a/n: Okay, so this is Wendigo. I found this chapter kinda hard to write and like change to fit Trevor and Katie into, so if it's not up to parr, let me know.

And to answer StrollingPlayer's question, yes I did change the ages. In my story Dean is 22, Sam 20, Trevor 17 and Katie 15.

If there are any other questions I'd be happy to answer them.

So home you enjoy, as always please R&R!

Tnx!...

IrishEyes2k8

xoxox

Somewhere on the way to Colorado…

Dean was driving along, on the way to Black Water Ridge, just outside Grand Junction. Trevor was snoring his head off in the backseat and taking up most of the room, much to Katie's annoyance. Sam was in the front seat, sound asleep, which Dean was happy about because he hadn't been sleeping much, only a few hours here and there. All of a sudden Sam bolted up after having another nightmare, ever since Jess died he would have a nightmare almost every time he closed his eyes, sometimes he would be shouting her name and his siblings would have to wake him.

"You okay?" Dean asked, concerned at his sudden movement.

"Yeah, I'm fine" he replied stretching his arms.

Trevor had just woken up. Katie had given him a dig because she was squashed into the door.

"Another nightmare?" she asked from the back.

Sam just coughed ignoring her question.

"Wanna drive for a while?" Dean offered looking at Sam.

Sam laughed. "Dean, your whole life, you never once asked me that"

"Yeah, me either." Trevor interrupted.

"Button it!" Dean snapped at Trevor.

"Just thought you might want to. Never mind" he continued turning his attention back to Sam.

"Look man, you're worried about me. I get it. And thank you, but I'm perfectly okay." Sam replied.

"mmmmhhhh" Dean muttered.

Trevor and Katie exchanged glances in the back but kept their mouths shut.

"Alright, where are we?" Sam asked, changing the subject.

"Just out side of Grand Junction" replied Dean.

"You know what; maybe we shouldn't have left Stanford so soon." Sam said examining the map.

"Sam, we dug around there for a week. We came up with nothing." Dean retorted, he knew when they were leaving that Sam was going to question leaving Stanford. "If you wanna find the thing that killed Jessica--"

"We gotta find dad first." Sam said finishing Dean's sentence.

"Sammy, Dean's right." Trevor agreed. "Dad disappearing and this thing showing up again after twenty years…it's no coincidence. Dad will have answers"

"Yeah, he'll know what to do." Katie said agreeing with her brothers.

"It's weird man, these coordinates he left, this Black Water Ridge" Sam said looking closer at the map.

"Yeah, what about it?" Dean asked.

"There's nothing there." Sam replied. "It's just woods."

"Why is he sending us to the middle of nowhere?" Katie asked.

"I don't know but we're about to find out" replied Dean as he turned into the Lost Creek National Forest Park.

"Okay, you two stay here while me and Sammy go talk to one of the rangers." Dean ordered, bringing the car to a halt.

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Dean and Sam had been in with the ranger for fifteen minutes and already Katie was bored.

"What's taking so long?" Katie complained.

"Stop been so impatient." Trevor said, flicking her on the head.

"Ouch!" she said grabbing her head.

"Do you think Sam's okay?" she asked turning serious.

"Yeah. I think it's just gonna take time Katz." Trevor replied reassuringly

"But what about all the nightmares, I mean there not exactly getting better. There getting more frequent if anything." Katie said worriedly

"Katz, I don't know what to say. Until he talks to us about them, we can't really help." Trevor replied. "But I'm sure it's just part of the grief he's going through" he continued, seeing the worry on her face.

"Yeah, suppose." she said with sadness. "What are you doing?" she asked, he was messing around with Sam's computer and was smirking like a Cheshire cat.

"I'm IM-ing Krista." he smiled.

"Krista? The girl who's boyfriend did that to your face?" she asked pointing to the remainder cuts and bruises on his face.

"Yep" he replied.

"You really are a glutton for punishment." Katie laughed.

"Shut up." Trevor snapped.

"So if you can IM Krista, I can IM Danny!?" Katie suggested carefully.

Danny was Katie's boyfriend from Philadelphia. They had stayed in Philadelphia for two months before going looking for Sam. Their father had set them up in a reasonably good motel, while he worked cases in nearby towns and cities. He only let them come on hunts at the weekend, so it wouldn't look suspicious, them missing so much school. Danny and Katie had met in school, in detention and Trevor and Dean didn't like him from the get go.

"Not a chance." Trevor replied his head snapping up from the computer screen.

"C'mon how is that fair." Katie argued.

"Because Danny was bad news…and if I ever find out you've been talking to him, I'll go back to Philly and kick his ass for him!" Trevor snapped, getting serious.

Trevor was very protective of Katie. When their father and Dean were gone away on hunts, it was his job to take care of Katie.

"Trev--"

"No Katz, that guy was no good for you. Just leave it alone…or I'll tell Dean. You know how he feels about Danny." Trevor replied cutting her off.

