A/N: Sooo, I've decided to re-write "Where there's a Witch there's a way", just because there's just so much I want to change and redo now that I've been doing this for a while now. Hope you guys like the remixed story and take this ride back to the beginning with me. Oh, and don't worry, this won't hinder TEB at all.
"I can't believe I'm doing this" Katie said propped up on her bike. She'd been sitting there for close to an hour and she was already beginning to get antsy. She stood there just staring at the beat door of the motel room and sighed as her mind drifted to how she ended up in this situation.
Katie was sitting in the booth of the diner, resting her head on her hands as she waited for her coffee. She was tired, and needed something to boost her back up. She mentally prayed to whatever god was listening, that the sign on the outside of the diner, claiming to have the best coffee in the world was true.
"You look tired" a familiar voice said and Katie opened her eyes to find someone she hadn't seen in a while. It was Gabe, the man she'd known for quite a while, but was still somewhat a mysterious stranger.
"Good, because I am tired" Katie replied sitting back in her seat as the man took the seat across from her. She watched him carefully. She couldn't explain her fascination with the man, everytime she laid eyes on him she had the need to discover something she didn't know before. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, what are you doing in the middle of nowhere?"
"I need your help" Gabe said and Katie quirked an eye brow. It made her nervous that he needed her to do something he himself couldn't. She always figured there wasn't much he couldn't do on his own.
"Ok, sure name it" Katie replied with a shrug. "You've helped me out more times than I can count" she looked over to him. "Why not?"
"There are these two guys, Dean and Sam" Gabe started. "They're like you, out there killing what goes bump in the night" Katie continued to listen trying to see where this was heading.
"What about them?" Katie asked and Gabe cleared his throat. He suddenly became nervous, an emotion Katie had never seen him wear.
"They're important, to the future of the never ending battle between good and evil" Gabe said. "Which means there will be a lot of trouble headed their way, I need you to protect them" he clasped his hands together. "You're going to have to get close, find a way to get them to let you in" Katie looked at him ready for him to give the punch line, because this was obviously a joke. If these hunters were anything like her, there was no way she could get that close. The number one unwritten rule among hunters was to not get close to anyone, even she knew that. Gabe stared at her waiting for a response.
"Gee that's all?" Katie scoffed. "How the hell-" she remembered who she was talking to. "I mean how the heck and I supposed to get close to these guys, can't you just find some other way" Katie shook her head. The last thing she wanted was to be given babysitting duty of some random guys. And they were hunters which automatically meant she was going to dislike them.
"Like I said they're important, and they're destiny is great" Gabe replied. "But they're human and with you there I'm sure you can protect them from things stronger than they are" Katie shook her head. "Plus it shouldn't be too hard to get them to trust you, I mean you're not too bad to look at, something human men like"
"I'm going to pretend there was a compliment in there somewhere" Katie said as the waitress arrived with her coffee. "Thanks" the waitress nodded before turning and walking away. "So let me get this straight, you want me to whore myself out to get these guys to trust me"
"I wouldn't use the word whore, but in a manner of speaking…" Gabe said and Katie threw a hand full of sugar packets at him. "You know what I mean, you have a way with people, they take to you immediately, all you have to do is get them to trust you"
"You say that like it's easy to do" Katie replied. "Trust is something earned and then you have to build on it, it takes time"
"Take all the time you need" Gabe said standing to his feet. "Look you owe me remember, and this is what I need you to do" he glanced around the diner. "So are you in, or what?" he turned back to Katie who looked back to him. She hated when he was questions in a way that screamed 'you know I'm right so just say yes already'.
"Fine" Katie sighed grabbing her coffee mug and bringing it to her lips" I will find these guys and babysit them so they can live out this great destiny you speak of"
"Thanks" Gabe said.
"You're-" Katie turned but he was already gone. Literally poof, not with smoke or anything just gone. "Welcome"
It didn't take long for her to figure out their location. That would be the easy part of her mission. The moment she laid eyes on them, they screamed hunters. One freakishly tall, but when she saw him there was a book in his hand. He looked like the smart type. The other shorter, but obviously older. He looked like most of the hunters she'd come across, rough around the edges, definitely not some who takes in witch's off the street. She had her work cut out for her.
She followed them to some random motel, the kind of place you take someone you don't want other s to know about. The place looked like she could catch something just from sitting in the parking lot. She watched them go into their room, and now only waited for their next move.
