangerous.
"You should mind you own business." The taller man hissed covering the boy's mouth he lifted his gun and shot at the stranger.
The little boy struggled in terror trying hard to scream at the sight of the man flying back against a wall and sliding down in a sitting position unmoving.
"Go check to see if he's dead and if he's a cop or something." The taller men commanded the shorter man.
He moved quickly to the still slumped figure checking for a pulse and finding none he reached to search in pockets.
In the next moment he was screaming as the man grabbed him strongly by the wrists and twisted hard. "Dude we haven't even been on our first date for you to be touching me there." Dark green eyes glared into the man's frightened wide eyes.
"You don't have a pulse." The man stammered.
"You have to be alive to have one of those." The green eyed man in black smiled coldly.
The man began to scream when the green eyed stranger's smile suddenly turned into sharp fangs and he felt them in his throat in the next breath.
The other man with the boy stared in shock watching as his partner slipped to the ground as the stranger sucked on his neck.
He began to run in terror dragging the boy along, he looked back seeing the crouched figure still feeding.
Suddenly the stranger was in front of him the man letting go of the little boy.
"There is diner just around the corner at the end of the alley." The stranger said to the boy. "You can get help there."
The boy nodded and began to run.
"Look this was all a mistake." The man stammered.
"What you don't think that I know about the others?" The stranger said staring down at the man.
"What ….?"
"You can't hurt anymore children you fucking monster." The stranger said and attacked the man.
He sucked the life's blood out of the man as he heard the commotion from the alley and he quickly found a fire escape and shimmied up staring down as the boy brought help and others came to see the now dead man.
He heard the noise behind him and moved as fast as he could as the arrow bounced off the bricks where he had just stood.
The second arrow came at him and he caught it easily flinging it back with his powerful grip and was shocked to see the woman standing there and wishing he could stop the arrow. He didn't hurt women not unless they were evil.
The arrow hit the woman's wrist causing her to drop the cross bow and hissing in pain.
He had only grazed her wrist for that he was thankful but he was frozen staring at the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
"Are you ok?" He stammered.
"A concerned vampire that's a load of crock." The woman hissed.
"I'm not like other vampires my lady, I only kill evil." He responded and threw two wallets at her. "If you are as good a hunter as I think you are you can find out for yourself why I killed those two men and saved the boy. I only kill those types of monsters."
"A vigilante vampire calling others monsters, now I've heard everything." She groaned.
"I'm not a monster." He said softly. "I didn't ask for this life but it's the hand that I was dealt and I try hard to save the innocent and kill the bad guy."
"So you had a thing for Batman?" The woman snorted.
"You don't' believe me but you'll see for yourself." In the blink of an eye he was in front of her staring into amazing blue eyes. "Give me a chance." He whispered to her completely enchanted with everything about her.
She gulped staring into the darkest liquid green eyes she had ever seen. "Your eyes why aren't they like other vampires."
"I told you I'm not like other vampires." He said just inches from her face.
Her heart beat like a jack hammer her throat dry and she could kill him her machete at her hip but his eyes and he was so handsome it hurt. Still she couldn't bring herself to kill him what if he really was a good vampire.
His lips met hers and she jumped at the unexpected touch. His lips were full, red, and cool on her warm lips and were like ice hitting a hot grill full sizzle and burn and she responded even though her mind screamed no.
He pulled back with a sigh looking at her his eyes lighter and his lips shiny. "I didn't mean to be so forward but you….well…. Miss…."
"My name is Arandi." She murmured.
He smiled grandly making her heart skip.
"My name is Dean and I'm sorry I hurt you but I must go now."
"Dean…." She started but he was gone.
Arandi slumped back against the wall and slid down to the ground unnerved.
"What the fuck were you thinking?" She scolded herself.
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Dean stood in the shadows watching Arandi as she sat for a while looking angry at herself. She wrapped her wrist and stood up grabbing her weapon and looked around the noise of arriving police and others in the alley below she had to get out of here.
