Chapter 4
Dean thanked the waitress as she place their food on the table. Sam came back from the restroom and slid into the booth pulling his Cobb salad closer along with the bread.
"How long do you think it takes to do that to a body?" Dean asked as he squirted ketchup loudly on his plate.
"It depends on if they're just draining for blood or something else." Sam said quietly looking around to be sure no one was listening and frowning at his brother's manners.
"He would need a secluded place to do this, since it looks like he takes his time with them." he agreed before taking a bite of his hamburger.
"Maybe abandoned building, warehouse, something like that."
"The town's small, maybe there won't be that many places. " he said chewing his burger.
"Dude, swallow before you talk." Sam fussed rolling his eyes and giving his best bitch face.
"We need to go back and look at each victim, see if there's any connections and we need a map of the town." he replied making sure to chew with his mouth opened just to irritate his grumpy brother.
Trying to ignore his obnoxious brother, Sam flipped back to the first victim and went over the police report again. He stopped long enough to pull his vibrating cell out of his pocket to answer.
"Hey Sis." he answered happily.
"Hi Sammy, wanted to check on you guys." Oree replied. "Find out anything?"
"We're good, the bodies have all been drained of fluids, bodies looked mummified."
"Not good, need any help identifying it?" she frowned not liking the danger her brothers could be in.
"We're working on that, hopefully before someone else is kidnapped or another bodies is found." Sam told her quietly glancing at Dean.
"You listen to me, both of you better watch each others backs, I don't like the feel of this." she cautioned Sam. "Want me to come down?"
"No, we're good, we'll let you know if we need help."
"Let me talk to our brother."
"Here, she wants to talk to you." Sam said handing Dean his phone knowing that tone of voice from his sister.
"Hey Kid, is Cas behaving himself?"
"Don't start." she giggled and then got serious. "Dee, this hunt, it doesn't feel right, I'm worried."
"Don't be, we'll be extra careful."
"I want to come down and help."
"No Sis, we've got it, I don't want you down here it could get dang..."
"Don't you dare tell me it's too dangerous Dean Winchester. I've been to Purgatory, Hell and back, faced ancient evil and died to save the world, I'm past the dangerous part." she yelled at him madly as Castiel watched her body stiffen and her face turn red with anger.
"Whoa there Sis, cool your heels." Dean replied holding the phone away from his ear. "You're still my kid sister and I'm goin' to try and protect you."
"Brothers." she hissed tossing the phone on the couch and sending a chair across the room to slam into the wall while tossing books to the floor beside Castiel with a wave of her hand.
"Sis...Oree...Hey kid you there?"
"Dean." Castiel answered picking up the books. "Aurora went outside."
"Hey Cas, she ok?"
"I'd say she's pretty pissed at you."
"Yeah, I got that, look tell her we'll be fine, if we need help I'll call."
"I'll let her know after she calms down. I think you should to stay in touch."
"Will do." Dean said hanging up and handing the phone back to Sam who gave him a look arching his eyes brows. "Don't even say it." he warned his brother not wanting to hear his two cents.
"Wouldn't dream of it." Sam said pocketing his phone glad he had not been on the receiving end of his sister's wrath. "We can pick up a map at the gas station."
"It's a small town, hopefully there'll be some overlap and we can narrow it down. We'll mark the abductions and where the bodies were found, hopefully that'll give us his hunting ground."
"Sounds like a plan, I'll do that when we get back to the hotel." Sam decided gathering up the folders and putting them away in his bag and signaling the waitress for the check.
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Castiel walked out onto the porch and found Oree sitting in the swing looking off into the woods her body stiff and tense.
"Aurora are you alright?" he asked sitting down beside her and putting his arm around her pulling her close. He felt the tension in her body and kissed her forehead trying to make her calm down.
"He makes me so mad sometimes. I'm not a kid anymore, I can take care of myself." she spat, but let her body relax into Castiel's chest.
"You know you'll always be his kid sister no matter how old you are." he whispered in her ear.
"I know, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept."
"Do you want to go there?"
"No, not yet, but I feel..." she frowned not able to finish her sentence with the right words. There was something not right, but she couldn't pin point what she was feeling. "I have a gut feeling, things are going to get bad before it's over."
