Chapter 2:
Sam walked swiftly down the road. He didn't really know where he was walking to, but he knew he had to move. He felt like he needed to run away from something, something that was coming for him. 'That doesn't make any sense, I'm just a normal eleven-year- old boy…sure my brother and my father are hunters…but they don't let me do anything. Why would something be after me?' Sam thought as he thought back to his dream.
Dream:
Dean was walking down a dark alleyway with nothing but a flashlight and a small ax, that Sam was pretty sure wasn't one of theirs. "Come out!" Dean yelled into the shadowed alley, but nothing happened, not instantly any way. So Dean sighed, and slowly started to turn his back to the menacing shadows, but that was his mistake, for the second Dean turned his back on the shadows a hooded figure jumped out and quickly spun the shocked boy around and pinned him to the wall, wrapping it's long fingers around Dean's throat.
"Where's the boy?" It asked its voice raspy and deep.
Dean looked up into the hood and spat into it. "I'll never tell you," Dean said hatred dripping from his strained vocal cords.
The hooded figure gave out a laugh and squeezed tighter on Dean's neck. "You will tell me were Samuel is or I will snap your neck."
Dean just gave the figure his infamous cocky smile and said nothing as his face slowly started to turn blue and his eyes started to lose focus. A blond woman suddenly started running towards Dean and the hooded figure screaming for the figure to let him go, anger clear on her face.
End of dream:
The last thing Sam heard before waking up was the snapping of his brother's neck which, even now, made his own throat swells up with the emotions he refused to show. 'What kind of person dreams of their brother's death anyway?' Sam thinks to himself as he tries to stop the tears that were threatening to fall. He took a deep breath and started to turn around, "I better get back home before they start to panic too much," Sam stated knowing his brother and father were undoubtedly ready to take off any creature's head that comes within Sam's general area.
"Well, well, what do we have here, a lost lamb perhaps?" a female voice from behind Sam asked causing said boy to jump. Sam turned back around slowly and saw a group of smiling teens standing there staring at him like he was dinner. "Didn't your mommy ever tell you not to walk alone at night?" said the only female among the group, obviously the leader. Sam stared at her for a second before noticing the facial features of the others around her. They were scrunched up in odd places and their teeth…no their fangs were exposed.
"I should go home then." He stated backing up slowly, pretending he couldn't see the deformities or that he didn't know what they were. He knew what they were of course, seeing as he's at least allowed to do the research for hunts, but knowing didn't help him very much. They were vampires, that he was sure of, but what kind he didn't know for sure, and that was what could get him killed.
"Sure…we could walk you home you know…" The woman stated, obviously trying to lure him into a false sense of security. Sam frowned and took a couple of more steps backwards, but for every step he took they took two of their own.
'I left without any weapons…so I can't attempt to fight them, which wouldn't have ended very well any way. I can't run…not only do they have longer legs but almost every vampire story tells of their inhuman speed and strength so…I'm just about screwed.' Sam thought as he continued to back up, he was going to need help…and seeing as it was almost four in the morning, he doubted he would get any.
"Just tell us where you live and we'll get you there before your parents wake up." The woman cooed as she took a couple of more steps closer to Sam, but what she said made Sam smile.
"What are you doing out so late?" He asked, some of his fears rolling away. "The sun should be rising in a few hours; it's a little odd for your kind to be out this late." He said. 'They're afraid of something…that's why they hunt so late in the night…all I've got to do is imply that I know what their fear is and get them to start arguing…then I can take off and hid.'
The girl stood a little straighter and started to look around her like what he said might call on something to come out, but only for a second before turning to look at Sam again, her smile gone. "Enough playing…grab him" she stated, her voice emotionless.
Sam's eyes widened and he turned and took off. He knew they would catch him soon, but he wasn't going to make it easy on them, nope, and neither were Dean and his Dad when they find out. He could hear them laughing behind him and he knew that they were letting him run a little, it wasn't any fun if they just grabbed him, but he knew that their playing wouldn't last…because he was right the sun would be rising soon.
Down the street:
A man with dark brown hair and deep brown eyes watched as a young boy of twelve stood tall in front of the group of vampires that obviously planed on eating him. "Well would you look at that." He stated as he turned to look at the girl next to him.
"He's rather really brave or really stupid." She stated crossing her arms over her chest. Just then the boy turned and ran and her male counterpart took off towards the vampires that started to chase him, she let out a sigh. "Here we go." She stated as she watched the man run right in between the group of vamps and the young boy.
The vamps gave out a laugh and looked at the man in front of them, and then to the boy who continued to run away. 'Probably thinking if he's worth it or not.' The man thought as he gave a nod to his female companion, making her run off after the boy. "Why don't you just leave…" the man stated while he listened for a sign that his female friend had reached the boy.
"We put a lot of effort into that boy, so we won't be handing him over so quickly." The leader stated as she stepped up to the front of the group pulling her dirty blond hair back as she spoke.
"That's too bad really, because I wasn't planning to kill you." The man stated, before his face started to change into one that matched the group in front of him.
Sam had stopped running now and had hidden in a small space between a dumpster and a corner. But the second he had quieted down enough to listen for his pursuers he noticed the lack of footsteps chasing him. He waited where he was for a few moments before he got out, but just as he left the comfort of his hiding spot he heard someone running up behind him. He tensed and turned to face his pursuer only to find a brunet woman standing there, trying to catch her breath.