Dean watched her go he hadn't felt so intrigued in a woman since he was human but she was….. he couldn't even form the words and he had kissed her. 'What the hell Dean she was trying to kill you and you kissed her.'
"Arandi." He said to himself. "Be still my beating heart." He snickered at his own joke.
"Dean?"
Dean stepped out of the shadows. "Did you get the others Sammy?"
"Yeah I got them all." Sam said. "Hey are you ok?"
"I'm good but I met an angel tonight." He sighed dramatically.
Sam snickered. "Did you suck blood tainted with ecstasy again?"
"Shut up." Dean growled.
"You're serious?" Sam asked.
Dean nodded thinking of the kiss that still made him tingle all over. "Sammy I haven't felt this alive in a long time."
"That's not funny bro." Sam huffed.
"It's a little funny."
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Arandi stepped out of the shower drying herself half-heartedly before putting on her night attire. She looked in the mirror and thought about the mysterious hot looking vampires kiss.
A knock on the bathroom door made her jump.
"Did you drown in there sis?" Her sister Jade said.
Arandi opened the door and stepped out. "I wasn't in there that long."
"Maybe not but I know how you hate cold food."
'I sure didn't mind cold lips.' She thought as she sat at the table to eat her take out.
"Your mysterious vampire wasn't lying to you either those guys were part of a child kidnapping ring that sold children overseas to perverts and slave trade, we have a hero vampire on our hands." Jade snickered. "And apparently he has help because across town the rest of the ring was found sucked dry too."
Arandi stared at her food. "So what do we do Jade?"
"We hunt evil the last time I checked." Jade shrugged.
"Vampires killed our parents Jade." Arandi growled.
"Evil vampires killed our family sis, are you going to tell me that if you kill this vampire knight you're going to feel good about yourself?"
"Do you think you can find out who he is or should I say who he was?"
"Darling how dare you ask me that? I have yet to not be able to find someone's identity. Why do you need to know?"
"Just curious." Arandi said stuffing a fork full of food in her mouth.
Jade grinned. "Why don't you just ask him?" Wagging her eyebrows.
Arandi nearly choked on her food. "Sure you know because he's probably outside the door right now."
Someone knocked on the door at the very moment and the sisters exchanged glances and jumped up grabbing weapons.
Arandi looked through the peep hole her heart racing but it wasn't her vampire.
'Her vampire, what the hell Arandi?' She thought to herself.
She motioned for her sister to stand down and opened the door.
"How did it go?"
"Vampire knights in this town Shawn." Jade said.
"All vampires should die." Shawn growled.
"You know we only kill evil." Arandi turned back to her food.
"Vampires kill people."
"So do we when they are evil, so your point is what?" Arandi hissed.
"Nothing never mind, hey what happened to your wrist?" Shawn grabbed at her.
Arandi yanked her hand back. "My cross bow misfired." She lied.
"Where's Colt?" Jade asked.
"He's at the bar where I'm going to go join him. I came to see if you would like to come with."
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Arandi wasn't sure why she went she really just wanted to sleep perchance to dream and yeah she was being utterly not herself and she was going to blame it on the dead man's blood that had been on the arrow that had nicked her.
The bar was busy playing good music and she hustled some pool until someone tried to get a little too touchy feely and she had to show them she was quite able to take care of herself.
She sat at a table and nursed her beer staring at her sister playing darts with Colt.
"Hey wanna dance?" Shawn asked sitting across from her.
"No I don't." Arandi snorted.
"I've seen you dance so I know that you know how."
"Knowing how, wanting too." Arandi said moving her hands like a weight scale with wanting too losing.
"I know you like me?" Shawn smiled.
Arandi rolled her eyes. "You know how they say that knowledge is power?"
Shawn nodded.
"You are powerless."
"Are you always such a bitch?"