Dean in particular had a disliking for Danny, mostly because Katie was his baby sister and the thought of her dating made him go into 'Big Brother Mode', which involved an urge to beat every guy that looked at her.

"That's so unfair." Katie protested.

"Katz, leave it. Look here I won't IM Krista anymore" Trevor said closing down the laptop.

"Oh, yeah. That makes it all better." she replied sarcastically.

"Katie-Bear are you being sarcastic with me!?" he smiled, trying to make her laugh.

"Shut up freak!" she unwillingly smiled back at him.

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Sam and Dean came out of the ranger's office, about ten minutes later, bickering like the old days.

"Well something's never change" Trevor said, commenting on their bickering.

He and Katie jumped out of the car to see what was going on.

"So…what we doing?" Katie asked, to no response.

"You cruisin' for a hook-up, or something?" Sam snapped.

"Hello!?....I'm I invisible or something?! " Katie said waving her hands.

"What do you mean?" Dean replied, ignoring Katie again.

"Don't bother Katz; you know the outside world gets zoned out when they bicker like this." Trevor said putting his arm around her neck.

"The coordinates point to Blackwater Ridge, so what are we waiting for? Let's just go find dad, I mean why even talk to this girl?" Sam argued.

"I don't know, maybe we should know what we're walking into before we walk into it!?" Dean replied sarcastically, shooting him a look.

"What?" Sam snapped.

"Since when are you all 'Shoot first, ask questions later'?" Dean replied noticing his brother's change in attitude.

"Since now." replied Sam, hopping into the front seat of the Impala.

"Oh really?" Dean smiled. "You two getting in or what?" he continued, talking to Trevor and Katie.

"Oh, so now he sees us." Katie joked jumping in before Trevor.

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Dean and Sam gave Trevor and Katie all the information they had gotten from the ranger. They told them about a girl named Haley whose brother had gone camping up by Blackwater Ridge and that she was now worried because she hadn't heard from him in a few days. Dean's plan was him and Sam to go talk to this girl while Trevor and Katie sat in the motel room, researching Blackwater, but the objected. They wanted to get out and do some questioning, so he reluctantly agreed.

"You must be Haley Collins. I'm Dean this is Sam, Trevor and Katie." Dean said to a young girl who opened the door. "We're rangers with the Park Service and these two are 'Junior Rangers' doing some work experience, as part of a school project. Ranger Wilkinson sent us over." he continued, talking complete B.S.

"We wanted to ask you some questions about your brother, Tommy." Sam said, giving a sympathetic smile.

"Let me see some ID" Haley demanded, unconvinced.

"Yeah, off course" Dean said, pulling out a fake ID from his pocket and showing it to her.

"Come on in" she said, opening the screen door for them.

"Thanks." Dean and Sam said in unison.

"That yours?" Haley asked Dean, noticing the Impala.

"Yeah." Dean replied proudly.

"Nice car" she stated before turning and walking into the house, Dean, Sam, Trevor and Katie beginning to follow.

"Doesn't she know?" Katie began "You never give a man-whore a compliment! Now he's never gonna leave her alone." she joked with Trevor, Sam over-hearing them and smirking.

"So, if Tommy's not due back for a while…how do you know something's wrong?" Sam asked as Haley walked out of the kitchen with two bowls.

"He checks in every day by cell. He e-mails photos, stupid little videos. But we haven't heard anything in three days." she replied setting the two bowls on the table beside her other brother, Ben.

"Well, maybe he can't get cell reception?" Katie suggested.

"He's got a satellite phone too." Haley stated.

"Could it be he forgot to check in?" Dean asked.

"He wouldn't do that!" Ben snapped.

"Our parents are gone. It's just my two brothers and me. We all keep tabs on each other." Haley stated, not even considering Dean's suggestion.

"Can I see the pictures he sent you?" Sam asked.

"Yeah" Haley replied, walking over and opening up her laptop. "That's Tommy" she stated, when a picture of Tommy came up on the screen.

Sam played a video of Tommy. He was sitting in a tent and just said "Hey Haley. Day six. We're still out near Blackwater Ridge. We're fine, keeping safe. So don't worry. Talk to you tomorrow. "

Something flashed behind Tommy it looked like it was outside his tent, but what ever it was it could move. It sped by, way too fast for a grizzly.

"You see that?" Katie whispered to Sam, noticing it too.

"Yeah" Sam whispered back.

But they were the only ones who did, because Trevor and Dean just looked away, while Haley walked over to Ben.

"Well, we'll find your brother. We're heading out to Blackwater Ridge" Dean said trying to reassure her.

"Then maybe I'll se you there" she replied matter of fact.

Dean and San exchanged worried looks.

"Look, I can't sit around here anymore, so I hired a guide. I'm heading out in the morning and I'm gonna find Tommy myself." Haley continued.

"I think I know how you feel." Dean stated honestly. If any of his siblings were missing, nothing nor no-one would stop him from doing everything in his power to find them.

"Hey, you mind forwarding these to me?" Sam asked breaking the silence.

"Sure…" Haley replied. "…anything that will help."

