Evi drove Sam back to the motel. The night was still as they drove. Sam opened the window and let the warm air flow through his hair. All was quiet around them as they drove. It was a warm night but the town felt almost deserted.
'Where is everyone?' Evi remarked as they drove.
'I don't know. It does seem strange though. Warm summer night and there is no one on the roads.' Sam replied.
'And all the houses look dark.' She pointed as they drove.
'Weird.' The sky was dark and still. As they drove closer to the motel Sam could see one single porch light illuminated in the distance. There on the porch Dean sat with a beer in his hand. The car pulled up in front of their room and Evi put it in park.
'Thanks for the ride Evi.'
'No problem. What are you and your brother doing tonight?'
'Were actually going to go to your family's restaurant tonight. It was one of the locations with the most prior activity. Dean wants to stake out the place. Maybe we'll get lucky and be able to work the spell on those black eyed children tonight.'
'Well if the weirdness in the air is any indication, I bet you've got a good chance at seeing them tonight.' She lowered the radio and turned to face Sam. 'Do me a favor, just don't wreck the joint. Someday when Hunter and I have enough money were going to open that place up again.'
'I promise I won't.'
'Okay, well make sure you're brother doesn't wreck it.' She smiled.
'I'll do what I can.' He looked out the front window to see Dean staring at the two of them.
'Alright, be safe Sammy.' She smiled at him.
'I will.' Sam opened the car door and exited waving at Evi as he closed it. There was a thickness to the air outside. He walked closer to the porch when a mischievous smile began to form on Dean's face. Sam shook his head in anticipation of Dean's next sentence. The headlights from Evi's car faded as he approached his brother. 'Are you ready to go?' He asked him. 'There's something weird in the air, we should get to the restaurant as soon as possible.'
'Oh, we'll get there.' He smiled wider.
'Good. Let's go.'
'Hold on first, what happened with Evi?'
'Nothing.' Sam lied.
'That didn't look like nothing.'
'What are you talking about? You saw us sitting in a car.'
'It was more than that.' Dean winked at Sam.
'For your information all we did was talk, we had a few beers and watched a movie. You've got to get your mind out of the gutter.'
'But I like it in the gutter.' He cracked.
'I've noticed.' Sam attempted to walk away from Dean.
'That's good though, a nice quiet afternoon with a friend, relaxing, talking. And uh..what movie did you guys watch?'
'Oh, uh...Bambi.' Sam replied quickly without thinking. As soon as the words came out of his mouth he knew he had been caught. 'Shit.' He closed his eyes tightly.
'Bambi?' Dean's smile widened even further. 'You guys watched Bambi?' Dean began laughing out loud. 'Evi doesn't look like the Bambi type, but hey to each his own. How was it by the way?'
'It was fine.' Sam shook his head with his eyes still closed tightly.
'Just fine?' Dean asked incredulously. He continued to smile waiting for his brother to ease up. He nudged him slightly with his elbow. 'Come on Sammy.'
'It was great. Okay Dean? Is that what you want to hear.' Sam asked him. Dean nodded his head in agreement. 'To be honest, I've never enjoyed Bambi as much as I did today.'
'Wow.' Dean laughed. 'That's good to know.' Dean opened the door to the Impala. 'I'll have to watch it again sometime.'
'Yeah. Can we stop this conversation now?' Sam begged his brother.
'Fine, fine. I'm just having a little fun with you. I don't know why you have to be so uptight all the time. I'm proud of you. You deserve to have some fun every once in a while. I worry about you always so immersed in work.'
'Well I appreciate the concern.'
'You know what they say, all work and no play makes Sammy a dull boy.'
'That's really nice Dean, can we just go now?' Sam walked around to the other side of the car.
'Sure.' Dean smiled again. 'We can do that. ' Dean climbed into the drivers side door. Sam followed getting in the passenger seat. 'Bambi.' Dean laughed. 'Isn't there a bunny character in Bambi... Thumper?'
