Desperate Times call for Desperate measure

By

TheaWalker

Chapter Two

Jacob

Disclaimer – John, Sam and Dean Winchester do not belong to me in any shape or form though I really wished they did! Jacob, Olivia and Mason Matthews however do belong to me.

Author Note- Here is chapter two. Thank you to everyone who read the last chapter. I know OC aren't every ones cup of tea but I don't mind writing them occasionally, it helps improve my writing style and I try extremely hard not to make them Mary Sue or Gary Stu like. Hopefully I'm succeeding.

The chapters will mainly be from the Matthews sibling perspective but there will be frequent interludes from Sam and Dean's POV (The first one is next). Anyway please enjoy the chapter

Summary – Something strange is going down in Nashua, New Hampshire. Men are being taken and drained of blood before being dumped. 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? Set in Season One

Romances – None

Spoilers – Anything up to season one episode fifteen.


Jacob Matthews liked to think that he had a six sense when it came to his younger siblings.

He had spent years studying them from a distance trying to figure out what made them tick so he could use it to his advantage. He could tell from a single glance at their expression what they were feeling and more often then not what they were thinking. He knew for example that Olivia tended to bite down on her lower lip when she was feeling some negative emotion, most likely, he had decided, because she was trying to hold back a torrent of words. He knew that when Mason smiled, as in really smiled, not the cool fake smile he had adopted recently, then his nose would wrinkle up.

Of course all those years of training were pretty useless at the moment since it didn't take a mind reader or body language expert to see that Olivia was furious and all that fury was directed at him self.

"I told you Jake" she hissed at him, stepping angrily into his personal space, one gloved hand reaching out and curling round his forearm, her fingers tightening uncomfortably in a way that made him wonder if his skin would bruise from the pressure. She shook him, her usually pleasant voice deeper and rougher with anger and worry. "I told you that Mase wasn't ready for this mission yet. I told you yesterday that he still wasn't a hundred percent after the bug. I told you that we should have at least waited until tomorrow or found someone else who would have fit your precious victim type. I-"

"Just shut it Liv" Jake snapped, jerking his arm out of her hand and stepping back. This was the last thing he needed when he needed to focus. "I get it ok? I fucking screwed up big time. I don't need you to remind me" he glared at her before turning away, sharp blue eyes scanning every inch of the street corner where Mason had last been standing waiting for the vampire to appear.

None of it made any sense to him.

They had chosen their location carefully, checking and double checking the local maps to make sure it was the best position strategically and defensively for their attack. Jacob had even driven down there himself during the day and physically scoped it out. Everything in him had been in agreement that this was the best place. Standing where he was, Mason had been in both his and Olivia's sightline the entire time. He had been boxed in; walls behind him meaning the only way something could have got him was by coming at him straight on which would have meant whatever it was would have had to pass either him self or Olivia.

Only nothing had and Mason was gone when his mind was screaming that it was physically impossible for that to happen. If by some miracle of a chance something had gotten past him and Olivia then Mason would have been able to deal with it. They had been taught to fight and kill by some of the best Hunters out there not to mention the fact that Jacob and Olivia had waded into training their younger brother when they had been old enough to realise where their strengths lay.

Individually they were all good Hunters, quick, clever, handy with most weapons available to purchase but together they were pretty unstoppable. Or at least they should have been.

Jacob reached up, dragging a hand through his hair, barely wincing when his fingers caught at his curls, pulling the strands at the roots.

Mason's fighting skills had never been the reason why Jacob was reluctant to put him on missions. He had watched hundred of times before when his little brother had bested monster after monster, always with the same intense look on his face which would slowly morph into a wide grin when he realised that the battle was over and he had won yet again.

The reason why was his brother's impulsiveness. Jacob had lost count of the number of times his brother had abandoned a carefully laid out plan to try and tackle the problem straight on. Occasionally it worked but nine times out of ten one of them would have to jump in and save him. It was enough to make Jacob have nightmare and experience a sinking feeling in his gut every time Mason's blue eyes would light up at the mention of a fight.

"Well?" Jacob blinked dragging himself away from his thoughts with difficulty. He turned facing his sister.

"I don't understand" he admitted barely getting the words out of his throat. "The only way anything could have got Mase was if it appeared behind him and these" he reached out slapping his palm against the faded red brick wall "Are solid"

Jacob watched as Olivia closed her eyes, breathing in and out deeply clearly counting to ten in her head. He waited.

"I don't get it either" she said quietly, opening her eyes and meeting his "There's nothing here which means we've overlooked something; something we all thought was insignificant." Jacob nodded biting down hard on his lower lip, the coppery taste of blood filled his mouth but he ignored it.

"But what? What did we all miss?" he demanded. Olivia shrugged, sticking her hands in her pocket as she glanced around her.

"We need to look over everything again" she replied "There's a diner over there. Let's head over there and figure out what is happening. There's nothing here and we won't be any good to Mase if we freeze to death while trying to figure this out."

