Chapter 3

Later in the afternoon after she had completed the laundry, Nessie was starving. She went into the kitchen and saw some raw hamburger in the refrigerator. It looked so good. She tore the package open and started eating the hamburger meat without even realizing what she was doing. At that moment, Sam came into the kitchen to get more coffee.

"Nessie, wh what are you doing?" Sam couldn't believe what he was seeing. She was using her hand to scoop raw hamburger meat into her mouth. She had blood running down her chin. She looked up at him like a deer in the headlights. She looked down and realized what she had been doing. A spark went off in her head. She knew what she was doing and why, but it couldn't be, she should have five weeks before she went into heat.

"Oh God." She dropped the meat on the counter and slid down the wall to the floor and pulled her knees up to her chest. Tears were coursing down her cheeks. She wrapped her arms around her legs and rocked back and forth.

Sam wet a paper towel and knelt down beside her. He wiped her face and hands to clean up the blood. "Nessie, what's wrong. You know you can tell me."

She smiled weakly at Sam. "I I I think I I'm going into heat. My cycle is off. I was supposed to have five weeks. I was going to start preparing Dean as soon as we left here."

"Prepare Dean. What do you mean?" Sam sat down beside her and put his arm around her. In many ways, she was like a sister that he had never had. He rubbed circles in her back to comfort her.

"Well, since we have shared life's blood more than once, our bodily functions will be more in sync like our heart rate. My heat will affect Dean. When I go into heat, I'm the female so I will lose control and without the proper preparations, I will get pregnant. I'm not ready to get pregnant again and I don't want to hurt, Dean."

Nessie proceeded to tell Sam about elf heat. The heat will last three to five days. At the enclave, the elfin counsel used her heats to have her raped repeatedly to try to get her pregnant, but Nessie had been able to shield her ovaries. Sam thought she should do that now, but Nessie could not shield herself against Dean because they had shared his life's blood. Their physical bodies had started to become in sync. She told him how humans say that they become one when they marry, but it really does happen with elf mates. Their breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure will be the same. Dean's aging will start to slow. He could easily live to 175 years of age. So when she goes into heat, then Dean will as well. She needed a month to prepare him for the heat. Without the month of preparation, then Dean would lose control and be as desperate to mate as she will be. She thought she would be in heat by tomorrow morning. Sam would need to restrain Nessie and Dean. Sam looked shocked by this.

She knew that this was the worse time to go into heat. John Winchester would see this as more of a reason why they should not be together and she should be killed. Sam assured her that this would not happen.

"Nessie, we'll get you and Dean through this. I'll go out to the archives and see what we can do to ease this for the two of you. Do you want me to tell Dean?"

"No, I'll tell him. I'm more worried about your father, John Winchester. My heat will make sure he sees me as an animal." She looked at Sam and started crying again. Sam held her close.

"Nessie, I'll make sure dad doesn't do anything to you. He was researching a hunt earlier. Maybe he will leave before he finds out."

"I'm sorry. I'm not normally such a cry baby. I guess it's the hormones. My other heats didn't start like this. This one is very different. I guess it's the life blood sharing. I have no experience with this."

"I'll help you anyway I can." Before Sam could say anything else, Dean came into the kitchen wiping his hands on a rag. He saw them sitting on the floor. He could tell that Nessie was very upset. He knelt down in front of her.

"What's wrong?" Dean looked from Nessie to Sam.

"Now that Dean's here. I'll go do some research. If you need me, just holler, Nessie. It will be okay." Sam kissed her cheek and stood up. Dean took his place.

"Okay, Nessie, tell me what is the matter?"

Nessie looked at him. She broke down and started crying again. Dean picked her up in his arms and told her they were going to their room and then she was going to tell him what was wrong. Nessie was not prone to crying fits. He was afraid that it had something to do with his dad. He was glad his dad had said he was leaving early tomorrow morning.

Dean put Nessie on the bed and then closed the door. "All right what is wrong? You need to tell me."

"I…I…I'm going into heat."

