AN: Here's the next chapter! Hope ya'll enjoy it!

Gracilynn catches up to her dad and the two of them sneak towards the building. They crouch down behind some bushes and watch the building for a few moments, making sure no one is around. Gracilynn looks over at her dad, studying him for a moment, biting her bottom lip.

"You might as well say whatever it is you want to say," Dean says, not looking away from the building.

"How…?" Gracilynn asks, furrowing her eyebrow in confusion.

"You were biting your lip," Dean says, glancing over at her, before turning his attention back to the building. Gracilynn sighs, but asks what she wanted to.

"You let Krissy sit up front so you could handcuff her to the steering wheel," she says, watching her dad carefully. Dean glances at her again, shooting her a smirk. "How d'you know?"

"How'd I know what?" Dean asks, turning to face her.

"That she'd try to come with us," Gracilynn clarifies, not taking her eyes off her dad.

"We should get in there," Dean says, changing the subject and moving to stand up. Gracilynn grabs his arm and pulls him back down, staring at him.

"How dad?" Dean sighs, studying his daughter before him.

"'Cause she reminds me of you, and it's what you would've done," Dean says, watching as a bunch of different emotions crosses his daughters' eyes. "What?"

"Nothing," Gracilynn says, moving to stand up. "Uncle Sam's waiting for us."

It's Dean's turns to grab her arm and pull her back down.

"What?" he asks, keeping his hand on Gracilynn's arm. Gracilynn sighs.

"We should get Sam first," she says, earning a look from her father. "I'll talk after. I promise."

Dean studies her for a moment before deciding she's telling the truth and let's go of her arm. He glances over at the building and begins running in a crouch to the door, Gracilynn following quickly after him. Dean pulls out his lock picks and picks the lock, the two hunters quietly moving inside the building.

Inside, Dean and Gracilynn see one of the dead men lying on the floor. Tied to chairs, are Sam, Lee, and another man. Sally, the brunette Vetala, is standing next to the third man and Marlene is behind Lee. Sam is unconscious in his chair.

"Good thing we picked up a new one. This one's about tapped out. You want to finish him together?" Marlene asks Sally, nodding to Lee in front of her. Dean looks over at Gracilynn and he nods towards Sam. Gracilynn nods her head and begins quietly making her way around the back towards her uncle.

"Sure. Love to," Sally sighs, leering at Lee. Dean grabs a crowbar and hits Sally in the head, sending her to the ground. Marlene advances on him and Dean draws his knife, ready to fight her.

"Not so fast," Marlene says, a sneer on her face. Gracilynn continues to quietly make her way towards her uncle, making sure neither of the Vetala's can see her. Dean swings his knife a Marlene and she hits him, causing him to drop his knife. Gracilynn reaches her uncle and she glances at the knife on the ground in front of them. Marlene slams Dean up against a metal cage and grabs him by the throat. Gracilynn begins quickly untying her uncle, finding the bindings are tied tight. Sam wakes up and jerks when he feels something behind him. Gracilynn rests a hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him down.

"It's just me," she whispers only loud enough for him to hear. Sam visibly relaxes as Gracilynn ducks behind him again and continues to work on the ropes. Sam looks over at Dean in time to see him grab another bar and hit Marlene with it. Marlene falls to the ground and Dean quickly picks up his knife.

"Dad, hold on…I got you!" Krissy shouts, running towards her father. Dean, Lee, Sam, and Gracilynn look up to see her, their eyes wide with worry.

"Dammit Krissy," Gracilynn mutters under her breath. Just as Krissy gets near her father, Sally grabs her leg.

"No!" Lee shouts seeing what is happening. Sally gets up and grabs Krissy, pulling her back to her and holding her from behind. Sally maneuvers her behind the third guy and stops behind Lee, thankfully not by Sam. Gracilynn glances at her dad to see him holding his knife to Marlene's throat.

"Let her go... or Little Miss Sunshine here gets it," Sally says, determination in her face and a glare aimed at Dean. Her eyes and teeth transform and Dean takes his knife away from Marlene's throat. Marlene hurries to stand next to Sally and Sally's eyes and teeth go back to normal.