"Hey kid, you can really run" the brunet stated as she stood straighter.
"What do you want?" Sam asked as he looked at the woman in front of him, guessing she was in her early twenties.
"Well, you see there was this…who am I kidding, look kid you're in danger and all I know is that I need to help you so…come on. Those vampires tend to show up everywhere, they're like cockroaches." She stated as she grabbed Sam's hand and started pulling back towards the street.
Sam tensed as he and the strange woman made their way towards the danger he had been running from, but when the street came back into view all he saw was a single man standing in the street. "Who's that?" Sam asked as he looked around for any signs of the group of vampires that had deemed him dinner.
"That's Angel, he's going to help too." The woman stated as she waved the man over.
"Cordelia we need to hurry." Angel told the woman before looking down at the Sam. "This is him?" Angel asked.
"Yep," Cordelia answered as they all walked in the same general direction Sam had been walking before.
Sam tensed; he didn't like how the man had looked at him. It was somewhere in between confusion and sorrow. "Listen…I really should be getting back, my father is going to be pissed; I only meant to leave for a second." Sam explained. He needed to get home, his brother had defiantly found the note he left and he and his father were probably freaking by now.
"You can call them once we get to a friend's house." Angel stated bluntly as he speed up. Sam frowned and felt himself be pulled along.
"Hey don't sweat it kid, Angel's just a little tense because he has to go see Buffy, since we're running out of time before."
"Cordelia," Angel warned his back to both Sam and Cordelia.
"Yeah, yeah"
The three of them walked for about three more blocks before stopping in front of a single house, and stood there for about three minutes. "So are we going in?" Cordelia asked as she looked at Angel and then at her watch. "I mean we're losing time here."
"Right…" Angel stated before leading the way up the steps and to the front door, only to pause right there again.
"Oh for the love of" Cordelia pushed Angel out of the way and rang the door bell and then stepped back into place behind Angel. "See, now was that so hard?" Angel gave her a look but wasn't able to say anything, for just then the door opened.
"Angel?"
Elsewhere:
"Where are you Sammy?" Dean asked out loud as he looked out the window of the Impala.
"We're going to find him Dean." John promised as he looked up and down the streets for his youngest. John felt horrible; he had known about Sam's nightmares and had passed them off as dreams about past hunts they had done. He could have talked to him about it, make him feel better, but no, he left it for Dean to figure out, whom he knew didn't always deal well with the hunts. Now his youngest was walking around Sunnydale, the Hell Mouth, by himself at night.
"Dad, this is all my fault." Dean whispered.
"No, don't talk like that Dean, this isn't your fault. Listen, Dean I didn't tell you and Sam…you see…this place isn't normal." John started, not taking his eyes off the road.
"What do you mean?" Dean knew that his father didn't usually admit that he was withholding information, 'I told you what you needed to know' that's what he usually would say. So him flat out saying he withheld information, it must be bad.
"Underneath this city…there's this…well it's what you would call a Hell Mouth, a portal that attracts evil. I just wanted to check out the death of an old acquaintance of mine, I figured we would be here for maybe a day or two and then we would leave and never look back. I didn't think we would hang around long enough for anything to happen." John explained as his hands tightened around the wheel.
"Dad…Sammy's"
"Is going to be ok, he's going to be ok, I promise."
Sam
"Angel…and Cordelia" A blond woman had answered the door and the sight of her made Sam tense. 'She's from my dream. This can't be happening to me, not again. It was only a onetime thing and I didn't know the people last time. This isn't happening.' Sam thought as he studied the face of the blond woman in her PJ's.
"Hey Buffy…listen I don't have much time." Angel started before glancing at the sky, which was lighter than it had been before.
"Oh right…sure. Come in." Buffy stated before stepping back and letting Angel walk into her house. Cordelia followed, but Sam stood still. Something just hit him.
"You're a Vampire." He stated as Angel turned and looked for him. Sam turned to Cordelia, "Are you a vampire too?" He felt betrayed and frightened, he had trusted to go with them to this random house. Which very well could be a trap, and he wasn't going to follow anymore. "I'm going home." Sam stated before taking a few tentative steps backward.
"No wait, you can't go out there, not by yourself." Cordelia stated as she made a grab for his arm, but he swiftly pulled away.
"Angel what is this?" Buffy asked as she looked nervously at Sam and then back to Angel.
"The Kid's in major trouble," Angel explained.
"What kind of trouble?" Buffy asked, pushing Angel to explain further.
"Your kind of trouble…it's just he doesn't know it." Cordelia added in as she smiled at Buffy. "Listen Sam…I know things are a little…well weird and I know that this house isn't really a palace but I promise you it's safe."
Sam looked at all of them before letting his eyes settle on the woman still holding the door open. In his dream she had tried to help Dean…and even if it was just a dream, that small act made her trustworthy in his eyes. He took a few steps forward, keeping his eyes on the blond woman. "Ok…but I want to call my Dad. Now"
A.N: Sorry for the long wait I accidently broke my computer and it just now got fixed, so now I think I'm ready to start writing again. I hoped you liked it and keep reading. As you can see my chapters won't always be as short as the first two were. Please review!!