Nessie had told him about her heat before and he thought he understood the mechanics. He was relieved that this is what was wrong. "Is that all? Don't worry about it."

"You don't understand. This is horrible." She told Dean everything she had told Sam. "Sam is researching specifics for us because this is different from any other heat that I've had. We may have to be restrained unless you want another child." She took a breath and looked up at him.

"Nessie, I uh I'm not ready to have a kid right now."

"Neither am I, Dean. We just got back together. I want to enjoy being with you for a while before we become parents again."

"Glad we're on the same page there. Wait, you said that I'll go into heat, too? What does that mean exactly? I'm a guy. I thought this heat stuff was a female issue."

"Well, I don't know for sure. Since I have never mated with anyone, I don't really know what to expect. Hopefully, the archives will have more specifics. I can tell you what my mother told me." He nodded for her to continue.

"Because you haven't been properly prepared, you will want blood. Sam found me eating raw hamburger for the blood." Dean was taken aback by that, but he kept quiet. "You will probably be so horny that you won't know what to do with yourself. You'll feel like your skin is crawling. It can be painful for both of us. Dean, this heat is five weeks early. After you dad left, I was going to talk to you about this and start preparations, so that we could get through it without too much pain and no child. I'm sorry, Dean."

"Don't apologize. It's not your fault. Heat is just something that we have to deal with. You have Sam researching. He'll find something to help us. Worse come to worse, we'll be tied up for a week or so."

Dean kissed her. He always made her feel better. He was willing to be tied up for a week that meant so much to her, but she was still worried about his dad.

"Dean, what will your father think about this? When he finds out that I'm in heat, he will think I'm an animal. He already hates me and now this." Nessie broke down and started crying and sobbing. Dean pulled her on to his lap. Now he knew why she was crying with Sam. He rubbed circles on her back to try to calm her down.

"Sh sh. It's okay. Dad found a hunt. He told me he's leaving tomorrow morning early. Don't worry. He'll be gone and I'm sure Bobby will be okay to help. If he isn't, then we'll leave." Dean kissed her again. The kiss deepened and got more passionate.

Nessie screamed and jumped off his lap. "No Dean. It's too late. You can't kiss me like that. Stay back. I I don't want to hurt you." She moved to the corner of the room terrified.

"Nessie, please try to calm down. We aren't going to do anything." She looked at him with frightened eyes. She could feel the fever beginning.

"Dean, I don't think I have until tomorrow morning. I'm getting too hot. It's starting. You…you c-c-can't t-t-touch me. Get away from me."

Dean walked over to her. She shrank from him and acted like a cornered animal. She was starting to sweat profusely. Without touching her, he could feel the heat coming from her.

"I-I-It uh has st-st-started." She bent at the waist as stomach cramps hit her. "It hurts. The pain is so great. I can't stand this. Help me."

"What can I do? How can I help you?"

"De De Dean, y-y-you have to g-g-get away fr-fr-from me. G-Get S-Sam. Y-you don't h-h-have much time. Y-Y-You w-will f-f-f-feel it s-s-soon. S-S-Sorry." She stammered and tried to smile sadly at Dean.

"We'll get through this. I promise. I want you to understand that I don't care what my dad thinks about this. It doesn't change anything. I'll get Sam."

He wanted to hug her before he left, but Nessie put her arms in front of her. He left the room and ran down the stairs. He found Alex and Sam pouring over the Elf archives. Sam must have told Alex. He came running into Bobby's library.

"Where's Dad?"

Sam and Alex looked up. "Bobby and Dad went into town. Is Nessie okay?"

"No. She's hysterical and she burning up. She said it's started. Have you found anything to help her?"

Before Sam could answer, they heard Nessie screaming. The three of them ran up stairs to find Nessie in the corner screaming for Dean. She had reverted to her true elf face. She was sweating profusely and panting, her hair was plastered to her forehead. Her incisors had elongated into fangs. She was a truly terrifying sight. Before they could move toward her, she looked up and focused on Dean.

Nessie had completely lost it. She used her telekinesis to push Sam and Alex out of the room and shut the door. She slammed Dean against the wall.