'Okay.' Sam hung his head down trying not to smile. 'Don't even go there.'

When Dean and Sam arrived at the Diner Hunter was standing outside with a flashlight. All was calm around them. Hunter was shifty slightly uneasy from his left foot to his right foot. He was anxious and excited at the same time. He was dressed all in black. His tall dark silhouette made him some what sinister. He smiled enthusiastically at the brothers as the car approached.
'What's Hunter doing here?' Sam asked his brother as soon as he recognized him. 'I thought he was going into the city tonight.'
'That's what he told Evi so that she wouldn't worry. He actually wants to help us.' Dean replied quickly. 'We spent a lot of time talking about it while you and Evi were busy watching Disney flicks.'
'Hold on a minute Dean.' Sam looked at Dean with shock. 'Since when are you so gung ho to let others step in and help us with investigations?'
'What? Hunter is a good guy.' Dean shrugged. 'He can handle this kind of thing.' Dean was trying to brush off Sam's concern. 'Like I said, we discussed it. He knows what were here to do and he knows to be careful.'
'Dean this doesn't make sense.' Sam opened his eyes wide. He was trying to understand why Dean would do something like this that was so out of character for him.
'Look Sammy, he wants to help with this case and I don't blame him. Think about it, if two guys rolled into town and said they were here to gank the thing that took your mother wouldn't you want to help?'
'Yes, but Dean this isn't about us.' Sam sighed. 'This situation is totally different. I get it, I want mom back just as much as you do but this isn't right.'
'You didn't even know mom.' Dean snapped. 'You were just a baby Sam. You don't know what it was like, I remember her.'
'Dean, that isn't fair.' Sam shook his head.
'I'm sorry but, after the demon took her everything changed. I had to grow up quick. I had to take care of you. It wasn't easy Sam.' He looked off in the other direction. 'Hunter had to do the same thing in his family. He had to step in and take care of his younger sister.'
'Dean, she's not actually his younger sister. And a demon didn't kill their parent at a young age. Their father left, it was their mother who wasn't able to take care of her children like she should have. So maybe there are some similarities but this is different.' He tried to reason with Dean. 'I know Dad wasn't there as much as he should have been. I'm sorry you had to take care of me.'
'No Sammy. Don't be sorry, I did what I had to do.'
'But you shouldn't have had to.'
'No, Dad had other things to take care of. He had to hunt down that demon, and that meant he was too busy to really take care of us. I totally understand, I'm not mad at him for that. It doesn't change that I understand what it's like to be in Hunter's situation.'
'Wait a minute, so you're not mad at Dad?' Sam stared back at his brother incredulously. 'Why the hell not!? I'm mad at him.' Sam yelled back at his brother. 'And so should you. Dad didn't live up to his responsibility and for it we both suffered.'
'Sammy don't you dare talk about Dad that way. He did the best he could.' Dean looked out the front window. He noticed that Hunter was staring at the brother arguing. He exhaled audibly. 'I just want to do Hunter this favor. It's not easy being in his position, I want to give him the chance I never had.'
'No Dean. Listen, I understand why you're feeling this way, but Hunter has no experience hunting the supernatural. We can't just let him tag along and risk his life. That's crazy. Plus, we can't do that to Evi. If something happens to Hunter she's all alone.' He shook his head trying to get through to his brother.
'I already gave him the crash course in hunting. I told him all we know about the black eyed children what to do if he see's one and how to get rid of them with the exorcism. It's going to be fine.' Dean took his key out of the ignition and pulled the car door handle.
'Wait!' Sam grabbed Dean's hand. 'This is a mistake.' Sam shook his head.
'No, were doing this.' Dean pulled his hand away from his brother and got out of the car. 'Hunter!' He yelled to him. 'Ready to kill some Black eyed Freaks?'
'I sure am.' He smiled. 'I already poured a line of salt around the whole place and I've got everything set up inside incase they decide to show up tonight.'
'Great.' Dean nodded his head.
