Chapter 3

"Alright" Sam said. "So, there's no one matching Dad in the hospital or morgue" He flipped the phone, while turning to us. "So that's something, I guess"

"Which means Uncle Johnny is fine." Annie said. She turned to Dean. "When I think I could be preparing for my competitions, like everyone else on my teams are doing right now, but no, here I am, stuck in the middle of nowhere in bloody California of all places."

"Competitions?" Sam asked her immediately, interrupting her rant.

"Not in front of him." Annie said, looking around. "That looks interesting. Why don't you guys go and check it out?"

"You don't want to go?" Both brothers raised one eyebrow at her.

"I am 16, I doubt I can pass as a Fed." She said. "Besides, I have to think."

"Alright" Sam said and the two went toward the cops. She was sitting in the car when the familiar feeling came back. She contemplated a few minutes before she finally pulled out her phone and called the, now, well-known number.

"Dr. Grayson Gilbert speaking." The voice answered.

"Dad, it's me." She said. After that fight, her and John had with Bobby, she decided to think about getting her treatment, and since she did feel better after 3 weeks she spent there, she came back every six months. She helped John and Bobby in getting back to being friends, but Dean didn't know that. She rekindled her childhood friendships and got back in contact with her family. Dean always thought she was with her Aunt during that time, and she thinks he's already used to it.

"Annie! Is everything alright with you?" He asked her, worry was evident in his voice. He was glad Bobby brought her that time, because had it not been for him, he would still think his firstborn is dead. He knew she forgave him for the mistake he made, but she would never forget, but he had a lot of time to make it up to her.

"I'm…okay." She lied quickly. "I only wanted to see how you all are and to check up on my next 3-week treatment."

"It's in four months from today. You should be at the Whitmore at 8 o'clock sharp." He ordered. He needed her to be healthy, and since he knew that the therapy with vampire blood worked, he knew it was the only way to cure her completely. She couldn't miss any session. "And we're all fine. Your Mom is at work and siblings are in school."

"That's great. Tell everyone that I miss them. I love you all." She said. "Well, I've got to go back to class. I'll see you on Tuesday." With that, she hung up.

"You'll see who on Tuesday?" Sam asked her, making her jump a bit.

"My Aunt, Jenna." She said. It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the complete truth either.

"Why do you always have to go and see her?" Dean asked, irritated with the kid.

"That's for me, Uncle Johnny, Baby Pikachu and Bobby to know and for you two to never find out." She had her secrets, they had their own. This was the only one she never wanted them to find out.

"Alright." Sam muttered. He knew she would tell him if she wanted to. He respected her privacy, just like she respected his. He still didn't understand why Jess could know while he couldn't. He made a mental note to himself to ask her when he gets back home. "Our victim is Troy Squire. We're going to find Amy, Troy's girlfriend."

Annie nodded her head, deep in thought. 'It's not him, Annie.' She tried to assure herself. 'This boy can't be your cousin Troy, he's strong and awesome, he wouldn't end up dead in the middle of nowhere…' When the boys got out, she went with them.

"I bet you that's her" Dean said, looking at the girl who was stapling paper on the wooden post.

"You must be Amy"

'Way to go, Dean!' Annie thought, trying to refrain her eye-roll.

"Yeah" She softly responded.

"Troy told us about you." He said. "We're his uncles, on his Father's side. I'm Dean, that is Sammy."

"He never mentioned you to me." She muttered, skeptically.

"Well, that's Troy, I guess" Dean played it off as we followed her to another post where she stapled another flyer. "We're not around much. We're up in Modesto"

"I'm Anastasia, his cousin." Annie offered her a sad smile.

"Oh, the one from Mystic Falls, right? The daughter of his Mother's cousin?" Amy asked, her smile even sadder. "You know, he thought you died few years back. At least that's what your parents said. He was really sad at the time."

"I was ill and problematic, so they sent me to live with my Godfather, but he travelled around a lot more and I ended up with these two idiots." Annie said, then gulped. What a coincidence… This actually was the cousin she used to play with, after all. Dean raised her eyebrow at her, but she shrugged it off.

"So, we're looking for him too, and we're kinda asking around" Sam cut in, before Amy could make Annie more uncomfortable.

"Hey, are you okay?" Amy's friend asked her.

"Yeah" Amy nodded, forcing a smile. Annie admired her bravery, not many people could hold the emotion as this girl can.

"Amy, would you mind if we went into the diner and asked you a couple of questions?" Annie asked her. She remembered they didn't eat properly since yesterday. Amy nodded and a few minutes later, she was sitting in a booth between Sam and Dean with Amy and Rachel (Amy's friend) across.

"I was on the phone with Troy. He was driving home. He said he would call me right back, and... he never did." Amy said.

"He didn't say anything strange, or out of the ordinary?" Sam questioned

"No. Nothing, I can remember. "

"I like your necklace." Annie said.

Amy took the pendant she's wearing, a pentagram in a circle, and looked down at it. "Troy gave it to me. Mostly to scare my parents" she laughed. "with all that devil stuff."

