The moments that define us - Dean Winchester/OC
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Chapter 2- A new dawn, a new day.
One year earlier- A few months after Lucifer was risen.
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Nikki woke with a start, sweat dripped from her cheeks and chest and matted her hair to her forehead. She felt flushed and tired, like she had barely slept at all, which, considering the throbbing ache of her shoulder and her pounding headache, she probably hadn't. She sat up straighter, habitually touching the blade she kept under her pillow and pulled the sheets back from her legs which were also covered in sweat, she thought that she must have had a nightmare, and stumbled through the darkness towards the motel rooms bathroom. Her hand found the light switch on the wall to her left, and the brightness bit at her eyes that had grown so accustomed to the darkness of the room, once her eyes had adjusted to the new light, she stepped fully into the bathroom and pushed her hair back from her face. Her ghastly reflection barely surprised her, her skin was pale and glistened with the remaining sheen of sweat, her eyes looked sunken and dark circles rimmed them and her lips were chapped and dry. Overall she looked tired and world weary, like some one who had seen to much and had no time to adjust. Though of course Nikki had had plenty of time, for the last four years she had been travelling America, hunting, anything and everything. Her work load, however, had grown considerably since the beginning of the apocalypse, it was well known amongst hunters what was happening, though the details were hazy, and while the rest of the world lived on in ignorant bliss, unaware even of demons and spirits, the hunting world was stretched further than ever before.
Nikki had no idea how the apocalypse had been started, when it had even began, or when it would end, all she knew of was the need to keep fighting, until it was over.
The last few months had been the most torturous of her hunting years, not only was there a much higher abundance of things that went bump in the night, but they seemed stronger, wiser and more confident with what they were doing an it seemed that they were all working to some larger plan. Maybe it had something to do with the devil escaping from hell. No shit Nikki!
She took a deep breath and splashed some cold water over her face, gasping slightly at the contrast of the cold water against her warm face. She then ran the glass she had placed on the sink for an occasion such as this, under the tap and gulped down two glasses. Feeling only slightly better she switched the light off and inched her way towards her bed in the darkness. He knee bumped into the mattress, and she leaned over, flicking the switch on the shabby lamp placed on the small bedside table and climbed back onto the uncomfortable mattress, compared to some of the places she had stayed this motel wasn't to bad, the paint wasn't peeling and the walls weren't mouldy, on such a small and often illegal budget what more could you ask for?
Nikki popped her neck and flipped open her phone, the time read 5.35am, she sighed, wondering if it was worth trying to get back to sleep, she had been planning an early start in the morning, after catching wind of a spirit just west of this town, now she wondered whether or not to sleep for a few more hours and leave later or to start getting ready right now, and catch up on sleep later on.
After a few minutes she climbed out of bed again and made her way to the main light of the room, she closed her eyes against the harsh glare again as she flicked it on. When she had grown used to it, she pulled a pair of jeans and a shirt and led them on the unmade bed. She showered, dressed and pulled her hair into a messy, still wet ponytail, she hardly ever bothered to blow dry her hair and she rarely bothered with any more makeup than a flick of mascara and a smudge of dark eye shadow, her skin was naturally smooth and even when she was as tired as she was now, it looked fairly unblemished but for an inch long scar along her left cheekbone, acquired on her first ever hunt.
She pulled her leather jacket over her shirt and zipped it up half way, tossing her heavy duffel bag over her shoulder, she didn't carry much with her, another bag in the trunk of her car packed full of clothes, jeans, shirts, socks, underwear, two smart suits for when the need to go undercover raised its head, one cocktail dress for that same reason and a pair of three inch heels, a swimsuit that she had never worn and a skirt that she had also never worn. In the bag on her shoulder she carried weapons, a gun, silver bullets, normal bullets, a bottle of holy water, two knives, not including her trusty blade that she always kept on her person or under her pillow and a book that she had compiled over the last four years of spells and information on demons and spirits, something that had served her well, especially in the last few months.