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They four of them sat in a bar, Sam slowing down the video of Tommy to see if they did in fact see something fly past him, while Katie did some research on Blackwater Ridge. Dean and Trevor were busy hustling pool.

"Hey Dean!" Sam shouted, indicating for him and Trevor to come over to them.

"Okay fellas, we gotta go." Dean said.

"Good game, though…" Trevor smirked smugly, before Dean shoved him, seeing the lack of appreciation on their faces at Trevor's comment.

"Okay, what you got?" Dean asked sitting down beside Sam and Trevor beside Katie.

"So Blackwater Ridge doesn't get a lot of traffic. Local campers mostly. But still, this April two hikers went missing out there." Katie began.

"Were they found?" Trevor asked.

"Nope." Katie replied.

"Any before that?" Dean inquired.

"Yeah. In 1982, eight people all vanished in the same year." Katie replied handing Dean a newspaper print out. "Authorities said it was a grizzly attack. And again in 1959. And again before that in 1936. Every twenty-three years, like clockwork."

"Okay, watch this." Sam said pointing to his laptop. "Here's the clincher. I downloaded that guy Tommy's video to the laptop. Check it out."

Sam showed him the video in slow motion.

"Do it again." Dean and Trevor said in unison.

"That's three frames. It's a fraction of a second. Whatever that thing is, it can move." Sam stated.

"Told you something weird was going on." Dean said hitting Sam's arm.

"Yeah. I got one more thing though." Katie interrupted "In '59, one camper survived the supposed grizzly attack. Just a kid, barely crawled out of the woods alive."

"Is there a name?" Dean asked.

Katie smiled.

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While Dean and Sam were gone to talk to the survivor of the '59 supposed grizzly attack, Trevor and Katie were left to get supplies for the hike tomorrow.

"So what do we need to get?" Katie asked puzzled. She wasn't exactly familiar with hiking and had no idea what supplies they would need.

"I don't know." Trevor replied he was as inexperienced with hiking as she was. "I suppose food and water."

"No shit Sherlock! But what kind of food?" Katie smiled.

"Hey! Don't be getting smart with me. You have to respect me." Trevor stated.

"Oh yeah and why is that?" Katie asked sarcastically.

"Because…I'm taller!" he jokingly laughed in her face.

Katie was 5'5 which was tiny compared to her towering brothers. Sam was the tallest at 6'4, then Dean at 6'1 and the Trevor at 5'11. She hated been so small compared to them. And Trevor would always tease her about it to annoy her.

"Oh whatever butt face." she laughed shoving him in the door of the convenience.

"Okay, you get the chips, I'll get the chocolate." he suggested.

"Yeah. K!" replied Katie, turning and walking down the aisle of the chips.

As she was reaching for her and Trevor's favourite chips which had to be on the top shelf, a creepy guy came walking down the aisle. He looked about twenty, he was stumbling around knocking packets of shelves, clearly drunk. He started staring at her, making her feel really uncomfortable.

"Hey there sweet cheeks." the man said. "Wanna hand?"

She decided to leave the chips and go find Trevor but as she turned to walk away the creep stood in front of her, blocking her. He stunk of liquor and could barely stand up.

"I asked you a question." he snapped.

"I'm okay…..thanks." she stuttered.

"What you think you're better than me, you little bitch?" he shouted angrily.

"Hey! What's going on here?" Trevor asked seeing the discomfort on his sister's face.

"Nothing, can we just go." replied Katie.

"Yeah, k, let's go." Trevor said grabbing her arm.

"Where do you think you're going? I'm not finished with you bitch! You never answered my question--" the drunk blurted grabbing Katie's other arm and pulling her into him.

"Dude, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Trevor shouted. "Let go of her!" he demanded trying to loosen the grip the drunk had on her arm.

The drunk didn't like this and tried taking a swing at Trevor but he missed, so Trevor clocked him one in the mouth, knocking him to the ground causing his lip to bleed.

"Don't ever grab my sister again, you son of a bitch!" he shouted, grabbing Katie's hand "C'mon Katz"

They went outside forgetting the supplies for the hike and began heading back to the motel. Katie was crying that guy had freaked her out. They stopped at the motel entrance.

"Katz, you okay" Trevor asked concerned.

"Yeah, that guy just really freaked me out. He seemed really angry at me." she replied in a shaky voice.

"It's okay Katie-Bear. He was just a drunken idiot" Trevor said giving her a hug. "C'mon, let's go watch some cartoons and I think there's a tub of mint choc in the fridge. We'll get the supplies later."

Katie smiled Trevor always knew how you cheer her up.

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All four of them got up early the next morning, to go on the hike up Blackwater mainly to protect Haley from what ever was out there. Sam wasn't happy about this, he and Dean had come back to the motel last night fighting. Sam wanted to stop Haley from going out there but Dean knew that was impossible, her brother was missing nothing was going to stop her from going out there. So he said they would have to out to protect her. Sam didn't agree with this he just wanted to find dad he didn't understand why they had to 'baby-sit' some girl. Dean noticed a change in Sam's personality but chose to avoid the subject.