"Nessie, sweetie, please let me go and let me help you."

She cocked her head to the left and watched Dean struggling. She could hear Sam banging on the door and yelling for her to let him in. Alex ran down stairs to her book. She had to hurry and make a knockout potion for her mom and dad. She knew it was the only way to subdue them now.

Nessie walked up to him, but she didn't speak. She moved her hand and he was thrown to the bed. She jumped on top of him and used her telekinesis to keep him pinned beneath her. She had a naughty smile on her face. In a very guttural voice that sounded nothing like her, she said, "MINE!"

"Please, please let me up. Nessie. You don't want to do this."

She cocked her head again and nodded her head yes. She did want to do this. She placed hands on each side of his head. She placed her head near Dean and smelled his scent. She could tell that he was close to the heat. She was almost purring with pleasure. Dean was starting to feel dizzy and light headed. He could hear Sam banging on the door. Sam had gotten an axe and was using it on the door. Sam would buy Bobby a new door, but he had to get into that room.

Nessie kissed Dean deeply and passionately. Dean was tense at first, but then he felt the heat beginning to flow through him and he melted into the kiss. Nessie smiled and let him go. She could tell the heat had begun in Dean. She let him go. Dean smiled at her and he flipped them so that he was on top. He breathed in her scent like Nessie had done. He bit his lip and waited for her to bite hers. They shared a blood kiss. It was more intense than any blood kiss before. Dean was burning up, but it just made him more excited. He pulled back and reached in to bite her neck. She bit him back.

Sam was through the door just as Alex ran up with two pouches. She told Sam that they needed to hit her mom and dad with the pouches to knock them out quick. She handed them to Sam. She didn't know if she had a good enough aim.

Sam burst into to the room. He hit Nessie first and then hit Dean. They passed out. Sam pulled Dean off Nessie. He could tell that Dean was running a fever; he must be in heat as much as Nessie.

Sam pulled Dean over his shoulder and took him to the room he was sharing with Alex. He put Dean on the bed closest to the door. He grabbed a towel and cut it into strips to use to tie Dean to the bed. When he was through, he ran to the other room and tied Nessie to the bed. He barely got her tied down before she woke up. She was furious and started struggling to get loose. She had to get back to Dean.

She screamed. "DEAN…DEAN." She looked menacing at Sam. "You can't keep us apart. DEAN." She continued to scream until she was horse.

Sam pulled Alex from the room. "Alex, I read in the archives that there may be a potion to help them. We need to find something to stop this or knock them out for longer."

"I know of a potion that should knock them out for at least a day. I'll get started on it right now."

Apparently, Dean had woken up. "SAMMY."

Sam went into the room. "Sam, untie me."

"I can't do that, Dean. You're in heat. You told me to tie you up, so that you and Nessie don't get pregnant or hurt each other."

"Sam, I've changed my mind. I can hear Nessie. She needs me. Now untie me."

"No, Dean. It's the heat talking. Nessie is fine."

Dean had started sweating profusely. He gasped in pain. "Sammy, it hurts. It feels like my insides are on fire. I can hear Nessie and she's hurting too. Please Sammy let us be together. We'll die if you don't let us be together, please Sam please."

Sam was going to have to be strong because Dean was so convincing. "No, Dean. Just relax."

Dean was furious and started cursing worse than Sam had ever heard him curse before. Sam left the room. Dean started screaming as loud and as long as Nessie.

Sam went into the kitchen to see what Alex was making and see if he could help her. While they were in the kitchen, Bobby and John came in. They heard Dean yelling obscenities and Nessie just screaming.

"What in tarnation is going on in here?"

Sam looked at Alex. "We're so screwed. Keep working on the potions."

Sam walked into the living room and moved to stand in front of the stairs to keep John from going up the stairs. "We have a situation." Before he could say anymore, they heard a crash upstairs and running feet.

"Dammit." Sam ran up the stairs and saw the door open in the room where Dean was supposed to be. "Alex, hurry. We need the potions, NOW!" He ran to the room where Nessie was supposed to be.

