So i couldn't just let Jude go, so here's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long but i've been away without the use of the internet.
The Wendigo
I was smiling as I walked down the street of a small town we had been passing through. The darkness had long since slipped in and was blanketing the shop fronts. The pocket of my new short skirt was considerably lighter of money than it had been less than fifteen minutes ago, but the costs had been worth it. I had a new black denim mini that hit me upper thigh. A tight midnight blue bustier that stopped an inch above my pierced naval, my black hair was down to wave round my shoulders and a new pair of wedges that wrapped round my calves with a little silver toe ring to complete the outfit. I was meeting Sam and Dean in a bar. To try and perk Sam up a bit. I had my doubts but Dean was adamant. I found the bar and pushed my way through the doors. I spotted Dean instantly. At the bar with about four females crowded round him pawing at his arms. I smiled slightly to myself. He was an arrogant jerk sometimes. I peered over the people crowded on the floor until I found the outline of Sam, he was sat hunched at a table in the corner. A bottle of beer was sat untouched in front of him. I pushed my way through the crowd to slip in the seat next to him.
"Hey Sammy" he looked up at me and his mouth dropped open
"Jude" I smiled. Waving my arms to encompass the outfit.
"You like"
"You look amazing" I laughed leaning over to place a kiss on his cheek.
"Thanks Sammy, your sweet" I leaned over again to check on the bar. Dean was still sat talking to the gagging women.
"How do you put up with him Jude" I shrugged.
"I do it just as bad" Sam shook his head
"he doesn't deserve you" I shrugged again
"yet he's got me"
"But he's sat flirting with all those girls" I turned to look at Sam.
"He doesn't mean anything by it" Sam look amazed
"How can you be sure" I smirked this time
"We have this game. The person who collects the most phone numbers in a month gets a prize" Sam's eyes turned curious
"What prize" I tapped his chin
"Now that would telling" Sam finally smiled "Now Sammy watch me work" his grin widened as I slid out of the seat and swayed up to the bar, managing to get up behind dean without him noticing. I leant down and trailed my finger down his neck. He jumped and made to turn round but I whispered in his ear.
"You aren't winning this month dean" he swung round to see me and his mouth dropped as he took in my outfit. I smirked and moved to the jukebox at the side of the room. I slipped in a quarter and picked out Robert Palmers Addicted to Love. Before I walked into the centre of the dance floor and lifted my hands above my head I swayed my hips in time to the music and in no time I had men crowding round me like a fly to honey. It was to easy. I grabbed the one in front of me and wrapped my arms round him pulling him closer so I could dance close to him. We'd been moving for maybe a minute when someone pulled him away from me. Dean was stood in front of me smouldering.
"Competitions off tonight" he growled before he grabbed my hips and pulled me to him slamming his lips to mine. I instinctively pressed myself closer wrapping my arms round his neck. Dean lifted me off my feet and carried me back to the table Sam was sat at.
"Do you two have to do that near me" Sam said angrily. Dean pulled back slightly.
"in a word, yes" Sam groaned and got up
"I'll wait in the car" he walked off. Dean slumped in his seat bringing me down on top of him to sit on his lap facing him. I twisted to look over at Sam's retreating back
"Should we go after him" dean sighed
"I'm not getting any tonight am I" I smacked him in the chest
"Dean" he glowered
"What it's a question" I glared at him
"Well then to answer your question. No dean your not getting any tonight" he scowled but leaned back and wrapped his arms round my waist.
"Then no I don't think we should go after him" I frowned
"Why not"
"He needs time to think. He needs to be on his own a bit" I open my mouth to speak but dean put his finger on my lips. "look Jude I'm not good with the emotional crap, but as far as I can remember, when I lost mom, sometimes you just needed to be alone for a bit. For people to leave you alone. You know sympathy can be choking" I leant down to kiss him softly.
"Your a lot more emotional then you want people to think Dean Winchester" he groaned theatrically. "Just don't tell anyone. Come on I'll get you a drink"
When we left the bar Sam was sat in the front seat of the Impala. His forehead stuck to the side window. His mouth open in sleep. I giggled and silently opened the back door. Letting dean flop down on the back seat before I laid down on top of him, resting my head on his chest.
"Were only going to sleep till your not so drunk Deany" he grinned
"I'm not drunk darling, you are" I snorted loudly and Sam moaned and moved, I jumped upright smacked my head on the roof of the impala and slapped a hand over my mouth, dean dissolved in silent laughter. I whacked his chest and he pulled my head down onto his chest. I relaxed slightly and let my heavy eyelids close. When they opened again it was Dean moving under me.
