Chapter Three

"I am alive." I wince in pain as he starts to untie my arms and then as soon as they are free I shake them hard to try to bring feeling back into them as they have been numb for hours. I stiffen at once hearing another voice.

"Sammy." The voice grows louder and I cringe back as far as I can against the headboard of the bed trying to cover my naked body as another man walks into the room. "Sammy you in here?"

The man who freed me looks at me kindly then flashes me a smile, "Don't be afraid. You are okay now. We won't hurt you."

I nod to him creeping slowly back into the light and as I stand up the other man gasps. "Sammy what did you find? Hello beautiful." His eyes take me in looking me up and down from head to toe as I cross my arms over my breasts. I don't like the light in his eyes or the smirk on his face.

My rescuer steps between us glaring at him. "Dean show some respect for the poor girl." He points to the bed and I see them both take in the blood stained sheets then look back at me. My rescuer turns back to me, now in the light I can see his eyes full of concern. "We won't hurt you. I am Sam. This is my brother Dean who is going to find you something to cover up with. What's your name?"

"Marie," I whisper softly unnerved by Dean's stare. Sam moves again blocking me from his view as Dean then huffs out of the room.

"Sorry about him Marie. He won't hurt you." I stare up at Sam and then slowly smile at him. Something about him I know I can trust but then I hear loud voices and a blood curling scream followed by a spattering sound.

Sam takes a protective stance in front of me as Dean reappears in the room covered head to toe in blood. He tosses a black robe at me then looks at Sam, "damn messy things to kill, let's get out of here."

I pull on the robe quickly and as we walk out of the club I cringe in the bright sunlight. Dean suddenly steps directly in front of me making me dead stop. I bite my lip wondering what he is looking at. I see Sam looking at him too, "Dean relax she is not one of them."

"Well she isn't burning in the light so that's something." I stare at them both afraid of what they would say if they knew the truth about me. I start to walk away when Sam grabs my arm. Dean reaches into his back pocket and pulls out a cloth he uses to wipe the blood off his face and is looking down at his clothes in disgust as Sam tries to pull me to their car.

I cringe at his touch, "let me go."

"Look at you, where will you go?"

"I have to get my things from in there." I suddenly remember the white card that Aro gave me and I rush back into the club. I feel like a blur I am moving as fast as I can as my body screams in pain from all I have been through. I bite my lip and speed through the club down the stairs to where the tatters of my clothes are. I see the card and it is still in one piece. I grip it tightly as I speed back to where Sam and Dean are still standing. As I suddenly stop next to him, Dean jumps.

"How the hell did you do that?" Dean demands to know as he starts walking closer, I start to take steps backwards away from him till I am pinned against the building's cold concrete wall.

"Do what?" I mumble as Dean's stare pierces through me.

Then Sam is between us and Dean stumbles back as Sam speaks, "Marie what you are?" Sam gazes into my eyes. "You look human but are you? You are clearly not a vampire but you are something special aren't you?"

"No I..." I start to try to explain when Dean wraps a silver chain around my neck and grabs the white card out of my hand. I stare at him looking down at the chain. "Is this supposed to hurt me?" I toss the chain back at him then speed over taking a hold of him and turning so I can push him with his back against the building this time, I grab the card from his hand and then release him to stare at me.

Sam seems fascinated watching me and then after I release Dean he grabs my hand. "Come on you need real clothes and then you can tell me what you really are. I am dying to hear this."

Dean starts to protect loudly as Sam and I walk to their car but Sam ignores him and opens the car door for me to slip into the backseat. Dean reluctantly gets in and starts to drive us to a nearby hotel as Sam keeps up a stream of conversation making me feel at ease. Then at the hotel Sam leaves to check us in and I feel Dean's eyes glaring at me in the rear view mirror before he turns to lean on the seat. "Don't get too comfortable. Sammy there is a pushover but I am not. If you are some kind of monster or demon, I will kill you myself." His words make me cringe back against the seat and I start to hum nervously wishing he would just relax. As I continue to hum it is as if the notes from my lips are literally massaging him, I see him let his head fall back so he is relaxing against the seat then his gaze comes back to me but the harsh glare is gone but before I can say anything to him Sam opens the car door. With one set of keys in hand Sam sits down staring at Dean. I stop humming at once and Dean blinks as if he is waking up from being in a daze. He stares back at me then over at Sam before growling, "Sammy what the hell?"