"It's a God given talent." Arandi said getting annoyed.
"Hey if you're gay it's ok."
"Will it make you leave me alone if I say that I am?"
"Look Arandi I'm not asking you to marry me or anything but you're very beautiful and sexy as hell." Shawn sighed reaching for Arandi's hand.
"Gee the fact that you just want to get in my pants makes it all better." Arandi growled pulling her hand back.
"Maybe if you got laid you wouldn't be so fucking constipated." Shawn shot back.
"Look Shawn take your over inflated ego and your 'I'm the one' attitude and go fuck yourself."
"I can get any piece of ass I want." Shawn hissed standing up angrily.
"Apparently not." The cool voice said behind her.
Arandi's heart picked up recognizing Dean's voice.
"Mind you own fucking business." Shawn hissed.
"Arandi's my date so that makes it my business." Dean said smoothly placing his hand on her shoulder.
Shawn's eyes widened and he looked at Arandi.
"Took you long enough to get here." Arandi huffed playing along.
"Sorry but traffic was murderous." Dean said sliding into the chair next to Arandi.
He was wearing jeans and t-shirt with leather jacket and if she didn't know already no way to tell that he was a vampire.
He lifted his eyes to give Shawn a 'get going' glare.'
Shawn stared agape then stormed off.
"What a dick." Dean grumbled.
"So are you stalking me now?" Arandi asked casually trying not to act as if she was sitting with a vampire.
Dean smiled wide. "Tempting as it is no I was hunting that guy playing pool right now with the vest, he has killed three hookers in a month and gotten away with it."
"How do you know all this?"
"I'm a hunter just like you only I kill differently." Dean smiled softly leaning in closer just because he knew Shawn was watching.
Arandi gulped nervously. "Have you heard of personal space?"
"Sorry but you intrigue me." Dean sighed.
"Hey Dean." A much taller but nearly as hot looking young man stepped up to the table. "We hunting or what?"
Dean looked up annoyed. "Do I have to hold your hand now?"
Sam smiled well aware that he was annoying Dean and stuck out his hand. "Hi I'm Sam Dean's brother."
Arandi shook the proffered hand and couldn't help but smile back especially when she saw her sister going into high alert and making her way to the table.
"Little pain in the ass brother." Dean huffed.
"Speaking of pain in the ass younger siblings, this is my sister Jade."
"You planning on hogging all the hot looking guys in the bar tonight?" Jade grinned at Sam,
"Jade this is Dean and Sam….sorry but I don't know your last name."
"Winchester." Dean and Sam answered at the same time.
Arandi and Jade both laughed.
"What?" The brothers said in unison once more.
"Our last name is Remington." Jade said. "Wait a minute did you say Dean?"
Arandi nodded.
"So you're a vampire too?" Jade asked Sam.
Sam flashed the dimples and nodded.
"If someone had told me I would be having drinks with vampires I would have laughed." Jade said seriously.
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Hours slid by without notice as the hunters and vampires talked and had some beers.
Sam suddenly motioned for Dean to look over and the man they were hunting made his way out the door with another hooker.
Dean and Sam stood up.
"Staying in town longer?" Sam asked.
"A couple more days." Jade answered.
"The other vampires in town are not as nice as we are." Dean said leaning down to kiss Arandi's cheek.
"Why don't you hunt them?" Arandi asked looking him in the eye.
Dean smiled knowingly. "Don't worry I'm great at multitasking."
Dean and Sam moved quickly out the door.
Arandi and Jade looked at each other both wondering what the hell they did now.
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With Arandi having pissed Shawn off they had to walk back to their motel room and they made their way laughing just a tad on the tipsy side.
"Well look what we have here guys." The man stepped into the light along with four others, two male and two female.
"Crap." Arandi muttered reaching for her machete that she kept well hidden in her jacket.
They were vampires and they were not trying to hide the fact.
