Chapter One
Heart ache and Salvation
I walked into the torn apart cabin cautiously. The place was torn apart. Books were splayed across the floor. Book shelves were knocked over. I finally made it to my dad's study. Blood was everywhere. The glass skylights in the ceiling were shattered. The safe was opened and I found the lock box for the colt opened on the desk. Empty. It was gone.
I was searching around the room for some kind of clue when three vampires came in. The only weapon I had was a gun and that wouldn't do any damage to them. I was in a whole lot of trouble. All three charged at me. I put up a fight but one caught me in the temple and it was lights out.
I woke up tied to a post with a major headache. The first thing I did was feel my neck for bit wounds. Thankfully I was clean.
"Well, look who's finally awake." I raised my head and groaned.
"You have got to be kidding me."
"Luther will be happy to see you little Elkins."
"You telling me hunters haven't killed you yet, Kate?" She just laughed and walked out to the room.
It was around the edge of darkness that I heard Luther in the other room. His voice was unmistakable. I had memorized it from the time that he got away from my dad and I ten years ago. I forced myself to remember it.
"This all their's?" He asked Kate. I guess he was talking about the couple that were tied to the post in the front room. I heard them playing around with them and the girl whimpering.
"No. It's from an old friend of yours. Daniel Elkins. I picked up his scent. I thought I would surprise you."
"Kate. What did you do?" Luther sounded worried. In which he should be. Other hunters were bound to get the news already.
"I made him suffer." I heard the smile in her voice. I let the silent tears run down my cheeks.
"You shouldn't have done that."
"Luther-"
"There are others like him. They'll know the signs and come looking for us. We have to be careful."
"Luther, I did it for you. For what he did to your family. I also got you a surprise."
"Revenge isn't worth much if you end up dead. Besides his daughter will come when she finds out he's dead."
"What if I told you she already came?"
"What?"
"She in the back room." I heard two sets of foot falls coming in my direction.
"What do we have here?"
"Go to hell you bastard." I spat out at him.
"You always was the feisty one. Lock her up in the cage, but keep her tied up. She's a hunter. She'll try and find a way to get out."
I don't know how long I was in the cage. There were a couple other people in there also. It was around the middle of the day when I heard foot falls that didn't belong to any of the vamps.
"Dean." I heard a guy whisper. I took my foot and tapped the cage door. Enough to get their attention, but not wake the vamps.
"There's more." I heard the Dean guys whisper. I then heard his foot steps coming toward me.
I struggled, but finally got on my feet. "Hey you've got to get me out of here."
"Just give me a second." The Dean guy said. He looked at the lock then moved to the hinges. He popped the first one. I flinched at the noise. Luckily no vamps woke up. I then noticed the other guys crouched in front of the girl tied to the post.
"No-" Before I could finish she screamed waking the other vamps up.
"Sam!" Dean yelled.
"Hurry open the cage!" I heard a loud crash in the back.
"Boys run!" The guy in the back yelled. I recognized that voice. John Winchester. Which meant the two boys were Sam and Dean Winchester. His son's.
"I'll be back!" Dean yelled at me before him and Sam took off running.
"Shit!" I yelled out frustrated.
Night fall finally came around. Kate and another vamp left. Not long after two more left leaving Luther and a couple others. A few hours later two of the vamps came back telling Luther that the three that were there earlier cut off Hanks head and Kate was missing.
Luther came back inside cursing. He walked over to the cage and peered in at me. "You better hope your little friends don't hurt her, or you get to take her place. Instead of killing you, I'll just turn you. See how they like that."
I bit my tongue. I wanted to stay alive cause Dean had said he would be back. He was John's son so I would hold him to his word. John had never failed me before, hopefully his son wont either.
All the vamps cleared out going after Kate except one. He was to stay here and look after us prisoners. About five minutes after they all left I heard a noise at the door. I then saw Dean climb through a window. The vamp turned around and Dean beheaded him.
Dean walked over to the cage and peered in. He had a cheesy smile plastered to his face. "I told ya I would come back."