The roar of the impala came to a halt at the entrance of the entrance to Blackwater Ridge and the four of them hopped out. Haley was there with her brother Ben and some other guy, probably the guide she hired.

"You guys got room for four more?" Dean smiled mockingly.

Wait you wanna come with us? Haley asked surprised.

"Who are these guys?" the guide, Roy asked.

"Apparently, this is all the Park Service could muster up for the search." Haley replied

"You're rangers?" the Roy asked.

"That's right!" Dean stated happily as if true.

Sam, Trevor and Katie walked past Haley, Ben and the guide to get a look at where they were heading.

"And you're hiking out in biker boots and jeans?" Haley asked unconvinced.

"Oh sweetheart, I don't do shorts!" Dean smirked walking by her and over to his siblings.

"You think this is funny?" the Roy snapped. "It's a dangerous backcountry. Her brother might be hurt."

Dean looked at his siblings then turning to Roy. "Believe me, I know how dangerous it can be. We just wanna help them find their brother, that's all." he replied.

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The silence was deafening as they hiked through the forest. They had been walking for about an hour or so.

"So Roy…" Dean began making conversation. "….you said you did a little hunting."

"Yeah, more than a little."

"What kind of furry critters do you hunt?" Trevor asked getting in on the conversation.

"Mostly bucks, sometimes bear." Roy replied.

"Tell me, Bambi or Yogi ever hunt you back?" Dean asked mockingly.

Roy grabbed Dean by the scruff of his jacket. Sam, Trevor and Katie tensing, ready to jump in to help Dean if he needed it.

"What you doing, Roy?" Dean asked

Roy let go of him and picked up a stick and shoving it into the ground, revealing a bear trap.

"You should watch where you're stepping, ranger." Roy smiled.

"It's…a bear trap." Dean stated trying to cover up his stupidity.

"Thank you Captain Obvious." Katie muttered under her breath to Trevor.

"Yeah, he must have missed the bear trap class in ranger school." Trevor laughed back.

Dean went walking on ahead, catching up to Roy, Haley following behind, not happy.

"You didn't pack any provisions" she began debating "You guys are carrying a duffle bag. You're not rangers, so who the hell are you?" she snapped grabbing his arm turning him around.

Ben walked past them not paying any attention because he was listening to music. Sam, Trevor and Katie came up behind her. Sam throwing Dean a 'you good?' luck, Dean nodded so they kept walking.

Sam and Trevor are my brothers and Katie's my sister." Dean replied reluctantly. "We're looking for our father, he might be here we don't know. I just figured you and me are in the same boat."

"Why didn't you just tell me that from the start?" Haley asked.

"I'm telling you know. Besides this is probably the most honest I've ever been with a woman. Ever." he replied, having to think about it. "So we okay?"

"Yeah, okay." she replied.

"And what do you mean, I didn't pack provisions?" he joked taking a packet of M&Ms out of his pocket.

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"This is it. This is Blackwater Ridge" Roy stated stopping.

"What coordinates we at?" Sam asked stepping in front of Roy.

Roy rummaged around in his pocket, pulling out a gadget that looked like a Blackberry.

"Thirty-five at minus 111." Roy replied.

Dean walked over to Sam.

"You hear that?" he asked.

"Yeah" Sam replied. "Not even crickets."

Trevor and Katie walked over to Dean and Sam, noticing the weird silence. Haley and Ben just looked confused like they didn't know where they were or what they were suppose to do.

"I'm gonna go take a look around." Roy said.

"You shouldn't go off by yourself." Trevor stated.

"That's sweet. Don't worry about me." Roy replied sarcastically, walking off ahead of them.

"Jackass!" Trevor muttered under his breath.

"All right, everybody stays together." Dean said taking control after Roy's ignorance.

"Don't you love it when he takes control?" Katie joked.

Trevor started smiling, Katie always made him laugh or smile when Dean or their father was giving a serious speech or telling them off.

"Let's go" he continued, shooting Trevor and Katie a look before turning and walking after Roy, followed by everyone.

A few minutes later Roy shouted for Haley. She ran to him and was crushed by what she saw.

"Oh my god" she said saddened by what lay in front of her.

It was Tommy's campsite and it was completely trashed. Tents torn up with blood on them. Looked like a tornado had hit it.

"Looks like a grizzly." Roy stated as he began looking around.

"Tommy?" she said quietly before shouting his name again.

"Ssssshhhhh…" Sam said running over to her.

"Why?" she asked.

"Something might still be out there." he replied looking around.

"Sam!" Dean called.

Sam ran off to find Dean who had left the campsite.

"So much for staying together." Trevor said to Katie.

"Yep." Katie agreed sitting down on a log surrounding the campsite.

Trevor went to get a look round the mess to see if there was anything that could give them an indication about what they were dealing with.

"So Ben, how you holding up?" Katie asked when he sat down beside her.

"I just wanna find my brother." he replied.