Bobby and John ran upstairs after Sam. Sam ran to the room. Dean was untying Nessie. They were both sweating profusely. Dean was on top of her. He had reverted to his elfin face. Sam had not seen his elf face. Dean had changed just like the elfin archives had said. It was frightening. Dean resembled Alex. Sam could tell without a doubt that Dean was Alex's father because their faces were so similar. Dean had ears that elongated but were not as long or as pointed as Nessie's were. His eyebrows were more arched than normal. His canine teeth had elongated into short fangs. But what was most disconcerting were Dean's eyes. His eyes were still green not cobalt blue like Nessie's, but the pupils were narrow and resembled cat's eyes.

John tried to move into the room, but Sam stopped him. "DEAN, What the Hell are you doing?"

Dean raised his head from sharing a blood kiss with Nessie. He cocked his head to the left just like Nessie did. "Go away!" Dean said in a voice that was not recognizable as his voice. They started ripping their clothes off.

John took a step back. "Christo."

Dean and Nessie did not react. The heat had completely consumed them now. They were slick with sweat and blood and their clothing was gone.

"Alex, Hurry. We need the potions NOW!" Sam yelled again. He knew that if he did not stop them now, they would regret what was about to happen in front of John, Bobby, and Sam. Sam pulled John and Bobby into the hallway. "I don't have time to explain everything, so don't interrupt me. Dean and Nessie are in heat. We have to separate them, now, before they have sex. We gotta knock them out and pull them apart."

Alex was pouring the potions into the throw pouches as fast as she could without spilling it. She yelled to Sam, "I'm almost done, Uncle Sam."

Sam knew that they had to get them apart. Sam, John and Bobby ran into the room and grabbed Dean. Sam punched Dean and tried to knock him out. Dean was stronger than normal and was not easy to knock out. Nessie was angry and used her telekinesis to knock them all to the wall and hold them there.

She smiled at Dean and nodded to him. He positioned himself between her legs. He was so aroused from the heat and blood. He was about to thrust into her. Alex ran into the room and threw the potion on her dad. He passed out before he could enter Nessie. He fell on top of her.

"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!" Nessie yelled.

Alex hit her mom with the potion and Nessie passed out. The men were released from the wall. Sam moved to Dean and rolled him off Nessie. "Bobby, we need something strong to tie up Dean, so that he cannot break loose again. Dad, help me get Dean into the other room."

John and Sam carried a nude Dean into the other room and laid him on the bed. Bobby came back with metal shackles to use to confine Dean. They placed a blanket over Dean's torso to hide his nakedness.

Once Dean was shackled, Sam took the other shackles and went to shackle Nessie. He saw Alex using a towel to wipe of the blood from her mom. Sam was always so amazed when he saw the way Alex was so gentle with her mom. It made his heart skip a beat. He didn't remember his mom and he never knew that kind of gentleness from his dad. Sometimes Dean had been this way when Sam was hurt or sick.

Sam helped Alex put a clean t-shirt and panties on her mom. He then shackled her to the bed. Sam put his arm around Alex. "They'll be okay. We'll get them through this." Alex sighed and leaned into Sam. Her uncle was the best.

John sat down on the bed beside the bed Dean was in. He put his head in his hands. He was overwhelmed by what he had witnessed. His son had reverted to an elf. It was too late to save him. His son was now a supernatural creature. If other hunters found out, then they would hunt Dean down and kill him. He should have killed Nessie when he had the chance instead of listening to Dean and Sam. This was wrong. He thought he had trained Dean better than this. He would have expected this from Sam, not Dean. Dean always did what he was supposed to do. He was a good hunter and obedient son. John shook his head. Dean wasn't a hunter any more. He was now an elf. John stood up. He was so disgusted. He would leave and sever ties with the boys. He walked down the stairs.

Sam came up behind his dad, as John was gathering his bags and weapons. Sam could tell his dad was leaving. "Dad, are you leaving to go on your hunt?"

