Wendigo Nest

by Zephyreon

When people in a tiny town in Washington State periodically go missing and their corpses found horribly mutilated beyond recognition, a single hunter decides he can't handle this on his own and calls up the best of the best in the hunter's realm-the Winchesters. What seems like a simple case soon mutates out of control and the Winchesters realize they're in way out of their league.

1. Prologue

"Milo, what are we even doing here?"

"I told you Jordan, this is our last chance to get our senior prank in before the school shuts down. Day after tomorrow, no one's going to be here but renovators." Milo said, but Jordan still didn't seem convinced. Milo rolled his eyes and trudged on, smirking when he heard Jordan hurry to catch up.

"What I don't get is why we have to do it in the dead of night." Jordan muttered, "Do you hear something?"

"Calm down Jordan, I'm sure it's just a raccoon or something." Milo said. He'd never admit it, but he was starting to feel uneasy, as if something were following them. But that was ridiculous; the woods around Milo's tiny town were combed religiously by hunters to keep it free of dangerous animals.

Milo pushed a branch aside and looked at Bishop High School, soon to be Bishop University. Milo and Jordan were in its final graduating class, and tomorrow would be the last day anyone but renovators would be there. Technically they had two days, but the latter was graduation, and Milo didn't want to mess anything up and delay it.

A growl from behind them made Milo turn around, but he didn't see anything. Maybe they should hurry up and leave. He was about to ask Jordan for the school keys, when he heard Jordan scream and a searing pain erupted in his leg. Milo fell to the ground and scrambled for the lighter he'd swiped from his brother.

He tried and tried to light it, almost screaming in frustration as he listened to something tear into Jordan and at the white-hot pain in his leg. He could have cried with relief as a flame sprung to life if it hadn't been for the fifteen foot tall thing bent over Jordan's bloody body. Milo could just barely make out Jordan, gut ripped open.

The thing snapped around, causing Milo to drop the lighter. The tinder-dry brush burst into flames, causing the thing to flee at inhuman speed.

Everything after that was a blur. Milo was vaguely aware of flashing lights and strong hands that pulled him out of the inferno he'd created. Just before he passed out from the pain, Milo saw the silhouette of the thing against the white walls of the school. Almost as if it were saying 'Just you wait.'