'Hold on a second Hunter.' Sam yelled. If Dean wasn't going to give him the details about how dangerous this job was, then Sam would. 'Do you understand what you're getting into here? This is a little more intense than you realize.' Sam got out of the car and walked towards Hunter. 'This is real danger. People with more experience have been badly hurt trying to fight the supernatural. Some killed, our father was one of the best hunters around and he was killed by a demon. I mean, are you sure you want to do this? If you don't make it through this who's going to take care of Evi?'
'Nothing is going to happen Sammy.' Dean replied quickly. 'So cut the shit.'
'You don't think I know what I'm doing here?' Hunter asked Sam as he moved closer to him. 'You think I'm just some idiot along for the ride? I know what's going on here. I've lived with these things for years. And everyday of my life I've woke up feeling guilty that my mother is gone. I'm constantly worried about my sister, not knowing if she's safe, not knowing if those goddamned creatures are going to come back and take her away. I dream about it every night Sam. I can't continue on this way.'
'Okay, but all I'm saying is you gotta be smart about this. We can do this without your help. There's no shame in sitting this out.'
'I appreciate what your trying to do here Sam. But, there's nothing you can say that's going to make me change my mind here, so save your breath.' He turned around quickly and opened the side door to the Diner. Dean looked over at Sam's face.
'I can't.' Sam exhaled.
'You can't what?' Dean snapped at him.
'I can't sit by and let you do this. If anything happens to him it's your fault you know.' Sam stared his brother down.
'Shut up Sammy. Nothing is going to happen.'
'I don't want to be any part of this. I'm outta here.' He turned away from Dean.
'Fine. Just walk away.' Dean yelled after him.
'Fine!' Sam walked away into the woods feeling as if his blood was about to boil over.
'Whatever.' Dean shook his head and let Sam go his own way. Dean followed Hunter inside the diner. Hunter turned on one of the wall lights. It illuminated the empty restaurant. They walked through the kitchen and into the main dining room. It was dusty, and the air was stale. Dean took a deep breath and looked around. The old vinyl booths were sparkling red and the Formica tables were white with vintage designs on them. He ran his fingers along one of the dusty tables thinking about what the diner must have been like when it was operational. There were vintage posters hung on the wall. 'It's a shame you had to close this place it's really awesome.'
'I know it. It had been in my family since the early fifties.' Hunter opened a small cooler and pulled out two beers. 'You want one?'
'Yeah why not.' Dean grabbed the beer from Hunter. 'It's probably going to be a long night.' Dean twisted the cap open on his beer and took a long sip. He could see anxiety in Hunters eyes as he sat sipping his beer. 'You know, don't let Sammy scare you. He's being a baby. It's not even a guarantee were going to see the Black Eyed Children tonight.' Hunter nodded his head and walked over to the juke box. He stared at the records inside.
'I have a lot of good memories from this place.' Hunter sighed. 'I can't believe that things worked out the way they did you know?'
'Yeah.' Dean took another long sip of his beer.
'It's alright though, things are going to start looking up. As soon as we kill those things. Evi and I will have a second chance at life.' He pulled a copy of the exorcism out of his pocket and stared at the strange words. 'Let's go over this one more time. All we have to do is read the exorcism and they should be sent back to hell?' Hunter asked Dean again.
'That's the plan. Just make sure you keep a healthy distance from them. We're not sure what happens when they get close to you.'
'Right.' Hunter reread the Latin words on the page. 'Is it okay if I don't pronounce them exactly correct?'
'Yeah, me and Sammy butcher the pronunciations all the time.'
'Aren't you worried about Sam?' Hunter asked. 'I mean he's out in the woods all by himself.'
'I wouldn't worry about it. Sam can take care of himself. He just needs a little time to cool off.'