She hated this, this is not what she did. She found bad things and made them go away. She didn't take stakeout duty on two guys who'd probably put a bullet in her the first chance they got. She fiddled with something on her bike.
"Now what?" she thought.
Dean lay back on the bed of their motel room flipping through the channels as he impatiently waited for his brother with news on their latest case. He finally flipped off the TV and turned to his brother.
"You find anything Sammy?" Dean asked and Sam glanced over to his brother. It was the fifth time in the last hour that Dean had asked the question and Sam was getting annoyed.
"Dean, just wait this-" Sam came across an article. "I think I found something"
"Well it's about damn time" Dean said sitting up from the bed. "What are we looking at here?"
"These deaths aren't the first" Sam read from his laptop. "There have been six so far, from the pattern it's two every year since 2007" he looks over to Dean.
"Who were the first victims?" Dean asked standing from the bed.
"Uh…" Sam turned back to his computer. "Lisa Marks and Kevin Price died 3 years ago, Carol died the same as Lisa, so I'm guessing there's going to be another murder"
Dean sighed walking out of the window. He peaked out and could've sworn he saw a shadow in the distance. Sam looked up from his laptop to his brother who was intently looking out of the window.
"Hey" Sam said. "Everything alright?"
"Yeah" Dean shrugged turning back to his brother. "Just thought I saw something" he clapped his hands. "So what now, go to the locals and see what they can tell us about Lisa and Kevin?"
"Good idea" Sam said standing to his feet.
"And so come the monkey suits" Dean says walking over to his bag and pulling out the suit. "I really do hate these things"
Katie was already getting antsy. She didn't realize how used to moving around she had gotten. All this just standing and watching was really getting to her. Her head quickly shot up when she heard the sound of their door open. She jumped off her bike, crouching down beside so they wouldn't see her. The first thing she noticed was that they'd changed into suits.
"Ok, so this is weird" Katie whispered to herself as the guys made their way to their car. She had to admit, she wasn't a car buff or anything but she did recognize a sweet ride when she saw it. "Where are you guys off to this fine evening?" as soon as they were in their car and pulling off, Katie hopped on her bike a followed after them, making sure to keep a good distance behind them. The questions kept popping into Katie's head, especially the moment the car in front of her stopped and Sam and Dean stepped out and walked toward a police station. "Ok" Katie said hopping off her bike and following the men inside.
"Will you stop messing with your collar?" Sam whispered over to Dean as he opened the door to the station.
"I can't help it" Dean replied. "I always feel like I can't breathe in this thing" Katie silently chuckled as she moved quietly behind them. Katie slipped in just behind them pretending to be someone just off the street as she took a seat in the waiting area. She grabbed a magazine off the table next to her, holding it up but keeping it low enough for her to keep an eye on Sam and Dean as they walked up to the front desk.
"What can I do for you boys?" the officer asked looking between Sam and Dean. Katie watched as the two men reached into their pockets and pulled something out.
"Hi, I'm Agent Wilson" Sam said before turning slightly to Dean. "And this is my partner Agent Harding" Katie watched impressed. They'd obviously done this before and if she weren't following them right now would actually believe them to be actual agents.
"Uh Sherriff Brown" the officer said turning to an older man who walked over. "These here fellas are from the FBI"
"Oh really" the sheriff replied walking over to Sam and Dean. "Well why don't you two come with me" Sam and Dean followed behind him. Katie watched as they got further away until they were in the sheriff's office. "What is the FBI doing here in my little town?" the sheriff closed the door.
"Damnit!" Katie cursed to herself. She really wanted to hear what was happening in that room. Sure it wasn't crucial to the whole protect these guys, but she was getting even more curious by the minute. It was in that moment that a metaphorical light bulb went off in Katie's head. Picking her bag off the floor, she began rifling through it before finally pulling out her IPod. She placed the ear buds in her ear and giving the room a once over, making sure no one was even paying any attention to her. Looking over to the door she whispered, ""Ears of a bat, I call you to settle here, so I may hear what Dean and Sam were saying in there". And soon their voices sounded in her ears.
"Sorry to come unannounced, but we're looking into the death of Carol Jordan" Sam and Dean said taking a seat across from the sheriff. The sheriff sighed running a hand over his neck as the memory of finding that young girls' body flashed into his mind.
"Right now, we have no leads of what could've done that to her" He looked back over to Sam and Dean shaking his head. "I swear to you after all these years in law enforcement, I've never seen anything like that" he rubbed his hands together the image still burned in his mind. "It was like something straight from a horror movie or something" The sheriff glanced over to a picture of his wife and daughter. Sam and Dean shared a look before turning to the man.
