Chapter Four
Chapter Four
The hunters had a very restless night after everything had sort of settled down. Sam spent his evening sitting in a chair next to Amanda who was lying peacefully on the bed. Hannah had buried herself behind her lap top looking for any information about the Leithifold. Dean did likewise with Sam's computer. Every now and again, Hannah and Dean would look over to Amanda both waiting for her to show some sign of life. But Amanda didn't move a muscle the whole night. By morning, Hannah and Dean found a truck load of information to share.
"A Leithifold is a large shadow-like creature who sucks the living soul out of pregnant women. It starts with the fetus and then finishes of the mother." Dean said, "It can keep it's victims in an alternate reality for as long as it needs in order to feed. So, it basically instead of just killing its victims right away, it enjoys hunting them down."
"Did you find out how to kill it?" Sam asked quietly out of exhaustion.
"No one knows." Hannah said, "A person can only see it when it is attacking them and once it has its victim in the alternate reality, it goes there too of course."
"So there's no way we can kill this thing." Sam said, "We just have to sit here and let Amanda die."
"Of course not Sammy." Dean said even though he had no idea of how they could save her.
"Alternate reality or not, Amanda still is a hunter." Hannah said, "Maybe if she can see the Leithifold, she can also kill it."
"But how? If no sources know how to kill it she wont be able to find a way either." Sam said pessimistic.
"She's smart." Hannah said, "She'll come up with something… I hope."
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After leaving the Police Department, Amanda headed to the local Library. Unfortunately, it was closed and she had to find a computer. She had Sam's address from the phone book, but she needed directions. She went back to the Police Department; no one was there still. She went behind the front desk and turned on the computer. Luckily for her, she was able to print out directions from Mapquest. She left the Department again and was given quite a shock. The streets had been empty when she walked into the building, but now everyone was out walking and driving around. She still wasn't very used to this reality. She looked around for some time and then noticed a car sitting by the curb. It was empty and Amanda assumed it was just a trap set by the creature. She approached slowly; nothing happened so she got in, but had to hot wire the car because there were no keys. Amanda set off on her trip hoping that Sam would be able to help her.
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"We should probably find out more information about the victims." Dean said, "Maybe we should try talking to their family members."
"And find out what?" Hannah asked, "What could they know that would help us in the least?"
Dean frowned, "I don't know, but it doesn't hurt to ask a few questions. Anyway I feel like I need to do something besides sit here on the computer."
"Fine, I'll go with you." Hannah said, "Sam, stay with Amanda."
Hannah grabbed the files of all the victims and she and Dean went out. They decided to start with Stephanie's parents. Dean pulled in front of a nice two story house where Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien lived. They knocked on the door, but no one answered. After a few minutes, they went around to the back door and Dean picked the lock to get inside. Hannah headed straight up the stairs and found Stephanie's bedroom. Dean followed her and took out his EMF detector. It was able to pick up the Leithifold's presence that was once in the room. Hannah went into Steph's closet and found her diary. She opened it to the last page.
"Dean," Hannah started, "listen to this." She started reading from the diary, "Something is after me. I don't know what it is and I don't know why no one else can see it. People think I'm a nut case, but I know it's real. It's tall, has red eyes and yellow, jagged teeth. It almost resembles a black cloud just before a storm would hit. It's been after me for a few days now. The only reason it didn't get me was because I hurt it with my husband's pistol."
Dean listened intently and when Hannah read the part about the gun, he started looking for it. He found it hidden in her dresser drawer.
"Just as I thought." Dean said, "Iron rounds."
"If she shot it and I got hurt, does that mean they don't have to be consecrated?" Hannah asked putting the diary back.
"I guess not." Dean said, "Let's get out of here."
"Okay, so now we've found a way to kill the Leithifold." Hannah said, "But it does us no good unless we can somehow get this information to Amanda."
"Dean thought for a second. "We might have a way."