"Yeah, I'm leaving. I can't be here any longer. You better be careful, Sam. Hunters aren't going to like it that you're traveling with three elves. You're going to be in danger. Maybe you should come with me?"

"Wait, you aren't leaving for a hunt. You're leaving because you don't like what happened to Dean. You called him an elf. He's still Dean, your son and he's only a hybrid. He's not a full elf."

"Let it go, Sam. Hunters won't see the difference. If you aren't coming with me, then get out of my way."

"Dad, Dean is still Dean. He's still your son. If you leave like this, it will destroy him. You can't do this to him."

"No, he made his decision. He chose a supernatural creature and now he is one too. Other hunters are going to want to kill him. Why did you let this happen to your brother? You should have killed the elf or let me kill her before this happened. Now, there's no saving your brother. He has reverted. He's not human."

"Dean is still Dean. Nessie makes him happy. She's not evil. She fixed your broken leg. She saved me from becoming a werewolf. Dean would have had to kill me, if Nessie hadn't saved me. She loves him. You should be happy that Dean has found someone who understands what we do and still loves him. With our lives, it's hard to find someone who doesn't care what we do. Yeah, technically, she's not human, but she has more humanity than most humans."

"I'm grateful that you're not a werewolf, but this is wrong. I saw her humanity first hand. They were drinking each other's blood like freaking vampires, Sam."

"Okay, you saw them at their worst, but Dad, I've never seen Dean so happy. She accepts him and he loves her."

John looked at Sam and shook his head. He couldn't be around this anymore. He grabbed his bags and headed out the door. Sam ran up to him and grabbed his arm. "Dad, please don't leave like this. It'll crush Dean."

"Well, he should have thought of that before he mated with an elf. Take care of yourself, Sam."

His dad got in his truck and drove away. Sam was saddened by what had happened. The heat had definitely complicated their lives. He knew Dean would be devastated by John's rejection. Sam sighed he couldn't worry about that now. He had to help Dean and Nessie through their heat. He walked back to the house. He told Bobby what John had said and done. Bobby was furious with John. He thought John was an idiot.

"Don't worry, Sam. We'll get them through this. Now you need to tell me everything you know about what's happening to them and what we need to do." Bobby patted Sam's shoulder as they walked back inside the house.

Sam checked on Dean. He was still asleep from Alex's potion. He hoped that Dean stayed asleep. He went to check on Nessie. Nessie was still asleep as well. May be they would get through this. Alex was wiping her mom's head with a wet cloth. She told Sam that her mom's fever was too high. Sam got the thermometer and saw that her fever was very high. Nessie was moaning and thrashing. According to the archives on rare occasions a female's temperature will get too high and cause brain damage or even death. When this happens, the only thing that can save the female is for her to have sex with her mate. Repeated orgasms cause the temperature to drop.

Sam and Bobby got bags of ice and placed the ice on Nessie. Dean was running a fever as well, but it wasn't dangerous yet. It was two days and Sam told them that they had at least one to three days to go. They had kept Dean fairly comfortable with the sleeping potion. However, Nessie was another story. Her fever continued to rise even packed in ice.

Sam was becoming very worried. Nessie had lost consciousness without additional potions and had not regained consciousness for over a day. Her skin had taken on a grayish tint. Even Alex knew that her mom was in bad shape. She refused to leave her mother's side. She told Sam that she had never seen her mom this bad even with everything the elves had done to her.

Finally, at the end of the third day, Dean woke up. His fever was normal and he seemed lucid. He was no longer crazed to be with Nessie.

Sam started unshackling him. "You sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'm tired. My head hurts like a bad hang over, but I guess the heat is over."

"You need a shower. You've been sweating for three days. You stink, man."

Dean agreed. He could smell himself and he did stink. He wanted to look and smell better before Nessie saw him. After a very quick shower, he dressed in clean clothes and moved to go to Nessie. Sam stopped him in the hall. "Dean, I need to tell you about Nessie."

"What's wrong? Is she okay?"

"No, she's not. It's rare but her fever continues to increase. We've packed her in ice, but it's not working."