"Were you aware that Ms. Jordan wasn't the only one who died like this in your town sheriff?" Dean asked and the sheriff looked over to him, his brow furrowed.
"No" the man said shaking his head. "I wasn't, me and my family recently moved here about a month ago" he looked between Sam and Dean. "Who else died like this?" the thought of something like this happening before this seemed impossible.
" Well the first time the killings occurred…" Dean starting and the sheriff's eyes went wide.
"First killings?" Sheriff Brown asked interrupting. He assumed this only happened once before. "How many times has this been going on?"
"Well we've found about four times since 2007" Sam said and the sheriff looked over to the man. "In every case there's a male and female victim" The sheriff ran a hand through his hair. "Uh, the first victims were Lisa Marks and Kevin Price, have you heard anything about them?"
"No" the sheriff said. "I've never heard of them, but that's not too surprising, a lot of people are still warming up to me replacing the old sheriff" he stood to his feet. "But Rebecca out there at the information desk has been here since the place opened, she might know something that can help you" Sam and Dean stood to their feet and shook the sheriff's hand.
"Thanks for your time" the brothers said before turning and leaving the man's office. They spotted the short older woman and began heading over. Dean doesn't know how or even why his head turned to the waiting area, but it did and for a split second his eyes met a woman's who seemed to be looking right back at him. Sam looked over to his brother then to whatever was holding his attention, and that's when he too saw the woman. She was wearing a black leather jacket and some torn jeans with a bag in her lap. She was pretty that was for sure, her curly brown hair falling past her shoulders.
"Do you know her?" Sam whispered over to his brother who only shook his head before turning away from the woman.
"No, she just uh—" Dean couldn't place it, but he feels like he's seen her before. "Seems familiar that's all" Without noticing Dean nearly ran right into Rebecca. "I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going" the older woman seemed to eye Dean up and down.
"That's alright, you can run into me anytime sugar" the woman said and Dean smiled nervously. "Now what is it that I could help you two fine fellas with?" Dean looked down to see the woman rubbing his arm a bit.
"uh—" Dean backed away from her grasp as they pulled out their badges and showed them to her. "We were just wondering if you knew anything about Lisa Marks or Kevin Price" The woman's expression soured at the names.
"What do you want to know about them for?" Rebecca asked turning back to the file cabinet she was previously looking through.
"It's just that we think there may be a connection between their deaths, and Carol Jordan's" Sam replied and Rebecca sighed before looking over to them. "So any information you have will help us out a lot" he added a little smile and that's when he had her.
"Well of course I knew them, after they died everybody knew them" Rebecca replied as she closed her desk and began walking to her desk. "You couldn't go anywhere without hearing their names"
"What about before they died?" Dean asked.
"Well I knew of them, this is a pretty small town, but we didn't run in the same circles" the woman said taking a seat behind her desk.
"And what circles did they run in?" Dean asked and Rebecca shrugged.
"All I heard was mostly rumors, but they sort of made sense if you would look at them" the woman folded her hands on her desk and sighed. "I heard they were into the occult, you know magic and spells and all that foolery" Sam and Dean shared a look before turning back to the woman.
"Is there any family in town that we could talk to?" Sam asked.
"Well I know Lisa had a sister, Allison. She was a weird one too, but she's the only one from the family who hasn't completely disappeared after Lisa and Kevin died" Rebecca looked over to Dean. "Last I heard the girl was checked into Crystal Lake Mental Institution, but I'm not sure the girl will be any help, she hasn't spoken a word since Lisa's death" Sam and Dean gave the woman a nod.
"Thanks for your help" Dean said quickly before he and Sam turned and headed for the door. On his way out, Dean's eyes once again landed on the mysterious woman, who too was looking back to him. This time she quick averted her eyes and began bobbing her head to whatever she was listening to. Dean shook off the weird feeling and followed his brother out the door.
Katie's eyes followed after the men, as they passed by her and out the door. There was only one question running through Katie's mind at this moment.
"Did he just look at me?" she couldn't dwell on it too longer. She quickly got to her feet and headed out the door to follow the hunters. They ended back at their hotel and Katie knew she wouldn't be able to sit out here all night and just watch their door. She figured they were in for the night, probably coming up with a next plan of attack. So she went into the front office and with a little bribery was able to get a room near Sam and Dean. The moment Katie got into her room her mind raced with the information she'd just heard.
