Any locations I used are purely fictional (to the best of my knowledge).

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John hesitantly picked up his phone. He had just spent the day researching a hunt, and he was tired. He waned nothing more than to tell whoever was calling to fuck off so he could get some sleep. When he saw Caleb's name flashing on the screen, he started to get worried. It's nothing he's probably just calling to say that he finished up the hunt. By the time the third ring cut in, he decided to answer the phone.

Before he could get a word in edge wise, Caleb hurriedly said, "We got a big problem out here."

'What constitutes a big problem? Did you two get lost out there or something?"

Caleb swallowed the lump in his throat and shakily replied, "It's Dean he-"

"What happened?!"

"The Skwask got him. He was bleeding really badly and by the time I found him, he's really cold John. God I don't know what to do!"

"Okay Caleb, take a deep breath and calm down," John said trying to soothe the nervous young man on the line. Panicking is not going to help either of them. Skwasks are not something to mess with. They're a pretty straightforward kill. How did it get the drop on Dean?

"Calm down? I don't think you get it Johnny boy. He's not shivering, and he stopped bleeding basically. Medical stuff is Mac's department but it doesn't take a doctor to know that's bad. So don't you tell me to calm down!"

"Caleb! I get it! Dean is in a bad way and you are freaking but you panicking is not going to help either of you. You need to get my boy somewhere warm right now. Can you do that?"

Caleb drew in a shaky breath and refocused on his friend. He eventually replied, "We're a good walk away from the car and I didn't see any buildings in the area. I'll see if I can get him back there."

"Okay good. Where are you?"

"We're in the Northern Macabe woods just outside of Densville North Dakota."

"Okay I'm headed your way. I'll call Jim and Mac and have them meet you up there. I think they're somewhere near Bobby's. I'm in Montana so ill be arriving later."

"Yeah, okay."

"Just get him safe Junior or you don't want to know hell I'll do to your ass."