"What were you thinking, bringing her here?" Lee asks, a glare also aimed at Dean. Dean begins walking towards Sally and Krissy.

"Now drop the knife!" Sally shouts, pulling Krissy closer to her. Dean slowly squats down and slides the knife on the floor, sharing a quick, minute look at his daughter before standing back up. Gracilynn eyes the knife in front of her.

"She's just a child. Let her go," Dean says, watching the two Vetala in front of him.

"Yeah, I don't think we'll be letting anyone go," Sally sneers at Dean.

"Daddy…" Krissy calls out to her father, fear filling her voice.

"It's okay, baby. Everything's gonna be fine," Lee says, trying to calm his daughter down and convey it through a look.

"All right. Enough with the family bonding. It's time for you to shut up," Marlene says angrily and bites into Lee's neck.

"Daddy, no! Dean!" Krissy shouts, fear and worry still in her voice.

"He can't help you. No one can," Sally says with a cocky look on her face. Krissy's look instantly hardens as she pulls a knife out of her sleeve and turns around, stabbing Sally in the stomach.

"I guess I'll have to help myself, then," Krissy says to Sally, looking her in the eyes as she twists the knife. Sally's body turns grey and her teeth transform. She falls to the ground, dead. Marlene snarls and instantly begins advancing on Dean and Gracilynn swiftly moves forward. In one quick motion she picks the knife off the floor and approaches Marlene. Marlene turns towards her and Gracilynn stabs Marlene in the stomach, twisting it hard. Marlene's body turns black and her teeth also transforms before she falls to the ground, dead. Krissy instantly begins working on the ropes binding her father. She looks up at Dean and smirks.

"Bad actress, huh," she says.

"Yeah, I take it back," Dean says, pulling the knife out of Marlene and begins cutting Sam's ropes.

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Dean, Sam, and Gracilynn walk down a hall in the hospital. They walk up to a room where Krissy is sitting outside of.

"Stay here," Dean says to Gracilynn before he and Sam enter the room. Gracilynn scowls but sits down in a chair next to the door.

"Yeah, I was hoping you'd stop by. I wanted to thank you," Lee says to Dean and Sam, looking up when they walk into the room.

"It's no problem," Sam says, waving it off.

"No, you saved my life. Krissy's, too," Lee says, glancing out the door where his daughter is sitting.

"Actually, uh, she kind of saved ours," Sam says, nodding his head to the side.

"Don't thank us. Quit. Your daughter's 14 years old. She's already a hunter with a-a kill under her belt. I'm not trying to be a dick, but what do you think that does to her life span? She could still be a regular kid," Dean says, staring right at Lee.

"You know, I got into this for a reason," Lee says, returning Dean's stare.

"I know. Your family. That's the same reason you should get out now. I wish I was able to give that to my daughter. You have the chance now. Do it," Dean says, tilting his head forward slightly.

"Why didn't you?" Lee asks Dean, glancing over at Sam afterwards then back to Dean.

"Because I was never given the choice," Dean says. He glances out the door at his own daughter, Lee following his line of sight. Sam watches his brother. Dean looks back at Lee. "I wish I could change things but I can't. And now she's in it whether I want her to be or not. Don't make the same mistake I did."

"I can't. You ever know anyone who left the life?" Lee asks Dean, looking back at the younger hunter.

"No. They all get killed first," Dean replies solemnly.

"Well, uh... we should probably let you get some rest," Sam speaks up, looking from his brother and over at Lee.

"Yeah," Lee says, offering them a smile, raising his hand in farewell.

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"You don't like me very much do you?" Krissy asks Gracilynn after she sits across from her. Gracilynn glances over at her, studying her.

"You should've just stayed in the car," Gracilynn says, listening in to the older hunters conversation inside the room at the same time. Krissy makes a face.