"Yeah. I know." Katie said sympathetically.

"I just…I don't know if he's…." Ben began struggling to finish his sentence.

"He could still be alive. Think positively." Katie reassured.

"Is that what you're doing about you father?" Ben asked. "Oh…Dean told Haley and she told me. Sorry…it's okay if you don't wanna talk about it!" He continued seeing the surprise on her face. She didn't know Dean had told Haley the truth.

"Umm…yeah." she replied awkwardly, she didn't expect to be talking about this. "My dad kinda has a habit of disappearing….with his job he's…umm….always on the move."

"What does he do?" Ben asked.

"Oh…he's a travelling sales man." she blurted.

"Oh…so you move around a lot?" Ben asked curiously.

"Yeah. But I don't mind that much. I'm use to it." Katie replied

Dean and Sam came back to camp. Sam walked over to Trevor to tell him what was going on. Dean crouched down to Haley who was picking up what looked like Tommy's phone. It was all smashed. She looked at him, scared that this was a sign Tommy was dead.

"Hey, he could still be alive" he said trying to comfort her. But she looked at him sceptically.

Suddenly a cry for help came from outside the camp. The all snapped up, staring out into the woods.

Roy took off in the direction of the cry with his rifle. Dean grabbed his gun and ran after him followed by Sam, Trevor, Katie, Haley and Ben. They ran through the woods dodging branches and leaping over logs, until everything went quiet. They stopped. It was too quiet.

"It seemed like it was coming from around here, didn't it?" Haley asked.

"Everybody back to camp" Sam said, suspicious of what had cried out, as he felt like it was a trick.

When they got back to camp all their stuff was gone.

"Our packs?" Haley questioned.

"So much for my GPS and satellite phone." Roy said, pissed.

"What the hell's going on?" Haley demanded.

"It's smart." Sam stated. "It wants to cut us off so we can't call for help."

"You mean someone. Some nut-job out there just stole our stuff." Roy said.

"I need to speak with you. In private." Sam said to Dean walking away, signalling Trevor and Katie to follow too.

"Okay let me see dad's journal?" Sam asked when the all came to a halt a few metres from the campsite.

"What you thinking Sammy?" Katie asked.

"I'm not sure." he replied taking the journal from Dean.

"Alright, check that out." Sam said holding the journal up to his siblings.

"Oh, come on. Wendigo?" Trevor questioned.

"Yeah Sammy, wendigos are in Minnesota woods or Northern Michigan." Dean stated matter of fact. "I've never even heard of one this far west."

"Sammy's right." Katie said. "Think about it Dean, the claws, the way it can mimic a human voice."

Sam looked at her impressed. She didn't have to even look at their dad's journal.

"Great." Trevor stated sarcastically.

"Well, then this is useless." Dean said holding up his gun.

"We gotta get these people to safety!" Sam snapped, shoving the journal at Dean and walking away.

Katie and Trevor followed him back to everyone else. Dean followed too, sensing there was going to be an argument.

"Alright, listen up. It's time to go." Sam stated walking towards them. "Things have gotten…more complicated."

"What?" Haley asked surprised.

"Don't worry. What's ever out there I can handle it." Roy stated.

"It's not me I'm worried about. If you shoot this thing it'll only get mad. We have to leave…Now!" Sam replied.

"1. You're talking nonsense and 2. You're in no position to be giving orders!" Roy snapped.

"Relax." Dean said trying to cool the situation.

"We never should have let you come out here." Sam continued. "I'm trying to protect you."

"You protect me?" Roy snapped, not happy with this statement. "I was hunting these woods when your mommy was still kissing you goodnight."

"Yeah? It's a damn near perfect hunter. It's smarter than you. And it's gonna hunt you down unless you get your stupid, sorry ass out of here." Sam smirked.

"Ha, you know you're crazy right?" Roy said getting up in his face.

"Yeah?" Sam asked shoving him back. "You ever hunt a wen--" he began getting up in Roy's face but he was cut off by Trevor and Dean as they shoved him over to one side.

"Roy! Stop!" Haley said, grabbing hold of his arm.

"Chill out!" Dean snapped, shoving Sam away from Roy.

"Stop it. Everybody just stop." Katie said getting in between her family and Roy, Haley and Ben.

"Look…" Haley began "Tommy might still be alive. And I'm not leaving here without him."

Dean shot a look at Sam. They knew there was no way they were getting Haley to leave.

"It's getting late. This thing is a good hunter in the day and an unbelievably hunter at night." Dean stated.

"We'll never beat it, not in the dark." Trevor stated.

"Yeah." Dean agreed thinking. "Okay, we need to settle in and protect ourselves."

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Dean and Katie were drawing Anasazi symbols around the right side of the camp while Trevor did the left. Sam was sitting on a log flicking through their father's journal. He wasn't happy about what was going on. He wanted to get them out. Katie was getting worried about Sam. He wasn't acting like himself, he was moody and cold and snapping at everyone.

"Dean?" Katie began.