"We thought since you were hunting us that we would just bring the party to you." The head vamp said.
"We can take five." Jade whispered and on cue more appeared from the dark.
"You already have the advantage of being stronger and faster and now you're going to outnumber us too?" Arandi growled standing back to back with her sister.
"Say what you will but you hunters are dinner tonight."
The roar of motorcycles tore through the air and at the end of the road two motorcycles came around opposite corners both black and silver and sleek speeding towards the vampires and hunters.
Arandi couldn't help the smile on her face when she recognized the vampire brothers and the smile that Dean had on his face. A complete set to his jaw like this was the best time he could possibly have.
The sisters separated to stand apart as the motorcycles came at them full speed and Arandi and Jade jumped onto the back of each motorcycle and they tore down the road.
"Hold on tight." Dean called to Arandi as he set his foot down spinning the motorcycle back in the direction they had come and Sam did the same. "Get ready."
The vampires stood in the way ready to knock them to the ground but Dean and Sam glanced at one another and smiled.
"Take over on the count of three." Dean called out squeezing Arandi's hand and she nodded readying herself.
On the count of three Dean and Sam both were up off the cycles spinning through the air in perfect arches landing back to back machetes in hand and the vampires began to fall while Arandi and Jade took control of the cycles and came back around pulling their own machetes.
Still on the motorcycles they beheaded a couple of vamps while Dean and Sam took out the rest and made it look like a well-choreographed dance.
They were like black liquid silk with the grace they moved with.
A woman screamed and they turned to see some couples who had been heading to their cars.
Dean and Sam jumped back in control of the motorcycles speeding away, with a quick nod to one another they turned in different directions and soon the sirens could be heard close by.
Dean sped from one road to the next heading out of town and smiled when he felt Arandi's grip tighten on him.
Dean stopped and cleaned up the cycle and dumped it taking Arandi's hand they walked about half a mile where Dean had his black Impala hidden. He motioned for Arandi to climb in from the driver's side and then he got in after her.
"You saved our lives." Arandi breathed.
"I'm sure you didn't really need our help." Dean grinned.
"I'm used to being the damsel in distress." Arandi grinned back.
"I wish I could be your prince." Dean's face suddenly went serious.
"What's wrong?" Arandi asked concerned.
"You and I…we…." Dean trailed off with a loud sigh.
"Yeah I know." Arandi murmured.
"It's meeting someone like you that makes me realize how lonely this life is."
"Do you often fall for people who try to kill you?" Arandi smiled softly.
Dean looked at her taking her hand and running his thumb absently over her knuckles. "I haven't felt anything for anyone since I was turned."
"I'm flattered then."
"You should be." He pulled in for a kiss and she responded.
"Well, I haven't made out in a car since I was sixteen and add a vampire to the mix and I must have hit my head pretty damn hard at some point."
Dean smiled. "You need to leave town soon that wasn't the whole nest and they are going to come after you."
"Yeah I'm a hunter that's a good thing."
"Please there are too many of them, let me and Sam finish this nest and you go hunt the next one." Dean pleaded inches from her face.
Arandi wanted to argue the point but his liquid jade eyes made her heart skip the way they stared into hers. "Fine but consider it an early Christmas present."
Dean smiled grandly. "Thank you."
He held her hand while he drove her back to the motel and Sam was there waiting with Jade.
They exited the car both through the driver's side and Dean kept hold of her they walked closer to the room.
"Leave tonight it's for the best." Dean said.
"I already have us all packed up." Jade said eyeing her sister waiting for the eruption.
Arandi sighed. "I don't like to run but since you saved our lives I'll do this this time."
"We'll finish it tonight I promise." Dean looked down at her with a fond half smile.
"I don't doubt that you will." Arandi murmured.
Dean looked at Sam and gave him a nod and they both headed to the Impala.
Arandi watched Dean walk away and she felt a sudden sadness that she might never see him again and she found herself running after him calling his name.