"My dad was in trouble. I had to help. What would you have done?" Krissy asks Gracilynn. Gracilynn thinks back to that first time she met Cas and he'd told her, her dad and uncle were in trouble. She had jumped at the opportunity to help them. Krissy watches her carefully, seeing her thinking. Gracilynn looks over at her.

"How d'you get out anyways?" she asks, Krissy raises an eyebrow. "Bobby pin."

Krissy gives her a smirk. Gracilynn hears her dad say something and she turns her attention to the conversation in the room.

"I wish I was able to give that to my daughter. You have the chance now. Do it," Dean's voice says. Gracilynn's jaw tightens and she watches the scene paly out before her.

"Why didn't you?" Lee asks Dean. Krissy furrows her eyebrows at Gracilynn and turns her attention to where she's looking.

"Because I was never given the choice," Dean says. He glances out the door and Gracilynn quickly looks over at Krissy, studying her reaction. Her dad's voice pulls her back to the conversation in front of her though. "I wish I could change things but I can't. And now she's in it whether I want her to be or not. Don't make the same mistake I did."

Gracilynn bites her lip and looks away from her fathers' back and stares at a spot on the wall opposite her. She hears footsteps coming towards them and she looks up to see her dad and uncle walk out the door. Gracilynn gets up and follows after them, her dad's words echoing in her head.

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The Winchesters exit the hospital, Krissy running out after them.

"Dean! Thanks for saying bye, asshat," Krissy says as the Winchesters stop and turn around to face her. Sam nudges Gracilynn and he heads to the car. Gracilynn scowls at him. She sends a quick glare in Krissy's direction before following after her uncle. She walks up to the car, where Sam is leaning against it. Gracilynn stands next to him, mirroring his position, the two of them watching Dean and Krissy. Sam looks down at his niece, seeing the scowl and glare on her face, and shakes his head with a chuckle. Gracilynn looks up at him, aiming the scowl and glare at him instead.

"What?"

"Someone's jealous," he says, smirking and nodding towards Dean and Krissy.

"I'm not jealous," she says, glancing over at her dad and Krissy, her scowl deepening. Sam turns to look at Dean and Krissy as well, the two of them watching as they fist bump and chuckle.

"He's not replacing you Smalls," Sam says, looking down at Gracilynn seeing her jaw tense with emotion.

"Whatever," Gracilynn says, turning and climbing into the back seat of the car. Sam sighs and looks up when Dean approaches him.

"Ready to go Stretch?" Dean asks, climbing into the drivers' seat without waiting for an answer. Sam glances back at the hospital one last time before climbing into the passenger seat as Dean starts the car up.

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"You know what? Good for them," Sam says as they drive down the road. Gracilynn looks up from where she's resting her head on the window.

"Yeah. It's nice to walk away from someone and feel like they could be okay. How about you? How you doing? You all right?" Dean asks his brother, glancing over at him.

"No. I'm definitely not. But, you know, I mean, um, I think, maybe... I just want to work," Sam says, looking over at his brother and meeting his gaze. Dean nods in understanding. He glances in the rearview mirror at his daughter.

"How 'bout you? You all right?" Dean asks his daughter, watching her closely. Gracilynn shrugs.

"I'm fine," she says, turning her attention to the scenery passing by her window. Dean continues to watch her, Sam's voice finally pulling him away.

"Should I even ask?" Sam asks his brother, looking over at him, knowing his brother and niece will have to eventually have a talk, but also knowing it wasn't happening now.

"I'm fine," Dean says, turning his attention back to the road.

"'Fine', meaning…?" Sam prods, watching his brother just as closely as Dean was Gracilynn.

"You're right. We should just... work, right? And figure out a way to kick Dick Roman's ass. Well, hey, we are the professionals," Dean explains, not looking away from the road. Sam gives up and turns the music up. He rests his head on his window, closing his eyes to sleep. Gracilynn leans her head up against the window, her eyes on the side mirror in front of her, watching her dad as he tries forcing a smile on his face. Feeling the emotion rise up, Gracilynn closing her eyes and forces it back down, trying to go to sleep.

AN: Please review and let me know what ya'll think!