"Yeah, Katie-Bear, what is it?" he replied.

She knew by his response that he was worried too. These days he only called he Katie-Bear if she was upset or to annoy her or when he was worried about something. But she didn't know whether it was over Sam or the Wendigo.

"I'm worried about Sam." she stated. "He's not acting like himself. I mean I know he's still grieving but…I don't know…"

"I know. I'll talk to him Katz." Dean said giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Don't worry."

"One more time, that's….?" Haley asked.

"Anasazi symbols" Dean replied.

"It's for protection. The Wendigo can't cross over them." Katie stated matter of fact, walking over to Trevor.

Roy started laughing.

"Nobody likes a sceptic Roy." Dean said, not appreciating his attitude. He then walked over to Sam to have a talk.

"You okay?" Trevor asked, noticing Katie's quietness.

"Yeah, just worried about Sam….oh yeah and the wendigo that wants to hunt and kill us." she smiled.

"Dean's talking to him. He'll sort out whatever's going on in that freaky head of his." Trevor reassured putting his arm round her neck.

They walked over to Ben and Haley, over by the fire, to see how they were holding up.

"You guys okay?" Katie asked.

"Yeah…..I think…" Haley replied. "…just a little freaked out…."

"So…this is like your job?" Ben asked carefully.

"Yeah….kinda…" Katie laughed "….but the pay is crap."

"I can imagine." Ben smiled.

"Hey Trevor can I talk to you for a minute?" Haley asked.

"Yeah sure, back in a sec…Katie-Bear." Trevor smiled walking away. He just called her that to embarrass her in front of Ben.

They walked over to the other side of the camp.

"Okay Trevor, tell me the truth. What are our chances of getting out of here?" Haley asked, she wanted to ask Dean but he seemed busy with Sam.

"Look, as Dean said, this thing is a good thing during the day and unbelievable at night. If we stay within the Anasazi symbols, at least 'til morning, then we have a fighting chance. I'm not gonna lie, it's gonna be hard but me and my family are gonna do everything we can…I promise. "

Back at the camp fire Ben was coming out of his shell.

"So…Katie-Bear?" he laughed.

"Shut up!..." she smiled.

Out of nowhere they all jumped at the sound of a person screaming for help. They all gathered in the middle of the camp, around the fire. Haley grabbed Ben, while Trevor stood in front of Katie holding on to her arm, while Dean pulled out his gun and Sam flashed his light out into the woods.

"It's trying to draw us out" Dean stated. "Just stay cool. Stay put."

"Inside the magic circle?" Roy asked sarcastically.

Dean shot him a look; he really could have done without the attitude.

"Shut up, you Jackass!" Katie snapped.

The voice shouted a help again before but was silenced by a huge roar that didn't sound human.

"Okay, that's no grizzly." Roy stated lifting his rifle.

They all stayed quiet. Sam, again flashing his light into the woods.

"It's okay. You'll be all right. I promise" Haley reassured Ben, sitting down on the log.

The wendigo flew around the camp, all they could hear was it swishing past them. They couldn't actually see it. Haley screamed, putting her arm in front of Ben to protect him.

"It's okay Haley…remember it can't cross the symbols." Katie reassured.

Roy shot at it twice.

"I hit it." Roy stated running out of the camp.

"Roy, no!" Dean shouted but Roy ignored him.

"Don't move!!" Dean shouted at Trevor, Katie, Haley and Ben before running after him with Sam.

"Dean…Sam!" Katie shouted after them, restrained by Trevor.

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The next morning Dean was cleaning up camp, trying to gather their gear. Trevor was helping him, while Haley was talking to Ben. Sam was out of camp, he needed some alone time. After a while Dean sent Katie to go find him so they could figure out what their next move would be. She found him in a daze sitting against a tree trunk.

"Sammy, you ok?" she asked getting closer to him and sitting next to him.

"Yeah, I'm sorry I worried you." he smiled at her.

"Don't be! So how are you feeling about dad….and…umm…." she began but he cut her off.

"It's like Dean said. It's gonna take time to find dad and…Jess'…killer….and the anger I'm feeling I can't keep it burning over 'cause it's gonna kill me. I gotta be prepared for when we do find them." Sam replied.

"I'm proud of you Sammy." Katie smiled.

"Thanks Katie-Bear. C'mon, we gotta figure out how to kill this thing and get out of here." Sam replied getting up and reaching his hand out to help Katie up.

Back at camp Haley was going through a bit of denial.

"I don't….I mean these types of things aren't suppose to be real." she said.

"I wish I could tell you different." Dean said.

"How do we know it's not watching us?" she asked.

"We don't." Trevor replied butting in.

"But we're safe for now." Dean continued, trying to calm her.

"How do you know about this stuff?" she asked curiously.

"It kinda runs in the family." Dean smirked getting up and walking over to Trevor smacking him upside the head.

"Hey, what's that for?" Trevor asked confused.

"Don't go freaking her out. She's already freaked enough as it is." Dean replied.

