A speeding boat ran against the waves of the sea on a cold winter's night. The moon couldn't be found and the twinkling stars danced before the water below. Angel Montgomery shot a harpoon into the water and hit something. "I got her!" She screamed to her younger sister, Alice, who was piloting the boat.
She stopped the engine and put it in reverse. "Keep a hold on her!"
Angel struggled with the rope and tied it around one of the metal railings. She stepped back carefully, her shoes soaking from the water on the deck, and made sure not to fall. She could have easily fallen and slid off of the boat. "What do you think I'm trying to do here?"
"This is no time to be a smart ass!" Her sister exclaimed and stopped the boat close to the dock. They weren't that far from it. She went over to Angel and helped pull on the rope to get what they had hit onto the deck.
After some struggle, what seemed to be a mermaid hit the deck. She was wailing so high, her voice cracked. The green scales on her tail were molded with a black substance and her skin was covered in it. The evil red eyes stared back at them, as if she was possessed, and her blonde hair was wet and clinging to her body. Alice stopped and looked at the creature in confusion. "Is this the one we're after?"
Angel laughed at her sister's innocence. "She fits the exact description the mother gave us." Angel tied the rope up and had her sister hold the rest of it. Angel took out a sword and stood in front of the mermaid. "You aren't a mermaid. You're something much more evil. I can't believe you kill little kids. From our other source, mermaids don't do that. So, I don't know who or what you are, but your life is over." With that, Angel chopped off the creature's head before she could create an excuse.
They remained silent for a few moments before they heard something hit the side of the boat. "What the hell?" Alice yelled and looked over at the water.
A mermaid shot out of the water at Angel, but she became transparent and the mermaid went straight through her like a ghost. She screamed and aimed at Alice, who snapped her fingers and a Ray Gun Mark II from the game Black Ops 2 came out of nowhere. She immediately shot her with it and green sticky bullets flew at the mermaid, poisoning her and making her fall to the deck. More mermaids shot up out of the water and Angel stabbed one of them. Alice shot constantly until she ran out of ammo. She then threw it down and punched one of the creatures in the face. The creature fought back and smacked Alice with her tail. Alice was infuriated and kicked her in the stomach, making the creature double over. Angel chopped her in half and quickly turned around and slit another one's throat.
Alice sighed, "That's the last one."
A creature shot up out of the water and dragged Alice down with her. "Alice!" Angel screamed. A few seconds had passed and a thick silence took over. The waves crashed against the small boat and the stars stopped twinkling. All fell still. Angel could hear a clock ticking in her mind. Tick. Tock. Your sister isn't up yet. She couldn't control her heart beat and she dropped her weapon. Tick. Tock. She's probably already dead. She was about to jump overboard when Alice started to rise out of the water.
Alice was standing on a piling tower of black crabs. Her arms were raised and she was staring up at the sky. She was soaked from head to toe and her clothes clung to her skin. "All hail the Crab Queen!"
Angel chuckled and tried to catch her breathing, "I was worried for a second there, sis." She immediately hugged her sister. Once Alice got on deck and the crab tower disappeared into the non-ending waves, Angel sighed. "Killer mermaids? I'm starting to question what we hunt nowadays." She turned to her sister and shot her a playful smile. Angel's long brown hair stuck to her skin and her blazingly blue eyes watched her sister sway back and forth. "Now poof us up a raft and let's get out here."
Alice snapped her fingers and a raft popped up on the side of the boat. Her bright blue eyes focused on the deck of the boat. Her rose red hair is what made her different from her sister and her beautiful smile radiated the place. "The old Set-Fire-To-Everything trick? That's just a calling card with us, isn't it?" She snapped her fingers again and gasoline was placed everywhere.
They both stepped off of the boat and into the raft. "Yeah, well it leaves hell of a lot less evidence than dumping the bodies back into the ocean. They can float, you know," Angel pointed out.
After they got far enough, Alice set fire to the boat with another snap. "Now what do we do?"
Angel scoffed, "I'm starving. Let's go get something to eat."
"You're always starving," Alice rolled her eyes.
She laughed, "Can you blame me? This is hard work."
"Fine, but I get to choose where we eat."
The Montgomery sisters walked into the tiny, run down restaurant. The white chipped walls seemed to be fading away and the stained white floor tiles made the place seem even more aged. Brown polished tables stood in the left hand corner of the room and the red leathered booths sat before the long counter with red stools in front of it. A few people were eating already and the aroma that hung in the air made Angel's stomach growl. They sat at a booth next to two young men and a waitress handed them menus. After looking through it for a couple minutes, two waitresses came by to both booths to take their orders.
Angel ordered first, "I'll take a cheeseburger with a side of fries and a black coffee, please."
Alice couldn't believe her ears. Angel and the man sitting directly behind her had ordered the same exact thing at the same time. Their voices were in sync. She looked at the two men and found the other staring directly at her. When the waitresses asked them what they wanted, they both answered simultaneously, "Caesar Salad and a water." Alice's eyes grew and so did the man's, and they
immediately looked away.
Angel didn't pay attention to anything until the man that sat behind her turned around and declared, "You have a great taste in food."
"I know," she smiled slyly and turned around to face the man. She suddenly raised an eyebrow and both of them asked, "Hey, don't I recognize you from…?" Both Angel and the man stopped. Their eyes widened for a few seconds, then narrowed. "You're hunters," they stated. Both growled at each other and exclaimed, "Stop it!" They both pointed fingers at one another, "No, you stop."
Alice and the other man cut in, "Both of you stop it!"