Dean pushed past Sam and ran to Nessie's room. He found Alex sitting watch over her mom. She turned to her dad with tears in her eyes. Nessie was packed in ice and no longer shackled. Her skin had a grayish tint. She was always thin, but now she looked emaciated. Her breathing was ragged. Dean pushed the ice away and pulled her into his arms. He could feel how hot she was.

"What the hell happened to her? Is…Is…she dying?" He could tell she was dying but he asked the question of Sam anyway.

"According to the archives, sometimes a female develops a high fever that can cause brain damage or death. We've been trying to keep her fever down as much as possible, but she's gotten worse in the last six hours. We don't know what else to do."

"That's not exactly true, Uncle Sam. Now that dad's awake, he can save mom."

"What? How can I save her?"

Sam sighed. "According, to the archives, the only way to save her is for her mate to have sex with her. The more orgasms she has, the better. You would have to use double condoms to keep from getting her pregnant, but the condoms could still break. Also, she'll be unconscious for most of the sex?

"I have to make love to an unconscious Nessie?" Sam nodded. "Fine, everybody get out of here. NOW!"

They ran from the room and went down stairs to wait. Sam hoped it wasn't too late. Dean pushed the ice off the bed. He took Nessie's clothes off her and laid her nude form back on the bed. Dean took his clothes off and lay down beside her. He tried to wake her, but she did not respond. It was going to be difficult for him to get hard. Even when he had had one night stands, he never forced a woman that had passed out. Now he had to in order to save his mate.

He closed his eyes and concentrated on all the love he felt for her. He moved over the top of her and kissed her. His tongue forced her mouth open and he kissed her deeply. He tried to convince himself that she was responding, but she wasn't. He kissed down her body and tried to remember the last time they were together. He pulled her legs apart and kissed her private place. He was hoping that he could bring her to climax this way so that she might wake up enough for him to be responsive before he entered her. She was on fire. He felt like her skin was burning his tongue. He ignored the discomfort and concentrated on being her to climax. Her breathing changed and he heard her moan.

"De….De….De."

He looked up. He saw her eyes were open. The eyes were glassy and unfocused, but she was awake. He continued sucking and licking her. She came all over his face and moaned.

Dean moved back up and kissed her passionately. She was aware now and she was definitely kissing him back.

"It's alright baby. I'm going to take care of you. You'll be okay. You're so beautiful."

"De…De…De"

He knew she was with him then. She always called him that when they were having sex. It was the only time that she called him that. She called him this when she was aroused and so excited she couldn't say anything else. He felt between her legs and she started panting, Dean was ready as well. She was reaching for him and trying to pull him into her.

"Slow down baby. I gotta put this rubber on and then I'll fix you right up." Dean slipped the rubber on and then put on a second one like Sam had told him to do. He hoped he could stay hard because with two rubbers on, he didn't know if he would be able to feel anything. He slowly slid into her. He shouldn't have worried, he could feel everything. He began moving in her. Her arms and legs went around him. She was more lucid. He kissed her as he moved faster and faster.

She panted, "De…De…De."

He knew she was close. "Come on baby, you can do it. Come for me, baby." He increased the speed and slammed into her repeatedly. She threw her head back and came. He could feel her body convulsing around him. He almost came himself, but he was able to hold off barely. He knew he needed to keep going as long as possible.

As she came, her temperature noticeable went down. He started moving again. He was relieved to see that it was working.

After he brought her to organism a fifth time, her fever was normal and she was screaming his name. He couldn't hold off any longer. He came into her and collapsed on top of her. He rolled off and pulled her to him.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Yeah. Tired."

They cuddled together and fell asleep. Nessie was going to be okay. Sam, Bobby, and Alex saw the chandelier stop swinging and waited. They didn't hear anything so Sam decided to go up and see if everything was okay. He crept into the room as quietly as possible. He didn't want to wake them. He saw that Nessie looked like her normal self. Her color was healthy. He was relieved. He went back down stairs to tell Bobby and Alex that crisis was adverted. He dreaded telling Dean about their dad.