She'd been brushing her teeth, telling herself that this wasn't her case, that she should let the guys handle it. The words occult and magic kept playing in her head. She knew the world of magic and knew how dangerous it could be if you didn't know what you were doing. This could be way above Sam and Dean's heads. She gargled some water and spit in the sink before going back into her room and taking out her laptop. It was about time she looked into this case.
After a few moment of internet searches and a bit of minor hacking skills Katie was able to get access to the crime scene photos. Katie leaned in closer to the photos and spotted something she was sure no one even noticed. She went through as many crime scene photos, she could noticing the same thing in each one.
"Wait a minute" Katie said standing to her feet and walking over to her duffel bag. Rifling through it she pulls out a book and begins flipping through the pages until she finds what she's looking for. She walks back over to her computer and holds the book next to the screen. The same symbol that's in this book is tattooed on the victims. Katie drops the book and sighs. "What the hell have these idiots done?"
The next morning Katie didn't want to miss the guys, so she slept as lightly as possible, which wasn't that hard. She didn't sleep much and when she did she would have really weird dreams of things that didn't even make sense. Peeking out of her window she saw them just as they were leaving their room. It was in this moment that Katie realized that she was really stalking these guys. She grabbed her bag and jacket and quickly made her way out of her room. She got on her bike and followed behind the impala.
She'd been following them for a few miles before they were pulling into the parking lot of a diner. Katie watched as the guys stepped out of the car and walked into the diner, before she too pulled into the parking lot as well.
"Aunt Ida's Diner" Katie read the blinking sign that hung above the diner. There was nothing overly fascinating about the place. She'd seen her fair share of diners, and they were all starting to look exactly the same. "I guess I could eat" Katie thought before slipping off of her bike and walking toward the entrance of the diner.
Sam sat across from his brother in the booth of the diner, his laptop open.
"So, I called the mental hospital where Carol's sister is admitted" Sam said glancing over to Dean who's eyes were roaming about the diner. There weren't many people, but that didn't mean that the place was completely safe.
"Really?" Dean looked over to Sam before picking up the plastic menu that was on the table. "Was her doctor's name Dr. Voorhees?" Dean chuckled before looking over to his brother but, Sam's face remained unamused. "C'mon Crystal Lake, Jason Voorhees, don't tell me you weren't thinking it" Sam just shook his head before looking back to the computer screen.
"Anyways, she's still a patient at the hospital, so we can go talk to her as soon as we leave here" Sam closed his laptop and slipped it into his bag before picking up his own menu.
Dean's eyes scanned the menu just as the bell above the door rang. He lifted his head to see a woman walk into the diner. The moment she walked in, he found himself unable to take his eyes off of her. She was attractive to say the least, but that was put in the back burner when he realized that he'd seen that woman before.
"Hey Sam" Dean said and his younger brother looked up from his menu and over to his brother. "That woman that just walked in" Sam turned to the woman. "Isn't she the one from the sheriff's station yesterday?"
"I don't know" Sam replied with a shrug. He couldn't say he was paying much attention. "Maybe, it's possible, why?" he turned to his brother.
"Doesn't it seem odd that she's been in two places we've been in , in two days?" Dean asked and Sam just looked over to him and shrugged.
"C'mon Dean, this is a small town" Sam replied. "It's probably just a coincidence, I mean this town probably doesn't have a lot of choices of places to eat" Dean shook his head before turning to look out the window.
"Ok, how about there" Dean said and Sam sighed before following his eyes. "That bike, isn't that the bike from our hotel, the one I said was a classic?" Sam looked at the bike and had to admit the familiarity. "So there's a woman's who we've seen in the past two days and a bike we've seen twice just today, and you don't find that kind of odd?"
"No, not really" Sam replied with a shrug. "Ok let's say the bike is hers and yes she was in the sheriff station yesterday and also staying at the same hotel, it doesn't mean she's following us"
"Then why does she keep looking over to us?" Dean asked and Sam's brow furrowed before looking over his shoulder meeting Katie's eyes before she quickly looked back down to her menu. "I'm telling you there's something not right with this girl Sam" Dean stood to his feet.
"Dean, what the hell are you doing?" Sam whispered to his brother.
"I'm going to find out if coincidences really exist" Dean said before heading over to the woman's booth. Sam sighed before jumping to his feet and following over to his brother before he did something that could get them both in trouble.
A/N: And there is the first chapter of the very first story... Again!