"Come on Jude sweet heart time to move" I nodded yawing before I moved off dean so he could get out to the drivers seat.
"Here" he chucked me his leather coat "ball it up and use it as a pillow" I smiled sleepily and kissed his exposed neck before I dropped back on the back seat and closed my ears. I dropped off to the sound of the impala's roaring motor.
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I jerked awake suddenly not sure what had woken me. We were still moving. Dean was humming and tapping his fingers against the steering wheel, and I felt like I had cotton wool clogging up my head with a very active drill sawing at my skull. How much had I drank last night. Obviously to much. Dean grinned at me through the window.
"Hey sleeping beauty how ya feeling" I groaned and put my head against the back of Dean's chair. Beside him Sam was still soundly asleep.
"He been asleep the whole time" dean nodded.
"Yeah, never even moved" I looked up at the road
"How close are we"
"Not far, we just past grand junction" Sam suddenly jerked and flew awake slamming into the back of his seat his eyes darting round widely till he processed where he was.
"You ok" Dean asked slowly. Sam nodded
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine"
"Lucky for some" I muttered laying back on the seat.
"What" Sam said turning round, I covered my eyes and didn't answer.
"She's cranky" Dean said "drank to much last night"
"Oh" Sam said twisting back in his seat. There was silence until dean asked slowly.
"You have another nightmare" Sam didn't answer just dropped his head and stared at his hands.
"You wanna drive for a bit" even I perked up at this lifting my head up.
"What" I said indignantly. Dean never let anyone drive his car. Unless is was an emergency. Sam too was staring like the sky had just fallen in on us. Dean humphed angrily and shrugged his shoulders.
"Fine, just thought you might want to, never mind" Sam finally spoke
"Look man, your worried about me. I get that but I'm perfectly ok" dean just nodded.
"Uhm" I flopped back on the seat.
"Alright" Sam said holding up the map "Where are we"
"Just past grand junction" I said helpfully. Sam traced his finger along a line in the map.
"Alright so we've not got that far, but its weird. These co-ordinates dad left. Black water ridge. There's nothing there. Its just woods. Why's he sending us to the middle of no where" Dean shrugged.
"I dunno I guess we find out when we get there"
"John never did anything unless it had a purpose" I said quietly. Dean nodded and grinned at me through the mirror. I groaned and pulled his jacket back over my head. I heard Sam fold up the map, as we passed a sign announcing our entrance into lost peaks and Black water ridge.
--
We got out of the car together, the bright sunlight making me wince slightly as shafts of pain seared my head. Dean noticed and grinned at me. I wasn't up to a sarcastic response though so just followed them quietly into the hut that was marked rangers office. Inside there were pictures hung round the walls dean moved to look and I followed Sam to a 3D representative of the surrounding mountain ranges.
"So black water ridge is pretty remote. Its cut off by these canyons here. Rough terrain, dense forest abandoned silver and gold mines all over the place" Sam said to me as he pointed to the map in front of us.
"Dude, check out the size of this freaking bear" Dean interrupted us, Sam moved over to him staring at the picture with him.
"And there's a dozen or more grizzlies in the area"
"Its no nature hike that's for sure" I muttered under my breath.
"You lot aren't planning to go up by black water ridge are ya" the voice behind us made us jump. An older man stood behind us. His head covered by a peaked cap with a uniform on.
"Oh no sir, were environmentalist students from UC boulder just working on a paper" Sam answered smiling. The excuse was flimsy and it didn't help when dean held his hand up and proclaimed
"Recycle man" in a false voice. To my knowledge dean didn't even now what a paper bank looked like. So it didn't surprise me when the ranger said
"Bull. Your friends with that Haley girl aren't you" I frowned, who the hell was Haley.
"Yes…yes we are. Ranger…. Wilkinson" dean said. The ranger frowned
"Well I will tell you exactly what I told her. Her brother filled out a back water permit saying he wouldn't be back from black water till the 24th. So it's not exactly a missing persons is it. Tell that girl to quit worrying. I'm sure her brothers fine" Dean looked at us and I nodded.
"we will. That Haley girl, quite a pistol huh" dean said to the rangers back. He turned back round "That's putting it mildly" Dean nodded
"Actually you know what would help is if I could show her a copy of that permit. You know so she could see her brothers return date"
We stepped out of the office back into the bright light, with dean holding a copy of the permit.