"I hear your phone ringing."
"Got it." she said getting up and running inside.
Castiel waited in the swing letting it sway gently as he watched a doe and fawn wander out of the woods and walk along the edge of the woods. Everything was so simple here, it was actually nice learning these human traits from Aurora. He also knew if Aurora lost control and couldn't control her powers, he would be the only one who might be able to stop her.
Oree hurried back out on the porch with a worried look on her face. "Come on Angel, Benny needs us."
"Benny? Is he alright?"
"That was him on the phone. Something's happened, he's in Pine Harbor, below Savannah." she told him pulling him up and toward the house. "I'll call Auntie to keep an eye on Ellie and the place."
"Are we driving?"
"No we don't have the time. Let me grab my bag and we'll go." she said calling her Aunt as she headed for her bedroom.
Castiel waited patiently for her to return wondering what had happened to Benny. Aurora had received a couple of calls from him since they got back from Hell. Benny found a couple of relatives still in Louisiana and had visited with them for a spell, not telling them his real identity or what he had become, but had moved on after a few months.
"Ok Angel, I'm ready."
"Do you want to call your brothers?"
"No! We can handle this." she said sternly linking her arm in his and gave him the address in Pine Harbor.
Castiel arched his eyebrows and tilted his head at her response. He didn't say anything about her anger, instead using his powers transported them to Pine Harbor. They were down by the harbor behind a loading dock. Oree looked around and made her way inside one of the buildings in front of them.
"Benny." she called softly entering the rundown structure through a hole in the wall. "Benny."
"Over this way." Castiel said hearing a slight shuffling further into the room.
"That you little lady?" Benny gasped as he pushed himself up against the wall.
"Benny, my God what happened?" Oree cried rushing to his torn up body.
"Had a little run in with some vamps wanted me to join them." he coughed.
"Do you have any blood?"
"In the truck outside."
"Angel." she nodded to Castiel as she looked over his wounds. "How many were there?"
"Only six, was doing good until the last two." he grimaced.
"This is all there was." Castiel said holding two bags of blood up.
"Think you can get a couple of more for me. There should be a hospital or blood bank around."
"Alright." he said disappearing again.
"Here, this should help." she said handing the bags to Benny. She stood and turned her back giving him some privacy to consume the blood. She waited patiently until a hand touched her shoulder.
"It's ok darlin'." he said standing now and looking better.
"Why did they want to kill you?"
"One of the group knew of me from before. Thought I would make a good recruit. I turned them down and told them to get out of town. I like this little place and didn't want their kind around."
'"I take it they didn't like being turned down." she said giving Benny a quick hug.
"It's good to see you again." he said kissing the top of her head.
"I went to two places so they wouldn't notice." Castiel said appearing near them.
"Thanks there." he said taking the bags from Castiel. He stepped back and turned his back as he removed one of the blood bags. "One more should do it for now."
"Guess we need to clean out a vamp nest." Oree said going to stand by Castiel and take his hand.
"Are you sure we shouldn't call your brothers?"
"Don't start Angel, I can handle this on my own. I know what to do."
"Our own, you're not doing this alone."
"Thanks." she said kissing him.
"So, you two finally figured it out?" Benny smiled watching the two together and smiled. He knew all alone these two belonged together, even when they didn't. He learned a lot about the two of them as they fought their way through Purgatory and Hell.
"I guess we did." Oree giggled. "So where's the nest and how many are we looking at?"
"They're hold up in an old plantation just off the coast. There's probably a dozen or so now that I took out those six."
"Alright, I need to visit a military surplus store first, then we're going to pay a visit to the nest."
"Are you sure darling, I don't want to get on the bad side of your brothers. They would have my head if anything happened to you."
"You won't, I can handle them and I do what I want. Everyone needs to realize I'm an adult and can handle myself. " she stated sternly. "Angel, shall we? Where do you want us to meet you?"
"There's a diner on the corner of Lake Shore and East Street, how much time do you need?"
"We'll be there in an hour, that should give us time to raid the nest before dark."
"Whatever you say little lady." Benny nodded tipping his hat and walking back toward the dock.
A/N: Thank you to all who are taking this journey with me and I hope you are enjoying the read. Please leave a review.
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