"Whatever. Just get me out of here Winchester."
He stared breaking the locks on the door. "How'd you know my last name."
"Your John's son. I recognized John's voice earlier."
"Okay who are you?"
"Danielle. I'm Daniel Elkins daughter." He cut the ropes that bound my hands and feet. "Come on we have to go. I'm guessing John has Kate and he has four vamps on his ass."
"You're a hunter?" Sam asked as we ran out of the barn. He had cross bows in his hand. I had grabbed my knifes off a table before running out.
We made our way out to the road where all the vamps were gathered. I noticed John beside his truck on the ground. Dean and Sam both shot their cross bows. I grabbed two of my knifes that were soaked in dead mans blood and threw them at a vamp. I noticed Dean had a machette strapped to his back. I pulled it out and he gave me a look. I ignored it and beheaded a vamp.
I saw Luther grab Sam around the neck. "Stop or I snap his neck." Luther said. Dean and I both froze. "Put the blade down Danny." Sam was gasping for breath.
"Alright." I laid the blade on the ground. "Just don't hurt him."
"You people. Why cant you just leave us alone. We have as much right to live as you do."
"I don't think so." I heard John from behind. Luther turned and looked at him. John raised the colt and fired a shot hitting Luther in the middle of the forehead. Sam dropped to the ground and Dean grabbed him. I automatically grabbed the blade off the ground.
There were only two vamps left. Kate and another girl. Kate screamed Luther's name and went to dive at John, but the other girl grabbed her and pulled her into the car, and they sped off.
John looked over at me. Instead of saying anything to me he just gave me a sad smile. Him and my dad had a falling out a few years ago, but every time I saw John I talked to him. He was like family and always would be.
"Lets get back to the cabin and get cleaned up. Danny ride with the boys." John got in his truck and pulled out.
Back at the cabin I was the last one to take a shower. Sam and Dean had taken me to get my truck from dad's cabin. They weren't staying too far from there. John was already washed up by the time we got there. Sam and Dean both took quick showers and then I got in.
I stepped out and got dressed. When I walked out of the bathroom the boys were standing in front of John. "We go after this damn thing, together." John told them.
"Yes sir." They both replied. I shut the bathroom door and all three faces turned to me.
I cleared my throat. "Um, thanks for, you know, saving me back there." John smiled and walked towards me. I was a little surprised when he wrapped me in a hug. By the looks on Sam and Dean's faces they were too.
"I'm sorry about your dad Danny." He released me and looked down at me with a sad smile. "I guess I need to ask your permission for the colt."
"No you don't John. Dad would have wanted you to have that gun. And by the sound of it, your going to need it."
"Alright. Let's all head out." John turned towards me. "You coming with us?"
"You want me to come?" I was a little surprised.
"You shouldn't be hunting on your own."
"Okay. I guess." I said a little unsure.
Not long after that I was following the Winchesters out of town. Where we were headed I wasn't for sure. I just knew that I was with people who had care about me and apparently still does. Well, at least John did. His son's didn't know me. I also didn't know them, but something told me we were going to become close. Pretty much inseparable.
Chapter Two
We were in Manning Colorado. Not too far from where the vamp nest was. John was showing Sam and Dean everything he had found out about the yellow eyed demon Azazel. I was stretched out on one of the beds listening.
"So this is it. This is all I know. Look our whole life we've been looking for this demon. Not a trace, just nothing. Till about a year ago. It's the first time I've picked up a trail."
"That's when you took off." Dean stated.
"Yeah. That's right. The demon must have came out of hiding or hibernation."
"Alright so what's this trail you found?" Dean asked walking over to the desk where John sat.
"It starts in Arizona, New Jersey, California. House burn down to the ground. It's going after family's, just like it went after us."
"Families with infants?" Sam asked
"Yeah." John dropped his head. "The night of the kids six month birthday.
Sam got this sad puppy dog look on his face. "I was six months old that night?"
"Exactly six months." John said.
"So basically this demon is going after these kids-" I started but Sam butted in.