"Yeah" dean wrapped his arm round me shoulders as we walked back to the impala. He was obviously pleased with himself. Sam however didn't look happy.
"What, you cruising for another pick up dean" dean glared at him. As did I.
"What do you mean Sam" I said slowly.
"The co-ordinates point to black water ridge. So what are we waiting for. Lets just go find dad. I mean why even talk to this girl" Dean shrugged.
"I don't know man. Maybe we should know what were walking into before we actually walk into it" I slipped from under dean's arm and stared at Sam curiously he caught my eyes
"What" he said angrily.
"Sammy since when have you been all shoot first ask questions later" he glared
"Since now" Sam opened the door to the impala and got in slamming the door behind him.
"Oh right. Nice to know" dean muttered as he got in as well. He leaned over Sam and opened the glove box rooting around till he found what he wanted. He chucked something over his shoulder. I caught it reflexively and opened my hand. It was a packet of pain killers. I smiled as I popped two into my mouth and swallowed.
"Thanks" Dean looked over his shoulder.
"Your welcome" I leaned forward and kissed him gently making Sam groan.
"Guys cut it out" he even leant forward and twisted the volume for the music. Making Blue oyster cult blare from the speakers. Dean grinned at me before kissing the tip of my nose and turning back to the wheel.
"Lets go see Haley then" he said, Sam just sat glaring at the road.
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The house we pulled up to was neat and tidy. Not worth a lot of money but obviously well cared for. Dean knocked on the door, it was opened by a young woman, maybe a couple of years older than me. Her wavy hair was loose round her shoulders and her thin face pinched in distrust as she saw us standing there. Dean smiled
"You must be Haley Collins. I'm Dean this is Jude and Sam. Were rangers with the park service. Ranger Wilkinson sent us over. We wanted to ask you some questions about your brother Tommy" She still didn't open the screen and hesitancy was clear in her movements.
"Let me see some ID" Dean dug in his pocket pulling out the card that proclaimed him a ranger.
"There you go" she stared at it for a few more minutes before nodding and pulling open the screen.
"Come on in"
"Thanks" dean said. Suddenly she leaned round him, her eyes focusing on the impala still parked on the drive.
"That yours" she said, mild curiosity touched her voice.
"Yeah" Dean said smiling proudly.
"Nice car" she said absently before turning to walk into the house leaving the door open for us to follow her. We followed her to a living room where a younger boy was sat at a table. Sam suddenly started talking
"So if Tommy's not due back for a while, how do you know something's wrong"
"He checks in everyday by cell. He emails photos stupid little videos"
"Maybe he can't get cell reception" Sam said drolly. He was obviously not happy to be here. Still.
"He has a satellite phone as well" Haley snapped back. I shrugged and stepped forward.
"Maybe he's having fun, forgot to check in" I said. She shook her head again.
"He wouldn't do that" the boy suddenly said, talking for the first time. Instantly looking like he regretted his words when all eyes turned to stare at him. He dropped his gaze back to the table in front of him. Haley went to stand next to him.
"Our parents are gone its just my two brothers and me. We all keep pretty close tabs on each other" I had a sudden spurt of inspiration
"Can I see the pictures he sent you"
"Yeah" she opened the lap top on the table and clicked up Tommy's photos pausing at the video.
"That's Tommy" she said unnecessarily. She played the clip. I felt Sam tense beside me at the same moment as me. He must have felt it as well as he turned to look at me. A slight nod indicated that we had both seen the same thing. A slight shadow on the back of the tent. Dean had seen nothing as he moved away to talk to Haley.
"Well we'll find your brother. Were heading out to the ridge"
"Maybe I'll see you there. I can't sit around anymore. I hired a guide. I'm going in the morning to find Tommy" I looked up from the laptop.
"Hey Haley do you mind forwarding me these clips" she nodded
"Sure"
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Dean and Sam sat at a table in the back of the bar. Sam was fiddling with something on his laptop. Dean wasn't paying much attention to him. He was busy watching his girlfriend standing up at the bar flirting with the guys she had crowded round her. He couldn't help the jealously he felt crawling in his gut. He knew he had no right. He would be doing the exact same thing if it were girls surrounding him.
"Hey dean you listening to me" Sam said annoyed.
"Does she have to that" he blurted out. Sam looked up frustrated.
"Does who have to do what" Dean waved absently to the bar. Sam followed his hand motion and saw Jude. She was leaning over the bar, laughing and talking to some guys a beer in one hand the other twirling a piece of her hair round a finger.