"Hey" Sam said walking back into camp with Katie, his arm around her neck.

"So we've got half a chance in the daylight. And I, for one…wanna kill this evil son of a bitch." Sam stated.

"Well, hell, you know I'm in." Dean stated proudly.

"Me too!" Katie said

"And me!" Trevor joined too.

"Okay…" Sam said taking the journal out of his pocket and opening it. "….'Wendigo' is a creed Indian word. It means "evil that devours" " Sam stated matter of fact.

"They're hundreds of years old. Each of them was once a man. Sometimes an Indian or other times a frontiersman or a minor or a hunter." Katie said walking over to Trevor, continuing on from Sam.

"How does a man turn into one of those?" Haley asked.

"Well, it's always the same. During some harsh winter, a guy finds himself starving…cut off from supplies or help. He becomes a cannibal to survive eating other members of his tribe or camp." Dean answered.

"Like the Donner Party." Ben suggested.

"Cultures all over the world believe that eating human flesh…gives a person certain abilities: speed, strength, immortality." Sam stated.

"If you eat enough of it, over the years…you become this less than human thing. You're always hungry." Trevor said joining in.

"So if that's true how can Tommy still be alive?" Haley asked.

"You're not gonna like it." Dean said, not wanting to tell her.

"Tell me!" she demanded.

"More than anything a Wendigo knows how to last long winters without food. It hibernates for years at a time. When it's awake it keeps its victim alive. It…umm…stores hen so it can feed whenever it wants. If your brothers alive, it's keeping him somewhere dark, hidden and safe. And we gotta track it back there." Dean replied, wishing he hadn't as she looked horrified by what he was saying.

"And then how do we stop it?" Haley asked.

"Well, guns are useless so are knives. Basically…we gotta torch the sucker!" Trevor stated.

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After trekking around for about an hour, Sam stopped. He looked up at the claw marks on the trees. They looked different or something. Dean thought the same thing.

"You know, I was thinking those claw marks, so clear and distinct they were almost too easy to follow." Sam said.

Suddenly they heard the same swishing noise from last night. They couldn't make their shape out though. They all froze. Haley backed up against a tree, suddenly out of nowhere drops dripped onto her jacket. She looked up to see a body fall down from the tree; she screamed falling to the ground.

Sam jumped over to her. "You okay?" he asked. "Dean, you got it?"

"Damn it, his necks broken." Dean stated.

"All right, come on" Sam said pulling Haley up.

"Okay, run, run, run! Go, go, go!..." Dean shouted shoving his brothers and grabbing Katie's hand.

They ran as fast as they could Dean holding on to Katie's hand. Ben tripped and fell over some branches, Sam and Trevor turning to pick him up as the other three kept running. The turned a sort of corner and right ran right into the Wendigo. Haley screamed but it was too late. Sam, Trevor and Ben heard the scream but couldn't see their siblings anywhere.

"Haley!" Ben shouted to no reply.

"Dean!...Katie!..." Sam and Trevor shouted simultaneously

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The three of them, Sam, Trevor and Ben had been searching around for forty-five minutes. Trevor was freaking out. They had no idea where to start. The only thing keeping him calm, although sick as it was, was that the Wendigo keeps its victims alive.

"If it keeps its victims alive, then why did it kill Roy?" Ben asked

"Honestly, I think it's 'cause Roy shot at him. Pissed him off." Sam replied.

"They went this way" Ben stated after finding an M&M.

Sam laughed. "It's better that breadcrumbs."

"Good old Dean." Trevor laughed with relief.

They followed the trail to an old abandoned mine, they walked in. Sam and Trevor turning on their flash lights. They walked for a bit before hearing a grumble sound. Sam pulled them both in to the side.

"Oh my--" Ben whispered before Sam covered his mouth to shut him up.

After the wendigo left, they continued walking through the mine. They were walking over the wooden tracks when they heard a creek and suddenly the timber broke and the fell through. Ben getting a shock when he came face to face with a skull.

"Whoa…" he said.

"It's okay. It's okay. It's okay." Sam said trying to calm him.

"Oh my--" Trevor began. "Katie? Dean?" he continued walking over to his siblings who were hanging by there hands.

Sam rushed over. Trevor tried to wake Katie while Sam tried Dean. Ben walked over to Haley, he looked petrified.

"Haley, wake up" he whispered.

"Dean, Dean." Sam said shaking his brother.

"Yeah, yeah…" he answered, his eyes snapping open.

"You okay?" Sam asked.

"Yeah." Dean replied. "Where's Katie? Where is she?" he asked worried.

"She's here, Trev's got here." Sam replied.

"Katie, c'mon wake up." Trevor said, tapping her face.

"Trev--" Katie whispered.

"Yeah, you okay?" he asked.

"I'm k." she replied "What 'bout Dean?"

"I'm here Katz. I'm k." Dean replied.

Ben was still trying to wake Haley up. "Haley, wake up. C'mon please wake up!"

Finally she opened her eyes much to the relief of Ben.