Jacob hesitated for a moment, not wanting to leave but he nodded and followed her across the street. They entered the diner, the heat blasting his face making him realise for the first time just how cold he was. He glanced at his watch curiously as they headed towards a free booth near the back of the room. It was eleven thirty in the morning. They had been over there searching for clues for over an hour.

A bored looking waitress came over to them, her grey eyes lighting up when she spotted Jacob. He spared her a smile ordering two coffees, one black and one white before turning back to Olivia who was pulling out the notebooks which contained their research on the case from her bag.

"Right" Olivia remarked briskly, reaching up and taking off her beanie hat throwing it on the table. She twisted her hair up roughly, sticking one of the pencils that now littered the table into it to keep it out of her face.

"Right" Jacob replied dragging the newspaper clippings which has alerted them to the case over to him. He reread them, muttering a thank you when the coffees were brought over to him. He vaguely heard Olivia speak to the waitress but his mind was focused on what he was reading, there was something about it, something that was screaming at him, something which they had missed.

He rested his elbow on the table taking a sip of coffee, his eyes widening as he sucked in a breathe almost choking.

"Jesus" he muttered he looked up to see Olivia watching him, one eyebrow raised in question "Fuck me we're stupid" he hissed, lowering his voice as he leaned towards her "Its not a goddamn vampire. It never has been."

"What?" she replied, she glanced around before leaning forward matching his quiet tone "Its got to be, the bodies are suck dry. Look" she reached out, pulling the newspaper clippings from him and glancing through them, grabbing the one she wanted. "Police was still baffled by the death of 23 year old William Irvine who was found at the corner of western in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Police confirmed that Mr Irvine was the victim of-"

"Ignore the newspaper clippings for the moment" Jacob interrupted. He hunted through the notebook finding his own neat handwriting describing his encounter with the coroner. "Look what I wrote here." He pointed to a paragraph handing the book to Olivia who took it, shooting him a quick look before she read his note out loud, her voice barely audible over the chatter and laughter of the early lunch crowd.

"Coroner Jayden Leon, ME for twenty years, coroner for two. Cause of death unknown at present time." She glanced up at him and he made a motion for her to continue, she shrugged and began reading "I don't know what to tell you Agent Crais. At first glance of the body everything seemed normal. I could find no physical signs of attack or damage on him so I assumed that he must of died of natural causes, unusual in one so young but not impossible. It was when I opened him up for his autopsy that I realised what had killed Mr Irvine. He didn't have a drop of blood inside him, nothing. I've never seen anything like it."

"We assumed that because all the blood had been drained it meant that a vampire did it, we got so wrapped up in that, that we missed one vital piece of information"

"Which was?" Olivia prompted.

"The fact that his outer body had no sign of any physical trauma, Liv when have you ever heard or seen a vampire victim, drained completely of blood, with no marks on them?"

He saw the exact moment Olivia clicked on to what he was saying.

"Jesus" she said under her breath "It wasn't a vampire, you're right there would have been a mark somewhere on him, there would have to be. We spent the whole time preparing for a vampire when-"her voice trailed off for a second

"When we should have been preparing for something else, something which might have been able to teleport behind Mase. He wouldn't have been expecting that and all it would have taken was one second of confusion. If whatever it is could teleport in-"

"Then it could teleport out with Mase. Which means he could be anywhere in the country, hell even in the world."

"We don't know that" Jacob cautioned, reaching out and placing his hand over Olivia's in an attempt to comfort her. The last thing they needed was for her to start freaking out and to have another panic attack. "All the victims were found in the same area as where they were taken so we have to assume it's the same with Mase. He'll be in the city somewhere."

"We need to head to the library" Olivia said with a nod looking calmer then she had been a second ago. She pulled her hand out from under Jacob's and gathering their research material together, shoving them untidily into her bag "We need to try and find out what sort of creature can teleport like that once we figure that out it might give us a clearer idea on where its storing its victims."

"I'll drop you at the library then. I'm gonna head back to the motel" Jacob remarked. "We left some of the research books back there. I'll grab them and pay for the room for an extra week. No point in sharing two so I'll let one go. You ok sharing with me?"

Olivia smiled, the first one she had cracked since they had realised Mason was missing.

"I'll cope, if your snoring gets too bad again then I'll smother you with your pillow. I've given you fair warning as well so you can't get pissed" Jacob made a sound of amusement. Downing his own drink as they both hurried towards the door.

Jacob glanced automatically at the two men who entered the diner, heading towards the booth they had just exited. Both were younger then him, the older one looked to be Olivia's age while the younger taller one was about the same age as Mason.

They were talking to each other quietly as they brushed passed and Jacob was pretty positive he heard the younger one say something about vampires but he ignored it. They were probably talking about that latest vampire movie that had come out and they were seriously running out of time.

He placed them out of his mind as he stepped out into the grey misty morning with one thought on his mind.

Find Mason.


Author Note – There's chapter two done. I hope you enjoyed it. Next chapter will be an interlude from the Winchester brothers. I won't give a time scale because I have no idea when the next chapter will be up. I still need to write it. Luckily however since I live in England I am currently snowed in so there's a good chance I might be able to get the next two chapters written.