"Get over it dean" Sam said angrily. "We have more important things to worry about"
"What" dean said
"So black water ridge doesn't get a lot of traffic. Local campers mostly. But still this past April two hikers went missing. They were never found"
"Any before that"
"Yeah in 1982. Eight people all vanished in the same year. Authorities said it was a grizzly attack. And again in 1959 and again before that in 1936. Every 23 years. Just like clockwork. Ok watch this, here's the clincher. I downloaded that guy Tommy's video to the laptop. Me and Jude saw something in the house but check this out" at the mention of Jude, Dean switched his focus back to the bar. Where she was still flirting with some guys. Her hand now on his forearm.
"DEAN" he jumped back round to Sam
"What" he gritted out between ground together teeth.
"Pay attention" Sam played the film again. In slow motion. Dean saw it this time as well a shadow floating past the outside of the guy Tommy's tent.
"Do it again" Sam pressed play again. The same shadow appeared.
"That's three frames. It's a fraction of a second. Whatever that thing is it can move" Sam said his voice hushed.
"Told you something weird was going on" Sam nodded finally agreeing
"Yeah, I got one more thing. In 59 one camper survived the supposed grizzly attack. Just a kid barely crawled out of the woods alive" Dean's eyes widened
"Is there a name" Sam nodded again. "Dean man we cannot let that Haley girl go out there" Dean glared
"Oh yeah and what are we gonna tell her, she can't go into the woods because of the big scary monster?"
"Yeah" Dean just stared at Sam like he was stupid
"Her brothers missing Sam, she's not just gonna sit this out. No we go with her, keep our eyes peeled for our fuzzy predator friend" Sam's mood shifted and he was suddenly angry
"What so finding dad's not enough? Now we gotta baby-sit too?" Dean stared at him.
"What" Sam asked angrily
"Nothing" Dean answered turning away just as a hysterical fit of laughter came from the bar. The veins in Dean's neck bulged.
"Dean man, you do it to her" But dean couldn't get passed the site of his girlfriend with that guy.
"Go get in the car Sammy"
"What are you doing" Sam said cautiously
"I'm going to get my girlfriend" Dean ground out before launching out of his chair.
--
I was having fun, the guy. I forgot his name. Was funny and easy to talk to. I had completely forgotten about the guys behind me. That was until a tense hand wrapped round my upper arm.
"Jude were leaving" Dean's voice was hard. I turned to look at him. He was furious, anger burnt in his eyes. I nodded and got up to follow him. The guy I had been talking to laid his hand on my other arm. Dean's eyes snapped to the offending hand.
"You don't have to go Jude" the guy said softly.
"She's coming" Dean ground out.
"Really" I said sarcastically. "Since when did you order me around Dean" I had been quite happy to go with him until he turned all possessive. We weren't like that. At least he wasn't normally.
"Come on sweetie sit down again" the guy said suggestively. I yanked at the hand dean still had manacled to me.
"Let go Dean" I whispered. He didn't just turned to the guy who I had been talking to. Who's hand had crept up my arm and was trying to pull me down. Without warning Dean's hand shot off me into a fist and launched into the guys face, then he was half dragging half carrying me out of the bar. When we reached the car I was screaming at him.
"What the hell are you doing Dean Winchester" Sam got out of the car, worry on his face.
"What am I doing, what were you doing" dean shouted.
"I was talking" I hissed
"Guys calm down" Sam made placating gestures. But I was to riled up to listen to him
"Why what did you think I was doing Dean. Throwing myself at other men like you do to girls"
"I do not" he shouted back.
"Really, big pair of eyes Haley has, and a compliment to her car and suddenly were running off into some woods to save her already dead brother"
"So what you decided to jump on the nearest man you could find" he shot back.
"You know what I don't have to deal with this" I turned and walked off.
"Fine" dean shouted at my back. I heard Sam whisper angrily to him before someone grabbed my arm.
"Jude"
"I don't want to talk Sam" I spat angrily.
"I know that, neither do I, just get in the car"
"Why should I"
"Because we have something to kill. That shadow it was there, and we have a survivor" I was fuming but I turned and stalked back to the car sitting in the back seat. When we got to the house we were aiming for Sam and Dean got out.
"Aren't you coming" Sam asked. I shook my head
"No".
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I was still sulking the next day when we pulled up near to where Haley and her brother were talking to a guy in shorts and hiking boots. He must be the guide that Haley had talked about. Dean was out first walking up to Haley grinning.