Sam cut Dean down, and then gave the knife to Trevor to cut down Katie.

"I gotcha!" Sam stated, helping Dean down, putting him sitting down. Dean grunted with pain. Sam then got up to go help Trevor with Katie. They sat her down beside Dean who put his arm around her, while Trevor and Sam cut Haley down.

"You sure you're okay?" Trevor asked seeing his siblings were in pain.

"Yeah….Where is it?" Dean asked pissed.

"It's gone for now." Sam stated.

"I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch!" Dean snapped.

Haley was sitting down when she saw her brother hanging in the corner of the mine. She walked over to him with Ben. Her heartbreaking with each step she took. She touched his face, thinking he was dead but his head shot up.

"Cut him down" she demanded with relief.

Trevor and Sam walked over to help them out.

"Hey!" Tommy breathed with relief at seeing his brother and sister.

"We're gonna get you home." Haley promised.

"Check it out." Dean smiled holding up two flares.

"Those will work." Trevor smiled.

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They hobbled out. Ben and Haley supporting Tommy, Trevor was supporting Katie. Sam and Dean walked out in front with the flares guns. They heard the roar of the wendigo, it had come back.

"Looks like someone's home for supper." Dean stated.

"We'll never outrun it." Haley said.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Dean asked looking at Sam.

"I think so." he replied.

"Okay, listen to me. Stay with Sam, he's gonna get ye out of here." Dean said, turning to everyone.

"What are you gonna do?" Haley asked.

Dean didn't answer, he just winked at her.

"What a show off." Katie muttered to Trevor.

"Its chow time you freaky bastard." Dean shouted. "Yeah, that's right. Bring it on, Baby! I taste good"

After Dean was out of sight, Sam took control.

"Okay, come on. Hurry!" he shouted.

Sam took then along the mine tracks trying to get them out. They could hear Dean shouting, he was using himself as bait.

"Get them out of here." Sam ordered Trevor and Katie.

"No Sammy. No, no--" Katie said.

"Go, go!" Sam shouted.

"Come on!" Trevor shouted leading everyone in the opposite direction.

Sam waited in a little cave off to the side for the wendigo. When it came he shot at it but missed. He turned and ran as fast as he could. Katie got worried when she heard the roar of the wendigo.

"Sam!" she shouted into the darkness.

"Come on. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Let's go!" he shouted, helping Trevor carry Katie.

They came to a dead end.

"No! Damn!" Sam shouted. "Get behind me!" he ordered.

They all stood behind him, Katie holding on to his arm. The wendigo slowed down as it approached them, taking its time knowing it had them cornered. They were disgusted by what they saw, the thing looked like it had been burned, its skin was all melted looking.

"Hey!" Dean shouted from behind, the wendigo turned and Dean shot it in the stomach causing it to go up in flames.

"Not bad, huh?" Dean smirked.

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They made there way back to the rangers to alert the authorities. They all got patched up only Tommy was in need of serious medical attention because he was suffering from dehydration. Everyone else was just covered in bruises.

Instead of telling the truth Katie and Ben told a story about an 800 or 900 pound bear. Sam and Trevor looked on as they told their story. Tommy was in an ambulance being looked after by medics. Dean was talking to Haley.

"So really, I don't know how to thank you" Haley said.

Dean sat on the hood of the car and gave her a dirty grin.

"Must you cheapen the moment?" she smiled.

"Yeah." Dean smiled back.

Sam and Trevor walked over interrupting them. Katie was saying goodbye to Ben.

"Well, I guess I'll see you." Katie said.

"Yeah, I suppose…. Look, here's my number, if you ever wanna talk or whatever. I know you said you didn't mind, but I know it must be annoying moving around everywhere and not having anyone to talk to but your siblings." Ben said handing her a piece of paper.

"Thanks." Katie replied, taking the paper. "Umm…you got a pen?" she asked.

She tore of a piece of the paper and wrote her number down and gave it to him.

"In case you wanna talk." she smiled.

"Thanks" he smiled back.

"Well, I suppose I better be going." Katie said "I'll…umm…call you, k?" she said giving him a hug.

"Yeah k!" Ben replied.

Katie walked away but stopped and turned. "Take care of your self." she shouted back to him.

"Yeah, you too." he replied hopping into the ambulance with Tommy.

Katie walked over to her brothers and Haley.

"So, you ready to go Kiddo?" Dean asked.

"Yep." She replied.

"You riding with your brothers?" a medic asked Haley.

"Yeah." she replied.

Haley leaned in and gave Dean a kiss.

"Thanks again." she said to all of them, walking away.

Sam sat on the hood with Dean.

"Man I hate camping!" Dean stated.

"Me too!" Sam replied.

"Sammy you know we're gonna find dad, right?"

"Yeah, I know. But in the mean time, I'm driving." Sam smiled.

Dean just sat there throwing his keys over to Sam, wishing he had never offered in the first place. Dean hopped into the passenger side, which he wasn't use to while Trevor and Katie sat in the back, laughing at Dean's uneasiness.