Desperate times call for desperate measures

By

Thea Walker

Disclaimer – John, Sam and Dean Winchester obviously don't belong to me though I wish they did. Jacob, Olivia and Mason Matthews however do.

Author Note – Here's another A/U! I think most stories I write under this name and my other pen name will be A/U supernatural stories because I have a lot of plot bunnies attacking me at the moment. The canon supernatural stories are under another pen name because I like making work for myself lol.

This story is based in Season one… almost like a missing adventure. I might write it so that Dean and Sam are seen through the eyes of other people with an odd chapter from their point of view but I'm undecided at the moment. I'll probably decide as I go. Anyway please enjoy

Summary – Something strange is going down in Nashua, New Hampshire. Men are being taken and drained of blood before being dumped, Vampire right? Wrong. When Sam Winchester and Mason Matthews are taken, their siblings suddenly find themselves with a race against time to save them. Forced to work together can they find Sam and Mason in time or will they be too late?

Romantic pairings – None in this story

Spoilers – anything up to episode fifteen of season one

Jesus Christ it was cold.

Mason Matthews rubbed his hands together wishing not for the first time that he hadn't lost his gloves during a previous hunt. His sister had suggested he borrowed a pair from their older brother but he had ignored her,. Olivia always seemed to have an answer or suggestion for every problem and it really pissed him off, though not as much as it pissed him off when she turned out to be right.

There had been no way in hell he was going to ask Jacob for help or give any indication that he needed anything for this hunt. He had barely been able to talk his brother into letting him do it after he had caught a stomach bug the previous week. Jacob was probably looking for an excuse to yank him off the case, especially if Olivia was still preaching to him about what a bad idea it was to put Mason out there as bait in the first place.

Mason stamped his feet absently as he lifted his hands to his mouth and blew into them, enjoying the brief respite from the cold. If he got frostbite then he would seriously never hear the end of it.

He looked around him, a frown coming to his face. He wished the stupid vampire would appear already. There had been a series of deaths in Nashua, New Hampshire; Men were disappearing off the street reappearing weeks later completely drained of blood though there had been no sign of physical injury to any of the victims. They had researched the case and discovered that the block where Mason currently was seemed to be the place where most of the men had gone missing. He knew he fit the type of victim perfectly; early twenties, male, athletic build, attractive. He was perfect and yet the vampire hadn't turned up yet and he was left standing on the street corner, freezing cold, looking like some cheap hooker waiting for a pick up.

He resisted checking his watch for the fifth time. He had only been there for ten minutes but it felt like much longer. He pulled his coat closer around him, letting out a sigh, watching his breath mist the air in front of him. Still at least he was here doing this. His siblings tended to be too protective of him, preferring him to stay behind researching while they dealt with it. The whole attitude really pissed him off, he was just as good as Olivia when it came to fighting but it didn't seem to matter.

He felt a glimmer of satisfaction when he remembered the expression on her face when he had pointed out that he would have to be bait. It had been made all the sweeter when Jacob had looked at him appraisingly for a moment before nodding and agreeing that this would be his show. He could take lead point and Jacob and Olivia would be the back up. Mason hadn't been able to stop the grin which had covered his face.

There was no way in hell he was going to let the fact he had been sick take this chance away from him, a chance to show Jacob that he was just as capable as their sister when it came to hunts. It had taken a few days to talk Jacob into continuing the plan but he had managed it by pointing out that the vampire would only be around for another week or so before he was gone and they had no idea how to find him again.

Olivia had tried to argue the point, stating that his reflexes wouldn't be as sharp as they should be and he could be hurt and one of them should be the bait instead, but as Jacob had wearily pointed out to her neither of them fit the type. Mason did and therefore Mason would have to do it. They couldn't risk the vampire getting his hands on another victim.

Admittedly they could probably have located him again but that would have taken time and as Mason had pointed out. Time was running out for someone.

That had swung Jacob firmly onto his side. His brother might have been an ass sometimes but he did care about what happened to people, it was one of the things which Mason admired about him. Olivia had glared at the pair of them but there was nothing more she could do. Jacob was in charge and if Jacob said Mason was going in then he was going in.

Of course if the vampire didn't showup then the entire thing would be for nothing.

"Hello, I believe you're waiting for me are you not?"

Mason hissed, swinging round, his eyes widening as they landed on the figure that was now in front of him.

There was no way it could have got the drop on him, not unless he had appeared out of thin air which vampires couldn't do.

His last thought as the creature evaded his knife, his hand reaching out and wrapping around Mason's wrist was that not only had they been wrong and this creature wasn't a vampire but also that Olivia had been right and he was never going to here the end of it.

A/N – Dean and Sam will be making an appearance very soon so don't worry about that! This is a supernatural story and it can't be a supernatural story without the two boys being in it!

Chapter Two will be coming shortly… Since I tend to write these on the train and I'm currently at work… Please review but no flames.