"You got room for three more" Haley turned hands on her hips and I had the sudden urge to rip her eye's out. Sam stood next to me grabbed my hand and dragged me past them to stand next to the entrance to the woods it was no good though I could still hear their voices.
"Who are these guys" the guide asked
"Apparently this is all the park service could muster for the search and rescue Roy" The older man looked sceptical.
"Your rangers" Dean's voice was cocky
"That's right"
"And your hiking out in biker boots and jeans" that was Haley again.
"Well sweet heart I don't do shorts" sarcasm laced deans voice as he walked up to me and Sam.
"You think this is funny, that's dangerous back country out there. Her brother might be hurt" Roy again. I finally snapped turning to look at the guide. My eyes flashing in anger.
"Look Roy, Believe me we know how dangerous it can be. We just wanna help them find there brother, alive an unhurt. Of which the chance is getting slimmer and slimmer the longer we stand her snapping at each other. So both of you stop acting like teenagers and more like men, and get moving" Roy glared at me but never answered, Dean looked at me like I'd sprouted another head, clearly I was as much of an enigma to him as Sam was at the minute. Soon we were on the move. Roy, Dean and Haley at the front. Me, Sam and Ben at the back. Me and Dean still weren't talking. Sam had elected to stay with me for some reason.
"You know he only did it because he was jealous right" Sam said quietly from beside me. I frowned at turned to look up at him.
"He had no right" I hissed back.
"I've never seen him like that about a girl"
"Well you haven't been here for a long time Sam" Sam sighed and put a hand on my shoulder forcing me to stop.
"Jude. He hasn't ever been like that with a girl before, whether I've been her or not" I didn't answer just continued to trudge through the leaves shaking Sam's hand off. Sam continued,
"Look Jude I can't pretend to approve of you two. I love you both to much to agree with this relationship. Not when I know the amount you could hurt each other. You know too much about each other." I made to interrupt him but in a gesture similar to Dean's he placed a finger over my lips
"But, I really haven't seen him like this over a girl, period. He was really hurt last night and the only way he knew to express it was anger, and I know he does it to you all the time, and he knows that as well, but you still have to forgive him"
"Why?"
"Because he's pig headed and stubborn, twice as much as you are and I don't want you to break up over this" I smiled slightly and looked over at dean who was still talking to Haley. He wasn't touching her though, actually if I thought about it Dean never touched. He may flirt, constantly. However the only person I had ever known him to touch was me, and Sam. He barely even touched John. Finally I sighed in defeat, Sam's words getting to me.
"I went to far didn't I" Sam nodded.
"Yeah you did"
"I didn't mean to"
"I know that as well. But dean doesn't" I hugged Sam, who held me close.
"I missed you Sammy, and I want you to………feel better" he smiled weakly.
"I'm getting there" Dean's voice suddenly echoed down to us
"Oi you two get your butts moving" I gave Sam another quick hug before we walked quickly up the hill to catch the others.
Roy stopped over the top of the next ridge.
"This is it Black water ridge" We all stopped and Sam turned to face Roy.
"What are the co-ordinates" Roy read them out and I glanced at Sam. We were at the same co-ordinates that John had written in his journal.
"Do you hear that" Dean asked.
"Yeah" Sam said "Not even a cricket" we stared round the trees.
"I'm gonna go take a look round" Roy said unhooking his gun from his shoulder. Dean stepped forward shaking his head.
"You shouldn't go off by yourself"
"That's sweet but don't worry about me" I surprised myself when I stepped forward and proclaimed
"I'll go with him" Dean looked at me shocked. He probably knew that I already knew we shouldn't be going off on our own, and wondered what the hell I was up to. The truth was I just couldn't stand the tense atmosphere between us anymore. Know I knew that I had forgiven him and he was still ignoring me it hurt. I knew it was stupid as I hadn't told him I wasn't angry anymore and that I was sorry, but I couldn't help it.
"No Jude we shouldn't split up" that was Sam, Dean didn't answer.
"We'll be fine Sam. Come on Roy" I dug deeper into the tree's pushing branches out of the way. I could hear the snap of twigs behind me as Roy followed me. The distant voices of Sam and Dean commanding the rest of the group to stick together then pushing off in the other direction. I sighed softly to myself.
"You still there Roy" I heard a grunt behind me and turned to look. Roy looked waxen and his hands were shaking. "What's wrong" I said stopping and placing a hand on his shoulder.
"To quick" he gasped out
"But I was barely walking" he looked up incredulous.
"Not you" he whispered. The hair on the back of my neck suddenly stood to attention.