She took one last glance around the room, tapping her phone in her pocket, her laptop bag over her left shoulder and her blade down the back of her jeans, to make sure she had not forgotten anything and closed the door behind her, she tiptoed down the slightly shabby corridor so as not to wake any of the other guests.
No one was at the reception desk when she made it out there so she put the keys on the desk, she had paid for her room in advance so the money aspect was taken care of, these hotel owners were not stupid when it came to selling rooms.
She made her way to her truck, a rusty blue thing, she wasn't really one for cars and she had no idea how an engine worked, but this truck moved, had plenty of room, wasn't too much to run and had a good stereo. It may not have been the best looking truck in the world but it got the job done. She threw her bag onto the back seat and heard the weapons inside clatter together, and climbed into the front, the start of the engine seemed like a roar in the almost silence outside and she cringed, hoping she hadn't woken anyone, after all she didn't like being woken when she was in a peaceful sleep, by people, cars, or anything else, why should anyone else?
As she let the engine warm, she flicked the light above her head and checked the map she kept folded in the glove compartment, when she was absolutely sure of where she was heading and had realised that it was in fact a lot further away than she had first realised she pulled swiftly from her parking space and headed in that direction, it would take roughly a days ride if she stopped off for meals and restrooms, though she hoped to get there earlier so she could find a roughly presentable motel to stay in, before she began to work the case the following morning.
The journey took as long as she had expected it to and she arrived in town late that night, she climbed from the car, lugging both her duffel bags out of the car with her, she opened her trunk and pulled some extra books, research and a few more weapons, anything that she may need for this investigation, quickly placing them in the emptier of the two bags, so as not to be seen hauling satanic looking weapons by a member of the public. That had happened once before and she had been in police custody for hours before she finally managed to convince them that the weapons were not hers, she had found them and was on her way to the station to hand them in. Then she had gone another two days without any weapons before she managed to steal them back. At this time, she really didn't need that happening.
Once she had all she needed she hoisted the bags into the reception area of the motel, and dropped her clothes bag as she pressed down on the little silver bell, that she had assumed only ever appeared in movies. "Coming love!" a motherly voice said, as a plump lady who looked to be in her fifties trotted from the room behind the desk where a small television was blaring a little too loudly, a Simpson's re-run Nikki thought.
Once Nikki had ordered a room and handed her money over in advance, and the older lady began rustling through some of the drawers in the reception desk, Nikki surveyed the parking lot through the window, there were few cars, a small fiesta, probably red, a large white van with some unintelligible writing along the side and a shiny black car that looked quite old, like something her father would have loved.
"Here we go dear, room 14, I see you were admiring that black car out there, my husband said it's an Impala, a fine piece apparently, nice young couple came in it, tall guy with a short guy, very handsome they both were! Made me feel young again!"
Nikki laughed at the woman's large smile and thanked her, and followed her directions down the corridor. "Ten, eleven, twelve, fourteen" she struggled with her bags and belongings for a while, as she fought to unlock the door, the door swung inwards and she stumbled through, launching her bags onto the bed that right now looked extremely comfortable.
"Excuse me miss?" a deep voice said form behind her and she jumped, whirling towards the sound, stood in her doorway, just outside of her room was a tall, handsome man, he had dark hair, swept back from his forehead and a small smile on his lips, "You dropped your phone"
"Oh," Nikki sighed, realising she had in fact dropped it, as it was now held in the mans outstretched palm. "Thank you" she said, taking the phone from his hand with her own smile.
"No problem"
She frowned as she looked out into the hall which he had just stepped back into.
"Something wrong?" he asked, his features mirroring her own.
"I was just wondering why motels never have a room 13"
"Bad luck I guess"
"Sammy!" another male voice shouted from inside the room that was the only other one with its door open, "What's taking so long?" The guy Nikki now knew as Sammy smiled and held up the chocolate bar that Nikki had not noticed until now, "He's always hungry" Nikki laughed as he turned away then also foe the first time noticed the vending machine just to the left of her door.
"Thanks again, for this" she said and he nodded, she closed the door behind her and pushed her bags from her bed, falling on top of the covers with a sigh, fully clothed but too tired to care, and she fell into sleep.
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