Sam moved through the woods quickly swatting at tree branches mumbling to himself. He thought about going back to Evi's house. It wouldn't be that long of a walk. If he did go back there he would have to tell her what Hunter and Dean were up to. He wondered if he should worry her. He didn't think it was right to lie to her though. Sam groaned in anger again as he continue to move through the branches and shrubs. He was furious at his brother for putting someone else in danger. Dean was being selfish, he wanted someone to commiserate with more than he wanted to help Hunter out. Sam huffed and grumbled as he thought about all the mindless things Dean had done in the past. All the times he had gone off by himself and then got in over his head, he thought about all the close calls Dean had with other Supernatural creatures. He was pig headed and cocky. Sam pulled his cell phone out of his pocket to see if Dean had called or even noticed Sam was gone. The phone was dark. He pushed a few buttons but the phone wouldn't turn on.
'That's bizarre.' He said to himself out loud. 'It worked a few minutes ago.' He continued walking, his fingers pushing buttons on the phone as he moved. 'Stupid town.' He mumbled. 'Stupid case, stupid phone. Stupid brother.' He shook his head again. 'Why do I have to keep doing these things, I hate it. I'll never have a normal life.' He exhaled audibly. He heard a branch snap loudly behind him. He froze listening closely. He turned around slowly to see if anyone was there.
'Excuse me sir.' A high pitched voice rang in his ears. 'Can you help us, were lost?' Sam's heart jumped and began beating quickly. His eyes focused and there standing before him were three children. They were dressed in simple summer clothes, corduroy pants and plain t shirts. He knew right away that he was in trouble. 'Were cold and hungry.'
'Oh Shit.' The words slipped out of his mouth. He reached into his pocket to find the exorcism. He pulled out a gum wrapper and few pennies. The paper wasn't there. The children took a few steps closer to Sam. He bent down and pulled a knife out of his boot pocket. He didn't know if it would do him any good but he felt safer with it in his hand.
'You don't need that.' The oldest boy shook his head at Sam. 'We are just lost children who need your help.'
'Don't you like children?' The smallest child asked him.
'Do you live around here?' Another child asked him. Sam stared at them, he felt an overwhelming sense of dread wash over his body.
'No. I'm sorry.' He choked out. 'I can't help you.' He gripped the knife tighter in his hand. He felt like his heart would explode any second.
'Please.' The oldest boy pleaded with him. 'Our mother is worried about us, we need to call her.' The boy took another step closer to Sam and that's when he saw his black empty eyes. Sam gasped out loud. The eyes seemed to peer straight into Sam's soul. They were different from the black demon eyes he was used to.
'No.' Sam took another step backwards. 'You're going to have to ask someone else.' He felt a tightness in his chest, it was becoming harder and harder for him to breathe.
'Oh, look. He's different.' The youngest child cooed and began to giggle.
'What?' Sam asked him taking another step backwards. He turned to look around him, he needed to run away but felt he couldn't.
'Let me get a good look at you.' The oldest boy took a few quick steps towards Sam. 'Oh my.' He smiled. 'You're right, this is Sam Winchester. This is our lucky day.'
'How do you know who I am?' Sam whispered.
'We know.' The boy began laughing. 'We all know.' The rest of the children began laughing as well. The sound echoed in Sam's brain and made him feel dizzy. 'You will be a great help to us.' The boy looked back at the other black eyed children.
'No, I'm not going to help you.' Sam shouted at them.
'What about your brother. Where is Dean?' The boy asked. 'We need his help too.'
'No.' Sam put his hands up to stop them from coming closer. 'Stay away from me, and stay away from Dean!' He turned around and felt the grip of fear loosen just enough for him to move. He began running as fast as he could from the children.
'Don't leave us!' The smallest girl called after Sam. 'We need your help!' The echoes of the children's cries felt as if they were right next to Sam. He shuddered every time they're voice entered his ears. He ran and ran faster trying to get out of the woods. He realized that he too was lost. His breath became more labored as he ran. He pulled his phone out of his pocket but it was still dead. He wanted nothing more than to have Dean with him. He began yelling his brothers name over and over into the darkness. The black eyed children's voices still followed him. He dodged tree branches and jumped over roots as he flew through the darkness.