"What do you mean Roy" A soft low pitch growl came from behind us and I yanked Roy's gun off him spinning round to face the sound of the noise.
"Do not move Roy" I said softly. "In fact don't even breath" the growl came again closer this time and from behind us. I spun again. Roy had recovered enough to stand straight. His eyes darting around, he pulled a hand gun from the back of his shorts. A rapid blur passed my eyes and something sharp raked down my back, I couldn't help but scream. As hot blood gushed down my back. Claw marks. Roy ran. Stumbling away from me shouting for Dean and Sam. I turned slowly, to slowly. Something was stood in front of me I got off a few rounds before it roared straight into my face and smacked me back into the tree. My back flared in agony as I hit it. Something grabbed my leg and started to pull me but I was too dizzy to fight back. I vaguely heard Dean screaming my name and the hazy sound of broken branches before everything went dark.
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Dean rammed the gun into the back of his jeans, half way out of the clearing before Sam caught him. The torn remains of Tommy's camp behind them, blood covering the ripped shell of the tent. Haley, Ben and Roy were stood there talking to each other in hushed whispers. Dean was going. That thing was not taking Jude from him without a battle. A battle he was going to win.
"Dean man, stop" he threw Sam's arm off.
"No"
"Dean, come one think we don't even know where its taken her" Dean clenched his jaw
"I don't care Sam. That's Jude it's got" Sam frowned
"I know that. Don't you think I want her back as well. But we have to think. We have to act sensibly" Dean erupted
"I don't want sense Sammy I want my girlfriend. And I'm gonna blow the freaking head off of whatever the hell took her" Sam smiled slightly
"You know she'd forgiven you don't you" Dean scowled
"What the hell are you talking about"
"That's why she went with Roy" Dean just looked pissed. Sam sighed. "She went with Roy because she can't stand tension. And she'd made her mind up to forgive you and was just to stubborn to start the conversation" Dean rubbed his brow with the back of his hand.
"I'm going to get her Sammy" he voice was softer this time.
"So am I Dean, but when I know what took her so I can kill it" Dean didn't answer but allowed himself to be dragged back to the group. Sam now took charge.
"No one moves from the campsite. Do I make myself clear" Roy scoffed
"I think I can take care of myself little boy" Dean rounded on him
"That why you left my girlfriend to fight off that thing on her own" Haley's sudden in drawn breath was heard loud.
"What" Sam asked softly.
"You left her Roy" then she turned to Dean. "Jude's your girlfriend" both men looked sheepish as she accused them.
"Yeah she is" dean said softly. "And I want her back" Roy didn't answer just hitched his gun up higher on his shoulder and glared.
"So if you all want to live your going to do exactly as we tell you" Sam said clearly. "And don't move from this site"
"HELP" a woman's voice shouted from the side of the camp. Everyone ran.
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My eyes flickered open slowly. My back throbbed and my arms ached, which wasn't surprising seen as I was suspended from the ceiling of some kind of cave by them. I searched round in the gloom. Whatever had taken us wasn't here now. I twisted a bit further ignoring the stabbing in my back. My eyes connected with a pair of grey ones. The boy was filthy and dirty but seemed very much alive.
"Tommy, Tommy Collins" he nodded slowly, obviously shocked I knew who he was. "I know your sister Haley" he visibly relaxed then
"You know Haley" he said softly his voice was scratchy and hoarse. I smiled and nodded.
"I know she loves you very much and right now her and two of my friends are right in those woods, there coming to get us Tommy" he looked anxious.
"What about that thing. If it gets Haley…" he trailed off. I shook my head
"It won't. My friends won't let it. There good Tommy, there going to kill it" he looked up again. Hopeful
"Really"
"Really. We do this for a living" a growl came from the entrance. Tommy flinched away and I spun to look. The thing was twice as tall as me and had sharp claws the size of my hand. No wonder the things had hurt. It was also definitely not a black dog which we had thought. If I wasn't seeing things it was a Wendigo. Which meant we were in serious trouble. The only thing that could hurt these things was fire, which meant the guns we had were useless, and Sam and Dean didn't know. It turned and went again.
"It does that a lot" Tommy mumbled.
"Does what" I asked quietly.
"Comes and checks on us"
"Don't worry Tommy my friends are coming from us" The roar was back and the Wendigo stumbled back in. Clutching its shoulder. Someone had shot it. Hopefully it was Dean or Sam and they knew now what it was. I watched as it moved over to me. I couldn't help shrinking away. It lashed out its hand connecting with my cheek, and once again the blackness of oblivion crept up on me.