"The same way it came for me. Mom's death, Jessica, it's all because of me?"
"We don't know that Sam." Dean said. He didn't want Sam blaming himself.
Sam jumped up. "Oh yeah Dean, cause I would say were pretty damn sure."
I jumped up and got in between the two before the fight could escalade. "Look you two. I know you don't know me and I sure don't know you, but tearing each other's heads off isn't going to solve your problem's."
"Your right you don't know us, and this is a family problem. A family your not part of, so why are you even here?"
"Dean!" John scolded.
"It's fine John. He doesn't want me here then I'll just leave. I've done fine on my own for the past five years."
"Danielle your not going anywhere." John said. "I promised your dad that if anything happened to him I would look out for you. I'm not going back on that promise."
"Oh so what now I'm just getting baby sat. You making sure nothing big and bad comes after me."
"You watch your tone girl." John was scary when he got mad.
I shrunk back. "Yes sir." I sat back on the bed and kept my mouth shut.
"Look, I've always been one step behind this demon." John continued on, but I kind of blocked it out. I was in my own little world. I wasn't for sure if I wanted to be here or not. I didn't even know if they truly wanted me here. I was brought back out of my little world by someone shaking me.
"Danielle." It was Sam. I looked up at him. "Pack. Were headed to Iowa." I just nodded my head and done what I was told. Not long after we were all headed to salvation Iowa.
As soon as we made it to the edge of town I got a phone call from and old friend, telling me that pastor Jim was killed. They informed me that it was a demon. I shot out around the Impala and in front of John then pulled off the road.
When I climbed out of the car Dean didn't look too happy with me, but by John's facial expression he had gotten the call also. Him and I just stood there looking at one another.
"What is it?" Dean asked. Him and Sam made their way over to us.
John turned and faced his son. "I just got a call from Caleb."
"Is he okay?"
"Jim Murphy is dead." I spoke up.
"Pastor Jim?" Sam asked astonished. John just shook his head while I stood there. "How?"
"His throat was slashed." John answered.
"It was a demon." I looked up at the boys. "Caleb told me he found traces of sulfur."
"Was it the demon?" Dean asked.
"I don't know." John was on the verge of crying for his friend. "Could be he just got careless. He slipped up. Maybe the demon knows were getting close."
"What do we do?" I asked. All three turned towards me.
"Your going to do nothing." Dean said.
"This was just your problem, but now I'm here and this thing is going after people I care about, so weather you like it or not I'm apart of this now."
"She's right Dean. Let's just get a list of all the infants in the area that turn six months next week. This ends now boys. I don't care what it costs, but I'm ending it."
We all climbed back into our vehicles and found a motel. Instead of the boys having to go to the hospitals and get the information we needed I hacked into the hospitals data base and proved myself not useless. Dean was actually impressed.
Sam and I decided to go and grab a bite to eat. We were walking back to the motel when Sam started grabbing his head.
"Sam are you okay?"
"Yeah. Ahh." He grabbed at his head again. After a few minutes he opened his eyes and started digging through his bag. He pulled out his map mumbling something about railroad tracks. "Come on." He grabbed my arm and started pulling me with him.
"Sam what's going on?"
"I cant explain it right now just trust me." I did as he asked and followed him.
We were standing in front of a two story white house. Sam grabbed his head again. Then he started pulling me towards a women pushing a baby. "Hey, I'm Sam, this is Danielle, we just moved in up the street." He looked down at the baby. "She's gorgeous, is she yours?"
"Yeah. I'm Monica, and this is Rosie. So welcome to the neighbor hood."
"Thank you." I said. "She's such a good baby."
"I know, I mean she never cries." Monica said. "She just stairs at everybody. Sometime's she looks at you and I swear it's like she's reading your mind."
"What about you Monica, how long have you lived here?" Sam asked.
"My husband and I actually bought our house right before Rosie was born."
"How old is Rosie?"
"She's six months today." When Monica said this it clicked. The demon was coming after this family and somehow Sam knows this. "Its big right