Dean turned to look at her and laughed in delight when she threw herself into his arms and he held her off the ground as they kissed.
No one noticed the figure watching from the shadows across the parking lot.
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Arandi felt a deep embedded sadness that she knew she wasn't going to be able to shake anytime soon. Dean had in a very short amount of time worked his way under her skin and she really, really liked him.
She sat in the car waiting for Jade to finish up in the motel office and nearly jumped out of her skin when someone knocked on her window.
"Colt what are you doing?" She asked after rolling the window down.
"Hey can I catch a ride with you and Jade, Shawn left me behind?"
"Left his partner behind?" Arandi asked in surprise.
"Yeah well he was pissed off because of you dissing him for that guy at the bar and he figured out that it was one of those good vampires that you and Jade claimed didn't kill good people."
"Shawn knows that Dean's a vampire?" Arandi asked her heart picking up with sudden sense of dread that filled her.
"Yeah I told him that we shouldn't be killing vampires that actually help hunt and kill evil. He got more pissed told me that I was getting soft and threw me out on my ear. Said he didn't need a partner he didn't trust or partners that had vampire boyfriends."
"Partners?" Arandi scoffed. "He started following us around after that hunt in Kenedy acting like we had invited him along."
"Shawn really likes you."
"He's a fellow hunter and that's it." Arandi growled.
"I understand that but apparently Shawn read more into things than were ever really there because he's sure that this vampire knight of yours took your affections away from him."
"Whatever so it seems that you're better off without him anyway."
Colt huffed. "You know what I think you're right because he could be downright scary sometimes."
"We'll get you where you need to go." Arandi offered.
"Great let me grab my stuff." Colt said running to grab his duffels from in front of his room.
Arandi opened the trunk for him and he put one bag in a time to adjust them to fit, frowned with the last bag and he opened it.
"Fucking crap." Colt groused.
"What is it?" Arandi asked
"I think Shawn went after your knight"
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"You're pining." Sam said out of the blue.
"I am not." Dean groused.
"You're pouting." Sam added amused.
"I am not." Dean insisted glaring at Sam.
"You're pining and pouting." Sam grinned and then he sighed. "I know how much you liked Arandi Dean hell I really liked Jade too but you know as well as I do that a relationship with a human is not possible for us."
"Thanks for the news flash eyewitness news anything you want to add that I don't already know?"
"You're bitchy too."
"Sam don't push your luck."
"Dean we just killed an entire vampire nest and shit like that usually has you stoked."
"We need to feed Sam I'm just feeling a bit hungry that's all." Dean sighed running a hand over his hair.
"Yeah you're hungry alright but it's not for blood." Sam pushed.
Dean glared at him harder.
"Fine I'll see you back here in a couple of hours. " Sam was gone in a flash.
Dean and Sam hunted together but it was a rare thing for them to feed together. It was hard enough having to do something so savage let alone having an audience.
Dean started towards his Impala when he sensed the danger and he turned to fight but his body was filled with agonizing pain as little medal darts struck him everywhere.
Dean fell to his knees gasping and trying desperately to dislodge the darts but his hands were not responding to him.
Only one thing made him feel like he was dying, like he was burning alive from the inside out. Dead man's blood.
He looked up as someone stepped in front of him with a machete.
"What makes you think you can come along and just take her like you could do anything for her?" Shawn spat out.
"Don't blame me for how she feels about you." Dean rasped.
"I had a chance until you."
"Sure you did, whatever gets you through pal and you think by getting rid of me she's going to rush into your open arms?" Dean huffed fighting the need to close his eyes and fall over.
"She'll come around." Shawn said unconvincingly. "Too bad you won't be around to see it."
Dean did close his eyes then thinking about Arandi and how much he wanted to protect her from this man, he thought about her kiss and thought about his brother.
He heard the whoosh of the machete and everything else faded away.
TBC
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