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Amanda was on the road for nearly fifteen minutes. She stayed alert for the creature to come back, but it was gone. She was almost at the Winchester house when it did show itself again. Amanda looked into her rear mirror and saw it coming up behind her. It grabbed the back bumper of the car and tried to not let it get any farther. Amanda slammed on the gas pedal, but the creature was too strong for her. The car couldn't move and Amanda was desperate to get to Sam. So desperate, that she decided to act dangerously and get out of the car. She had out run the thing before, why not again? She opened her door and jumped out. The second she did though, the creature let go of the car and chased her. Amanda ran as fast as she could and tried shouting for help, but there were no houses or people close enough to hear her.
Amanda turned to look over her shoulder. The creature was falling behind and Amanda thought that she was almost safe. Suddenly, Amanda hit a rock in the ground and fell over scraping her face on the ground. The creature took its opportunity and came over Amanda. She tried crawling away, but the creature kept pulling her back by her foot. After it had a little bit of fun, it raised a hand and with its long, sharp claws, it slashed at Amanda's stomach.
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Sam was scared. Amanda had all of a sudden started screaming and flailing around like Stephanie had done in the hospital. He held her down so she would roll off of the bed, but then her stomach started bleeding. He knew the Leithifold was attacking her and felt completely helpless. All he could do was hold onto her and hope that she could get free.
Dean and Hannah returned and could hear Amanda screaming from outside of the room. They both immediately helped Sam try and calm Amanda down, but nothing would work. Sam covered her mouth with his hand so no one would be able to hear her cries of pain. Hannah saw the slash in Amanda's stomach and tried to stop the bleeding with a wash cloth. With all three of the hunters holding Amanda down, she could barely move and after a few minutes, she calmed down all by herself. The other three released her and Sam checked for a pulse.
"She's still alive." He said with a sigh of relief.
"What happened?" Dean asked also with a sigh.
"She had a fit just like Stephanie." Sam said, "I guess the Leithifold tried killing her because I didn't do that." He said referring to the slash.
Then, the hunters heard a knock on the door. Dean went to open it. There was a man on the other side and he didn't look happy.
"What the Hell is going on in here?" He asked the minute Dean opened up.
"What?" Dean asked wide eyed.
"I heard some one screaming coming from this room." The man said, "I could hear you all the way from my office."
Dean realized that this was the motel owner. "Oh, I'm sorry. We were just watching a scary movie and my brother's girlfriend got really scared. But she's asleep now so I promise it won't happen again."
"I better not or I'll have to ask you to leave." The owner said and then left.
Dean shut the door, "We're gonna have to keep her quiet."
"What do you wanna do, gage her?" Hannah asked tending to Amanda's wound.
"If that's what t takes." Dean said, "We can't move her and that means we can't get kicked out of here."
Hannah looked to Sam to make the decision.
Sam sighed, "Fine."
Dean took a handkerchief from Sam's suitcase and carefully tied it around Amanda's head so that it could keep her quiet when she had another fit. Then, Dean sat down and started telling Sam all about what they found out at Stephanie's house.
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Amanda ran for her life. She had no idea how she got away from the creature, but she didn't care just so long as she got to Sam quickly. She reached the neighborhood where the Winchester's house was located. She stopped only for a second to see if the creature was still chasing her. It was gone so Amanda walked the rest of the way. She put pressure on her stomach because it was bleeding very very badly. She took out the address and found the corresponding house. It was beautiful, but Amanda only knew it as the house where Mary Winchester was murdered. Apparently she was still alive in this reality, according to Sam's message.
Amanda climbed the stairs to the front door and rang the bell. She was starting to feel weak from the loss of blood and leaned against the wall. She heard footsteps on the inside and finally, Sam opened the door.
"Sam." Amanda said relieved to see his face.
"Can I help you?" Sam asked looking a little bit confused.
Amanda frowned, "So you don't know who I am."
"I don't think I do." Sam said, "Are you hurt?"
Amanda looked down at her stomach and saw that her whole front side was covered in blood. She looked back up at Sam, "I really need your help."
"My help? I don't even know who you are." Sam said and Amanda was sure he would slam the door in her face if she wasn't bleeding.
"I know, but you have to trust me." Amanda said starting to black out, "Something is…"
She couldn't finish her sentence. She completely passed out and a very confused Sam Winchester had to catch her before she hit the ground. Not knowing what else to do, he called into the house for some one to call an ambulance.
