Chapter 3

Sam and Dean pulled up in the Impala to the motel. Sam was anxious to meet this "Lucy" character, and Dean was anxious to meet her again. They walked to room number 402, but never got a chance to knock. From behind the door came the sounds of a dog barking, then, "Bruno, shush! Someone is going to hear you." Then the door was thrown open and Lucy stood before the two men.

She looked as surprised to see them, as they were to see her dog. "Holy crap!" Was Dean's reaction, "Is that a dog or a bear?" he jumped back a little, startled by the size.

"Oh, Dean and Sam, you're here," Lucy stated the obvious, ignoring Dean's comment, "I was just about to take Bruno for a walk, but it can wait." She stepped out of the doorframe and invited the brothers in. The boys looked around, noticing there wasn't much in the room except for the basic furniture that came with the room.

"Are you even planning on staying?" Dean asked, noting she was wearing the same clothes she had been wearing the night before.

"Of course," she replied, looking a little sheepish. "I just don't have very many personal things."

"Of course not," Dean grumbled to himself.

Sam stuck his hand out to Lucy, "Sam Winchester, nice to meet you." She smiled at him and shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you Sam," she turned to Dean, who had already made himself at home, sitting on the bed. "It's good to see you too, Dean. You said the two of you had questions?"

"Yeah, we do actually. The first being, how did you get back into the land of the living?" Dean looked at Lucy and saw confusion flash across her face before a look of understanding took over.

"Duh!" she walked over to the bedside table and picked up the wallet that lay on top of it. "It never occurred to me that the picture on the paper looked like me." She handed Dean the picture of her and her sister, "We were twins. I didn't die, only Lily did."

After both boys had studied the picture of the two identical girls and confirmed she was telling the truth, Sam realized he hadn't found anything about a surviving victim, "The police report never mentioned anything about a sister. It only said that Veronica, William, and Lily Beaumont died. It never said anything about your survival."

Lucy shrugged her shoulders, "I asked them not to. It was a pretty small town and the police force was not above taking 'donations' to change the story. I thought it would be easier for me to investigate and move from town to town if my name was kept out of the news."

"Didn't any of the townspeople notice when you were left out, or disappeared?" Dean asked her.

She shrugged again, "No one really liked me there, so they didn't care what I did or if I disappeared. Plus, they were caught up in the tragedy of Lily's death, everyone loved her."

"I'm sorry, but that all sounds a little fishy. No one cared if you disappeared? That's bull. This whole story is bull." Dean got up and stood in front of Lucy, "If you want us investigate this case, you had better start telling us the truth."

Lucy glared at Dean, "I am telling you the truth. I know it's weird but it's all true. Why would I lie?"

"I don't know. I don't even know you! Why would you look for us anyway? How do you know us?" Dean demanded.

Sam butted in at his point, having stayed silent through his brother's accusations of Lucy, "I was actually wondering the same thing. Why would you look for us specifically? Any hunter could have helped you."

Lucy stopped glaring at Dean to look at Sam, "You don't remember me, but when you were younger your father helped me." She sighed, "I was hoping you two would be able to help me too. Besides, I have asked other hunters, they wouldn't help."

It was Dean who replied, "And you think that we will help you when no other hunter will?" Lucy hesitated for a second. She looked unsure of herself for a moment. "Well?" Dean prodded.

"I'm sort of out of options at this point" She paused again. "John said to contact him if I ever found myself in trouble again. I tried, after Lily's death, but I found out he was dead, so I've been trying to track down his sons ever since. By the way, I'm sorry for your loss."

Dean and Sam both nodded their thanks and absorbed what she had told them. It was a moment before either of them said anything. "There is still one thing that is bugging me about this case." Sam voiced his concern. The other two looked at him questioningly. "There was absolutely nothing supernatural about your sister's death."

Dean grunted in agreement and they both turned to Lucy. "What are you talking about?" she asked, "My sister was killed by demons." She looked at Sam and Dean, clearly confused, "I thought you knew that."

"Sweetheart, if it was that obvious, other hunters would have been all over this case by now. There's no way we could have known." Dean told her.

Lucy sank down in a chair next to the bed. "I guess that explains why no one would help me." She put her head in her hands, "No one would believe me." Bruno whined and nudged his owner with his nose. Lucy reached down and patted him on the head.

"If it really was a demon attack, how did you survive?" Sam wondered. "There is no way you could have escaped on your own."

Without moving, she responded, "I don't know. I blacked out when they first broke in and when I woke up everyone was dead." Her voice was flat. Neither Sam nor Dean had any doubts that she was telling the truth.

The two boys shared a look, silently communicating with each other. Both men knew they wanted to take the case. They knew what it was like to lose a sibling and they both wanted to help this girl, who seemed lost.

"Lucy," Sam called to grab her attention. "We'll investigate the case on one condition."

Lucy looked up, Sam could tell she would do anything if they would help her. "What's the condition?"

"Yeah Sam, what's the condition?" Dean asked, clearly confused and slightly miffed at being left out.

"You have to tell us your full name, your real one. We can't help you if we don't know who you are." Sam told her.

Lucy's whole body sagged in relief, thankful it was a reasonable request. "Okay. Do you want my middle names too?" She asked him.

"Names? As in plural?" Dean asked. Of course the rich girl had more than one middle name.

"Yeah, your full name," Sam told her, ignoring his brother.

"If you insist." She took a breath, "My full name is Lucitania Anastasia Selene Donovan Beaumont." After looking at the brother's incredulous faces she added, "My father named me. He thought it made me sound important. Now you know why I go by Lucy."

The boys just stared at her. She smiled at them and stood up. "So, when do we start?"

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