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Dean and Sam were once again stood apart from the others. Roy was gone, taken and the thing hadn't even been slowed down but the bullet he had put in it. Sam was flicking through the pages in Dad's journal. Finally he stopped shoving the page under Dean's nose.
"Are you kidding Sam, these things don't come down here"
"Dean think about it. The fake voice, the speed, the resistance to bullets, everything matches" dean frowned
"Well if your right these are useless" dean said holding out his gun.
"But there's a good chance Jude's still alive" Sam said quietly. "The wendigo's don't kill instantly" dean's eyes flashed as he stared at him.
"No they store there victims" Sam nodded.
"Its not good dean, but it's a chance" Finally dean nodded.
"Come on then, we need to find this bastard". They walked back to the camp where Haley and her Brother were stood close together.
"Come one, were going to find this thing and kill it" dean said. Haley nodded and grabbed her brothers hand pulling him after them. Sam led the way carefully following the claw marks left on the tree's. Dean at the back with Haley and Ben in the middle. Eventually they got to a large clearing where claw marks were present on every tree. Sam stopped and Dean came up to talk to him.
"That was to easy Dean"
"Yeah I know" he whispered back
"The claw marks, I was thinking there to easy to see, to easy to follow" just as he said this a soft growl echoed round the clearing. "It trapped us" Sam said. Haley screamed and the boys spun round. Roy's dead body was laying on top of her. Dean jumped forward and pulled her up, she clung to him hysterical.
"Its ok, Haley calm down, Haley" she stopped shivering and the roar came again closer.
"Run" Sam said. Sam grabbed Ben and pulled him off in one direction, Dean and Haley in the other. Ben tripped and Sam ran back to get him up dragging him after him. Only after another ten frenzied minutes did they slow down enough to realise that the Wendigo wasn't following them. Sam stopped swinging his eyes round, but dean was no where to be found.
"DEAN"
"HALEY" but there was no answer.
"DEAN" Sam took off again searching widely for his brother.
"Hey Sam they went this way" Sam went back to Ben and looked down at what the boy had found. A trail of M&M's.
"Better than bread crumbs" he mumbled to himself. Carefully the boys followed the small thread of the sweets.
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Something was shaking me, making my back hurt again. My first thought was it was the Wendigo finally back to finish me off. But then a voice cleared the fuzz of my mind. Someone was saying my name, and loudly. I carefully peeled my eyes open. Sam's worried face floated into view. I could have kissed him.
"She's alright dean" Dean, he was here.
"Dean" Sam smiled.
"He's here Jude" carefully Sam cut the rope binding my arms up. I collapsed down, with Sam catching me. Pins and needles assaulted my arms and Sam had caught my back. I winced and tried to move over. Sam must have caught the wince though as he spun me round, to look at my back.
"Jesus" he put his arm under the cuts and helped me over to dean. Who didn't look to good himself.
"Jude" his own voice sounded strained, and I poked Sam slightly who must have got my meaning as he let me go so I could curl up into dean's chest. His arms came round me and felt a tear slip from my eye. I suddenly remembered Tommy.
"Tommy" I said pulling away from Dean. Haley who was sat near us instantly turned to me.
"Where is he" she said anxiously. I pointed into the gloom, where if you looked the vague outline of the boy could be seen. She gasped and wobbled over to him. Jumping a bit when he woke up to look at her. Sam went over to help cut him down. Leaving me with dean.
"I'm sorry" he whispered so only I could hear.
"So am I" I said back leaning down to kiss him gently. I slowly got to my own feet, only hissing slightly as I straightened my back. Dean got up behind me going off to root through the bags near us.
"where is it" I asked. Sam was back
"Its gone for now"
"Hey check it out" dean turned from the bag holding up two flare guns.
"Those'll work" Sam said smiling wickedly. The sudden roar of the Wendigo filled the cave.
"Looks like someone's home for supper" I said. The boy's grinned. As Haley and Ben helped there brother over to us.
"We'll never outrun it" she said softly. Dean me and Sam looked over at each other.
"You thinking what I am" dean asked. We both nodded.
"Yeah I think so" Sam said. I didn't like it but it would work
"Jude" I nodded.
"Yeah" Dean turned to face Haley.
"Alright listen to me. Stay with Sam and Jude there gonna get you out of here"
"What are you gonna do" she asked. Dean flashed her his cocky grin and kissed my forehead before he ran out into the tunnels.
