Chapter 1
The air felt cold on that late, breezy, October night while leaving a hotel in Colorado. All that was playing was some classic rock on the radio when one of the aliased phones rang.
Dean turned the music down, "Sam, check the glove compartment for one of the phones. One's going off." he said.
Sam checked the compartment to find that not one of the phones was ringing.
"None of them are ringing," he said astonished.
Dean glanced at him with a look of surprisement. He looked in the review mirror at Ellestiel in the backseat,
"Is that yours?" he asked.
She replied "Yes, It's my brother, now sshh!"
He looked at her confused and offended.
"What?" she whispered to the front of the Impala, "Would you keep your eyes on the road? I swear one of these days we're going to crash, and you're gonna blame it on us!"
He frowned at her while mimicking what she said about him driving; she mimicked him back.
"You two act like an old married couple sometimes." Sam said teasingly.
Simultaneously Dean and Ellestiel said "Shut up Sam!" It was a while until the whispered silence was broken by a laugh and then a gasply "Oh my god! What happened? When did this happen? And he didn't think to call me?!" This quickly got Sam and Dean's attention intensely. Dean pulled the car over to the side of the road. After she hung up the phone Ellestiel said,
"Boys, we just got ourselves a case."
Sam turned around to face her, "What happened?" She looked up at him while trying not to let a tear loose and said, "One of my brother and I's very close friends is injured. My brother might think it's a rouge Hellhound but the signs point towards something else, I think. Like a Demon."
Sam looked surprised.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing." he said.
"Sam, what is it?" she demanded.
It's nothing! I just didn't know…that you had a brother was all. You never really talk about your family." said Sam.
"I talk plenty about my family! Just not all the time… Plus you don't need to know everything about them and the family tree." She said defensively.
They started to argue with each other.
"All right, come on! Where's it at?" Dean yelled.
"Oregon." grudged Ellestiel.
Soon in Oregon they met up with Ellestiel's brother.
"Hey!" she said as she walked up to give him a hug.
"This is Sam and this is Dean. Guys, this is my brother, Ed." she said cheerfully during the introduction.
They stood there, all three of them. Sam and Dean looking at Ed, and Ed looking at them.
"So these are the two whom you 'work' with." Ed said in a protective tone.
"Yes. And don't be so rude to them."
Sam looked away as if he had been offended.
"He's just a little cranky because he didn't get to eat yet; even though I told him he would eat when we got here." she said as her tone heightened towards the end of the sentence, while pointing at Dean.
"I have to go to the bathroom. Behave, or come in and eat." She left to go inside.
"So, are you two hungry?" Ed said in a taunting voice.
"Starving," Dean said as Sam looked at him an expressive thought of Really?
Nobody ate except Dean. Ellestiel and Ed were trying to make small talk over Dean's munching noises.
"So what do you think it is?" Sam asked Ed suddenly.
"I think it's a rouge Hellhound but she thinks different." he said looking at them to her.
"The real reason why I called is cause of the second person who was injured." Ed looked at Ellestiel.
"Well, what happened…come on." she was looking worried.
Sam and Dean had no clue what was going on.
"Who is it?" Sam asked. Ed looked at them.
"It's Nick, he's in the hospital".
"Who's Nick?" Dean asked.
Ed looked at Ellestiel, "You didn't tell them?"
She put her head down, "No, I didn't."
"And why?" Ed prodded.
"Cause I didn't think they'd need to know about him. No offense guys."
A few tears ran down her face.
Dean looked her, "Who is he?"
"He's my….my uh…." she stammered, "I need to go see him." They all looked at her.
"You didn't answer my question. Who is he and who is to…." she flew off before he finished, "Really!"