Sam laughed a little and looked down, then up, while Annie and Dean looked over.

"Actually, it means just the opposite. A pentagram is protection against evil. Really powerful. I mean, if you believe in that kind of thing."

"Okay. Thank you, Unsolved Mysteries." With that, Dean took his arm off the back of Sam's seat and leaned forward. "Here's the deal, ladies. The way Troy disappeared, something's not right. So, if you've heard anything..."

Amy and Rachel exchanged a look.

"What is it?" Annie questioned them.

"Well, it's just... I mean, with all these guys going missing, people talk." Rachel said.

"What do they talk about?" Sam, Dean and Annie spoke in unison.

"Jinx!" Annie said, slapping their shoulders. "You owe me food." Sam grinned, Amy and Rachel laughed at her, while Dean shook his head.

"It's kind of this local legend. This one girl? She got murdered out on Centennial, like decades ago." Rachel said.

Dean looked at Annie and Sam, who were watching Rachel attentively, nodding.

"Well, supposedly she's still out there…" Sam nodded for her to continue. "She hitchhikes, and whoever picks her up? Well, they disappear forever. "

Annie and Sam looked at each other, then at Dean. Their food came out and they started eating. Dean ate his burger and his pie and he was about to get Annie's slice as well. She slapped his hand away, as she was just finishing her burger, she took the plate with the pie in her hands and said something impersonating Gollum's voice. "My precious"

Sam laughed as well as Amy, while Dean glared daggers at her.

"How long have you two been together?" Rachel asked them out of the blue.

"We aren't together." Dean stated.

"And I thank God for that every day. Besides, he could be my Father." Annie said, hurt by him, so she wanted to hurt him as well. Everyone but Dean laughed at that.

"I'm only ten years older than you." Dean said, feigning hurt.

"And that's ten years too many." Annie shot back. They bickered back and forth for a while, before Amy interrupted them.

"Annie, I'm so sorry that you came to see Troy when this happened." Amy said.

"It's alright, Amy. The police will find him." Annie tried to assure Amy, who nodded her head, trying to hold back her tears.

"Guys, can you stay here, I need to talk to Amy and Rachel for a bit?" The two brothers nodded their heads and the girls got out.

"Why did your parents send you away?" Amy asked her. Annie told her everything, excluding the details about the hunting business.

"You've really had it rough. Maybe you should tell your those two, they would understand, wouldn't they?" Rachel said.

"I don't want their pity." Annie muttered. "I don't want them to feel obligated to take me to hospital every time I get a seizure. Thankfully, they have no idea that I'm sick or even have seizures."

"They'll find out one way or another." Amy muttered to her.

"I'd rather prolong that." Annie said. The girls hugged, and then she went to the booth to Sam and Dean.

"What do you think it is?" Dean asked Sam.

"I don't know, Dean, but I'll find out." Sam said, worry evident in his eyes. Annie ignored that, and started eating. After that, they went to the library, then to the bridge, the Constance chick started the Impala and chased them off down to the river. Sam and Annie held onto the bridge, while Dean dropped into the dirty water, he ended up smelling like the toilet, which is what Annie and Sam will never let him live down. Annie ended up driving, smirking at both brothers. She drove faster than Dean, but they got to the motel safely.

"When did you learn how to drive like that? Better yet, where did you get you license?" Sam asked her, amazed.

"I never got my license, and I learned that with Aunt Beth, Uncle Johnny and a few more people, although Aunt Beth kept nagging me about the speed limit, but I can understand that, she is a Sheriff, after all."

"A sheriff taught you how to drive?"

"Yupp, while I was at, um… Aunt Jenna's." Annie lied through her teeth yet again. She knew it, Sam knew it, Dean knew it, hell, even the mosquito in the motel's lobby knew it.

We crept around uncle Johnny's room. Dean went to get us something else to eat, when he was arrested. Sam and I went to talk to Mr. Welch, well, it was more like Sam talking, me waiting in the car. When he got back, we faked a 911 call so Dean would escape and then Annie started driving back toward the motel. Constance Welch showed up in the car suddenly and tried to seduce Sam to cheat on Jess, so that she could kill him. Annie tried helping him, but all she got was three gashes on her cheek.

Annie was panicking, she saw five holes being dug into Sam's chest. "Sammy!" Annie cried. She was still trying to fight that woman. She repeated "I can never go home" once more. A lightbulb suddenly turned on and Annie smirked. "Let's get you home, you bloody bitch!" With that, Annie pressed the gas pedal and drove into the house in fast speed. She hit her head hard on the steering wheel, but she didn't pass out before she saw the ghost being taken to hell by her children and checking up on Sam, with the adrenaline level lowering, her heart stopped for a moment, and blackness took her in with open arms.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

HEY EVERYONE! I KNOW IT'S SHORT, BUT I WAS BUSY WITH REVISING, SCHOOL STARTS IN A MONTH AND I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO CATCH UP ON.
NEXT CHAPTER WILL SKIM THROUGH WENDIGO AND DEAD IN THE WATER.

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