I see a small glint of humor in Sam's eyes as he looks at Dean, and then he turns to me. "Marie what were you doing just now."

"Huh?" I blush as I look at him confused, "I was just humming, why?"

Dean grumbles something about being bewitched and the harsh glare from him towards me is back. His eyes are icy cold in the rear view mirror again as he drives us to the hotel room complaining to Sam about him only getting one room but Sam ignores him staring back over the seat at me fascinated. "Marie do whatever you were doing again now."

"Sam? Oh okay." I shrug at him then nod. I start to hum again softly willing Dean to relax. I feel Sam's eyes on me as the sound of my melody fills the car surrounding Dean. Again my notes weave a spell around Dean. He parks the car then turns to gaze at me with soft eyes and a smirk on his lips as Sam laughs. "Wow Marie that is amazing." I wink as I hum more but then Dean gives me a flirty wink back stunning me into silence. As my melody ends, Dean blinks again and growls at me to stop. Sam leans to me as he helps me out of the car, "how did you do that?"

I shrug, "I am not really sure Sam. I was just nervously humming and wishing that Dean would just relax."

Sam nods and we walk into the room, he turns to Dean and they talk for a few minutes before Sam tells me that Dean is going to get me some clothes and food for us all. Dean seems pleased to be away from me as he slams the door as he walks out. As soon as Dean is gone Sam pulls me to sit next to him on one of the beds in the room. "You are not human are you? Are you half vampire or what?" His eyes scan me over, "you don't look like a demon."

"Sam I am half vampire. My mother was human and my father a vampire so I am part of each."

"Is that why your eyes are not giving you away and the sunlight doesn't affect you?"

I nod and laugh, "Yes, I am totally human in appearance but feel my skin."

He reaches to take my hand and I feel the warmth of his skin against the cool of my own. He stares into my face. "You are cold as ice, how is that possible?" I bite my lip shaking my head. "Marie I have read about half breeds but never seen one. I was told that usually the mother doesn't survive long enough for the child to survive, so I thought that creatures like you did not exist."

"Sam I am real. Touch me, I am cold as ice but there is warm blood running through my veins." I look at him and shrug again, but then his eyes suddenly look different to me. He leans closer and I see a something, they change somehow. Then I see it again, a yellow flicker comes into them then vanishes. "Sam what are you?"

"Marie it is better you don't know what I am." Sam's eyes flicker again with the flash of yellow and I can't help but stare. "I want to know more about you. You seem to have a gift."

"A gift, me?"

"You saw the way your singing affected Dean, your voice did that."

"But it's not affecting you right now."

He laughs, "It is not but I think you control it. Your humming created a haze around him; try singing to me like you did to him. Try to make me do something again my will."

I nod at him then stare at his face wondering do I have a special power? Then I remember all the times when I was lonely singing in the woods wanting not to be alone that the animals would come to me making my hunting so easy. I gasp remembering what effect my nervous humming had on Eric; he accused me of bewitching him. Could I have saved myself from him? Suddenly I have a burning urge to know, I have to test this but what to have Sam do? I eye him and decide to go for something I doubt he would ever do. I gaze at Sam. "You ready to try this?" He nods. I clear my throat and start singing softly concentrating hard on willing him into action. As I sing my voice fills the room, Sam is just watching me then suddenly I see his eyes seem to cloud over and he suddenly starts to move towards me. My eyes widen as he moves closer and closer till we are almost nose to nose.