I started this one after Born Under a Bad Sign from season two …., but then got bored with it and put it away. I decided to finally yank it out and finish it. Hope you like it.
Ice Princess
Chapter one
A few days after the demon had been exorcised from Sam they were back on the road and onto their next hunt. Dean knew it was the best thing for his brother to get right back into the action and not to sit around dwelling on what had happened. But Sam had been quiet throughout most of the trip to Wisconsin and Dean knew his brother was replaying what had happened over and over in his head. Finally Sam looked over at Dean.
"You know Dean you should have shot me back at Jo's."
"Sam we've already been over this a million times. It wasn't your fault; it was that damn demon that possessed you."
"But you still should have shot Dean. I almost slashed Jo, and if Bobby hadn't stepped in I would have killed you."
"No Sam you wouldn't have killed me, you wouldn't have hurt anyone. It was the demon, not you. You need to remember that."
"Yeah but what if it comes back Dean? What if I'm possessed again? Or what if I turn evil? If that happens I want you to finish it. You promised me you would and I need to know you'll keep that promise."
"Sam…." Dean shook his head and looked out the window.
"I mean it Dean. I already killed one man … I know you're going to say it wasn't me, but it was using my body to do it. I tried to stop it but it was like I was sleep walking and couldn't do a damn thing. I never want to feel that way again. If I'm ever possessed again I want you to take care of it before I hurt anyone."
"Sam I'm not blowing you away unless there is absolutely no way to save you and damn it don't you ask me to."
Sam turned away from Dean and looked out the front window.
"Other hunters are going to come after me Dean. You know sooner or later they'll figure out it was me that killed that hunter."
"We'll deal with that when and if it happens." Dean glanced over at Sam and knew he had to get his brother's mind off of what had happened and back on the present "Sam…..we're on a hunt. If you're not up for this then tell me, because I need you with me one hundred percent."
"I'm with you." Sam looked over at his brother. "I mean it Dean; I'll be there, don't worry."
"Okay then let's go over what we know so far."
Sam took some papers out of the glove compartment.
"Well we know that this spirit is suppose to hang out at Blue Marsh Lake in Settler's Grove about two hours east of L.A., and it only appears when the lake is frozen over." Sam began reading what he had jotted down from the website that they had found about the apparition. "Twelve men have died over the last five years, all having fallen through the ice and dying from either drowning or hyperthermia. There was only one witness to one of the men's drowning…. She was in the car with him and said a glowing light appeared alongside the road as they drove by the lake, the light then slowly materialized into a woman. She said their engine suddenly went dead and her boyfriend managed to pull over to the shoulder of the road. She then stated that this woman appeared at the driver's window and summoned her boyfriend out of the car. She said she begged him not to get out of the car and he kept telling her he was trying not to but he couldn't help himself." Sam glanced over at Dean. "Sounds like the spirit had control of his body but not his mind."
"Yeah it sounds that way…what else."
"She said she tried to open her door to grab him and pull him back into the car but her door wouldn't open, it was as if something was holding it shut. She says she watched him walk out onto the lake with this apparition and then the ice cracked and he disappeared into the water. She said the spirit stood there for a few seconds then it too disappeared back into the lake. She said she tried to call for help on her cell phone but it wouldn't work, but she kept trying and ten minutes later she finally got through, but of course by then it was too late. They found his body a few days later."
"What does it say about the legend itself?"
"It said a girl named Melody Monroe, had died there about five years ago. According to reports, she had been seen walking in the area before her disappearance. No one really knows what happened to her or how she got in the lake. But the guess is that someone picked her up then attacked her. They think she must have run out onto the ice to escape her attacker and fell through and drowned. Now she comes back for revenge, unfortunately she's killing men who apparently weren't even involved in her death. That's basically it." Sam looked over at Dean.
"So what do the cops have to say about it?"
"The cops said the men died while either ice fishing, hunting, or just hiking across the ice. A lot of people use the lake when it's frozen as a shortcut to their houses. They said the witness was hysterical when found her and that she had imagined the whole spirit thing. They surmised that the couple had had a fight and the man had gotten out of the car and had walked out onto the ice to scare his girlfriend and had fallen through. They say the legend is hogwash and just something some teenagers made up to scare each other."
"But twelve people in five years, that seems like a hell of a lot of people to be all just accidents."
"Well I guess we'll find out." Sam said as he pointed at a sign saying 'Blue Marsh Lake five miles ahead'.
TBC