Angel turned around and said, "Whore."
At the same time, the man behind her called his friend, "Bitch."
Alice furrowed her brow and stated, "Slut."
And who would have guessed that at that very moment, the other man said to the man, "Jerk."
All four people turned to gaze at each other in awed silence. This was certainly weird and unlike anything anyone has ever gone through. Both sets of people were exactly the same, but different genders. Angel's blue eyes focused on the other man's hazel ones, which seemed to catch her off guard by how dazzling they appeared. Her breath hitched and she couldn't think of what to do. His long brown hair brushed the back of his neck and his broad shoulders made him appear strong. She wouldn't dare let her eyes gaze down at his lips, which almost tortured her. This man could have been sculpted from marble.
Alice raised her voice and stated, "Awkward."
The man behind Angel spoke, "Do you guys want to eat with us?" Alice nodded and shook her googly-eyed sister out of her trance and moved her stuff. She sat next to the man she had locked eyes with earlier and Angel sat next to the man that complimented her taste. His short brown hair was spiked up at the top and his green eyes held a darkness inside. His face was structured like a model's and his voice was deep and attractive. "I'm Dean and this here," he pointed to the other man, "is my brother Sam."
Angel snapped out of it and came back to reality. "I'm Angel and this is my younger sister, Alice."
"Angel, that's a pretty name." Sam complimented.
His velvet voice melted Angel's heart. She smiled and looked into his eyes, "Thanks."
"So, what brings you two in town?" Dean asked curiously. "I thought we had it all handled here."
"We just got done doing our job here. You know," Alice said.
Everyone declared at the same time, "Saving people, hunting things, the family business."
There was another awkward silence as they all wondered why this kept happening. They were so in sync with one another, like this had happened so many times before. After their food came, they feasted like kings. For a while, all four seemed completely at ease, sharing stories of past jobs and hilarious things that happened but worked out so well. Both groups paid their bill and walked out of the restaurant in a fit of laughter at a joke Alice had made.
When they walked to their cars, which were a parking space apart, Sam admired and commented on Angel's navy blue 2013 Chevrolet Camaro. "That's an awesome car."
Dean laughed, "The older versions are cooler."
Angel shot him a glare and pet her car, "Don't listen to him baby, he's just lying."
Alice rolled her eyes and got into the car. Dean had gotten into his sleek black 1967 Chevrolet Impala. He started the engine and called for Sam. Sam towered above Angel at six foot four against her five foot three frame. He smiled at her before handing her a small piece of paper with his number on it. "Call me if you need anything."
Angel giggled and asked, "Anything?" The statement was accompanied by a wink.
Sam became pink in the cheeks and flustered. He stuttered, "Y…Yeah." He nodded and got into his brothers car. Angel started her car up and both groups drove their separate ways down the street.
Alice broke the silence that had lasted since they had left the restaurant, "From what I could tell earlier, you were star struck by that Sam guy."
"I was not." Angel scoffed.
"Was too," she mocked.
"Shut up."
"You should call him when we get to the motel," Alice wriggled her eyebrows suggestively and laughed.
"Are you kidding? I don't want to seem crazy." She kept her eyes on the road and turned up the radio a little bit.
"Crazy? That's what we are! Did you hear the stories they told? They started and stopped the freaking apocalypse! That's crazy enough." Alice sighed, turned down the music, and continued, "What did you think of him? I ought to know at least."
Sam grinned shyly, "I thought she was cute."
"Come on, Sammy, she was hot. If she wasn't staring at you half the time I would've made a move on her." Dean chuckled and tapped his fingers to the song on the radio.
"You've had your share of women in the past, I'm not surprised you were going to try anything," Sam rolled his eyes and looked out of the window into the dark night.
"At least I live my life to the fullest."
"Whatever."
"Do you think she's going to call you?" Dean asked as he rolled up the window from the cold air seeping in.
"I would hope so…"
"Aw, does little Sammy have a crush on the badass chick?" Dean teased his little brother.
"Jerk."
"Bitch."
"Whore," Angel remarked.
"Slut."
"It doesn't matter if I call or not, he might shoot me down," Angel whispered. She was too frightened to admit that she would die a little on the inside if she got rejected. All her life, she'd been the outsider. Only being outcast more and never finding love was her second worst fear, next to losing her dear sister.
"Shoot you down? Are you serious? You're everything a guy wants! Badass, smart, killer looks, the stomach to eat anything, athletic skills, and let's not forget you can be a total ninja and walk through objects whenever you please. You can break in and out of anything you need to. That's amazing." Alice smiled at her and filled the gas tank of the car full of gas with the snap of her fingers. "How long are you going to wait until you call?"
"I'll give it three days. If we need him before then, we can call him," she answered and kept driving. "How long until we hit the next town we marked?" Her stomach churned at the thought of calling him for anything.
Alice flipped through a few maps covered with streaks of red from sharpie, tracing their route through the country, and found out where they were. "There's two hundred and fifty miles between here and there."
"Go to sleep. When I get tired, I'll wake you up so you can drive." After her younger sister had fallen asleep, she had thought about how to go on with their lives. Their parents were gone and they didn't have anything but their car and whatever Alice could create. It was much more difficult than she had thought. Angel wanted her younger sister to lead a great life, but it was so messed up from the hunting lifestyle that it seemed almost impossible. Frustration built up inside of her and was suddenly furious. Her little sister wouldn't live the life she aspired to have when she was little. She turned up the music and drove for the rest of the time, ignoring any thoughts that came to her mind.