"ITS CHOW TIME YOU FREAKY BASTARD. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. BRING IT ON BABY, I TASTE GOOD" you couldn't help smiling. Dean was some alluring bait. You could still hear his words as he walked off down the tunnels.
"YOU WANT SOME WHITE MEAT YOU BITCH"
"Alright come on hurry" Sam said to us as we took off down the other side of the tunnels. Edging towards the light. Sam had one flare gun in his hand. Dean had taken the other. I took over from Haley supporting Tommy as she ran ahead in front. The light was getting closer when the roar came. It was right behind us. Sam stopped and spun to the side.
"Get them out of here Jude" he said quietly
"Sam NO" the roar came again it was gaining on us quickly.
"Go" I shook my head "GO" Haley grabbed my arm.
"Come on" she said and dragged me off as well. Running down the passage leaving Sam. I heard the unmistakable shot of the flare and the sound of running feet then Sam was caught up with us.
"MOVE, go on hurry" we turned the corner and we were at a dead end. We ran as far as we could. I spun round still holding up Tommy. At the corner we could now see the Wendigo. It was moving towards us snarling.
"Get behind me" Sam said standing in front of us and pushing me behind his back. Obviously he knew I would let him push me back as he just glared when I moved back to his side shielding Ben from the thing. He was getting close. I could almost smell the things breath again. The cuts on my back were stinging and I could almost feel myself shaking.
"Sam" I whispered. He grabbed my hand tight and held on standing there facing that thing.
"HEY" it was Dean I could have fainted from relief. The Wendigo spun round but even it wasn't quick enough to avoid the flare that entered its chest. It groaned and writhed. I say Haley stick her head under Tommy's arm as it screamed and exploded into flames. Melting in front of us. When only the bones remained, and I could see Dean he grinned cockily.
"Not bad huh"
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We were back outside the rangers office. After much moaning and complaining from me Dean had finally gotten me sat inside an ambulance were my back had been disinfected and strapped up. I refused to go to hospital though and even Dean had stood up for me then. Now I was sat on the impala's hood, with Dean's arm round my shoulders and my head resting on his shoulder. Sam was stood talking to the sheriff.
"So it was a grizzly attack" Sam nodded
"Uh, yeah it was huge" Ben nodded and joined in
"Yeah sheriff huge, at least 10-12 feet" The sheriff didn't look convinced and turned to look at me.
"That bruise from a grizzly as well" he said gesturing to the black eyes I had from the wendigo's fist. I nodded.
"Yeah" he didn't believe me that much was obvious as he threw accusing glares at Sam and Dean. I could have laughed as I read his mind about how I had gotten the bruises. Dean and Sam would rather have been ripped apart by the Wendigo than to ever lay a hand on me. Thankfully though he left it. Not before coming up to me and whispering
"If you ever decide you want help you know where I am Mrs Winchester" I couldn't be bothered to correct his assumption of my name, it did amuse me though, thinking about marrying Dean. What a catastrophe that would be. The sheriff stood back and nodded his head to us all. Before talking again.
"Right well I'll send a team up in the morning, we'll catch the damn thing" Sam nodded and Ben ran off to the ambulance his brother was in. Sam came and sat next to us. Dean turned to face me.
"What the hell did he want" I smiled at him and kissed his cheek
"You don't wanna know" Dean would have answered but Haley finally walked over to stand in front of us.
"Thanks" she said quietly.
"Not a problem" dean answered smiling at her. At the same time he tightened his grip on me.
"If there was ever anything I could do for you" she flicked her eyes to dean before she continued "Just let me now"
"Miss, are you riding with your brother" that was the paramedic.
"Yeah" she smiled again before she went to get in with her brother. We watched as the ambulance pulled out of the lot leaving us three alone again.
"You know I hate camping" dean said seriously. I laughed as Sam snorted beside me.
"Yeah me to" he said clapping dean on the back. I snuggled closer into dean's side. Sam dropped his head.
"So dad wasn't here" he said. Dean looked over at him.
"Sam were gonna find dad you know that right" Sam looked back up smiling finally.
"Yeah I know, but until then…I'm driving" I laughed again at the look on dean's face but finally he threw the keys to Sam. Who got into the front seat. Dean slipped into the back with me. So I laid down my head on his lap. Sam revved the car and we pulled out of Black Water Ridge.
"Where to now then" I asked.
"Wherever we get to first" dean said. Sam gunned the motor some more as we passed the sign saying welcome to lost peaks.
Ok so still enjoying it. I think i might carry on as well, I like Jude and Dean.