Upon returning to Saliene's house later that day, Dean had already finished all of his Monster. In doing so though, he kept himself awake until the early morning sun was poking up in the East. Even with the new comfortable bed he had, as opposed to plain mattresses and dirty spring beds.
Dean awoke later about and hour past noon. He went to Saliene's study in the South tower of her home to find her and Sam had started work without him. They were already going through reports of incidents and what not. He was a bit surprised, Saliene must really know their line of work well for Sammy to up and start with out him there.
"So, starting without me huh?" He said to the two of them, they hadn't even noticed his presence in the doorway until he spoke up. Saliene and Sam both finally looked up at him.
"Oh I apologize Dean, Sam just really wanted to get started and neither of us wanted to wake you." Saliene told him.
"Well, I guess that's okay. Are you going to fill me in or-?" He said, making rolling motions with his hands.
"Oh yes sorry, come have a seat if you would." She said. He made his way over to one of the black cushioned, deep red chairs at a mahogany wood table they were both seated at.
"First off we decided to do as much looking around for info about Crowley and Meg, but it's clean. There's nothing, she was just taken, and no one knows a thing." Sam began. Dean almost looked relieved, Sam tried to ignore it and moved on.
"Also, there's Chuck Shurley, the Prophet. Whom he also took. Which one can only guess the why on that. That Word of God seemed to only have information on Leviathan. And of course, we couldn't find anything else on why he might want the boy. Honestly, it makes sense for him to want a Prophet, but not one that has useless information." Sam finished. Saliene nodded her head along with what he said, agreeing that was what they had confirmed so far.
"So then we decided we have to just wait until something turns over. And that's when Saliene told me about some new monster appearances that we might be interested in." Sam added in. They both looked over to Saliene to get her statement on this part.
"Exactly. There are some new monsters both you two and every other hunter on the planet has never seen the likes of before now. They're creatures from my planet, Nelco." She told Dean. Dean's eyebrows went up, interested.
"So now we have alien/monsters/Gods running around the place? Life just gets better every day I live it, I swear." Dean commented. Saliene furrowed her brows together apologetically, and Sam just looked a bit uncomfortable. The moment finally passed when Saliene spoke up again.
"Yes, it's a horrible thing, but they have big interests in your planet. I'm not too sure why though, since I've never actually been there myself." She said. Dean and Sam both looked at each other for a moment before returning their gaze to her. Dean then asked,
"You mean you've never actually gone to this place? How do you know it's real?"
"Because my mother told me about it, before she died of course, killed by hunters." She said. Dean and Sam both looked down in momentary shame.
"Anyways, she had been there. She told me stories about the Gods who lived there, and brought a large sum of the books that line all these shelves. She told me about the monsters especially, that they really seemed to enjoy being on Earth, and wreaking havoc as they please." She continued.
"So which one of the ugly twice-removed cousins of yours are rampaging today?" Dean asked. Sam gave him a "Really?" kind of look, then shook his head and looked back at Saliene, who didn't seem to mind the comment.
"There's been some weird activity going on in Hampton, Virginia. People are claiming to see their worst nightmares come to life. Terrorizing them for a while, chasing them, then offing them in the exact way they fear the most. But every official there says they all show signs of suicide." She tells Dean.
"Worst nightmares? So what is it, a witch or something from your world?" Dean asked.
"Oh no, far from a witch. Much, much worse than a witch could ever be. This thing we're talking about here is the personification of fear itself. The being is called Kele'keke'. (Keh-leh-keh-kay) It's from the kingdom of Lemente'. They appear as shadow people with no shoes, mouths with sharp jagged teeth covering half their face, red eyes, if they choose to have any, and grey hair appearing as fog." She said.
"Hampton, that town is practically always covered in fog." Dean said. Saliene nodded at his comment and continued with,
"Yes it is, making it a perfect place to hide for them. There is more though, the Kele'keke' are referred to as "Nightmare Monsters" And are the actual reason fear exists on Nelco. They see into your mind and take your deepest, darkest fear and become it, whether it's inanimate or alive, and kill you in the way you fear most. Also, there's one last thing about them that makes them easy to spot if they turn their skin another color or try to disguise themselves. The females always wear a dress, length depends on their specific preference, as does the color. Same goes for males, their shirts take on their favorite color. Unsurprisingly, a common favorite color is various shades of red." She finished.
Sam's eyes widened a bit looking at Saliene, then he looked down at his hands splayed on the table, and finally up at Dean.
"Oh, so that's what we're dealing with. Perfect." Dean mumbled, nodding his head.
"It's not so bad, you have me. But we are dealing with a very powerful Nelcian race here. It won't be easy to take down, pray that there's only one of them." Saliene said, looking solemn.
"So how do we kill fear?" Sam asked. Saliene's eyes flickered over to Dean's before returning to Sam's to answer his question.
"First, you can't be afraid of what form it's taking on. Even if two different people are in the room it can look like both of their fears at once. But I have a theory that if enough people surround it, it would have issues dividing it's attention to all of them at once. Unfortunately, I doubt either of you know enough hunters in the area to pull that off, so on to the other part. After you let go of your fear, you have to set it on fire. Since it's hair is made of fog, it drains its power, but doesn't kill it. The way you finally kill it is by stabbing it in the mouth with a heated, preferably pointed, object." She tells Sam. He nods approvingly while Dean stands up and stretches.
"Well, doesn't sound too hard. Should be a piece of cake. Speaking of which, I'm famished so I'm going to have some breakfast now if you two don't mind." Dean said.
"Actually letting go of your worst fear is pretty difficult, Dean. It IS your WORST fear. Don't get too cocky with yourself. Every one is afraid of something." Saliene told him.
"Oh yeah? Are you afraid of anything Saliene?" Dean asked. Sam looked up at Dean, standing, then over to Saliene as she spoke.
"Not currently, no. Fear cannot exist when love or hate already fills your heart. There's only enough room for one of the three emotions at a time. Keep one going strong, and you will never be afraid." She replied.
"Here we are gang, Hampton, Virginia." Saliene spoke as they got out of their cars. She told Dean no offense to his baby, but she'd rather take her car, a 2011 black Maybach Exelero. He'd said it was fine but asked why. She said she had some stuffed stored in the trunk she couldn't leave at home, after opening it with Sam and Dean on either side of her they realized why. It was full of weapons, illegal ones.
She pulled two of them out of a locked case and held them up, inspecting them.
"Sawn-off shotguns, my favy." She smiled, her fangs glistening in the yellow tinted street lights.
"So uh, what do we get to work with Sal?" Sam asked her. She turned her head as her smile grew even wider. Shoving her weapons in her waist gun holster, she began digging through her portable armory. Eventually she pulled out a back pack and a sheath and bow. She held out the bow to Dean and the backpack to Sam.
"What's in here?" Sam said, holding it out from his body while Dean put on the sheath and held th bow in his hand.
"A flamethrower, for weakening the creature. I'm going to catch them off guard and distract them from you two who will be hiding somewhere close by then Sam will come charging out and circle them in flames. At this point they should be stuck and weak, that's when Dean will march up and shoot one of these arrows, flaming ones by the way, into their mouth." Saliene explained.
"How are we supposed to get the bastard to open their mouth for us?" Dean asked. Saliene thought for a moment and then said,
"I hadn't thought of that being a problem. In fact it shouldn't be, just taunt them and they'll open their mouths to speak back and defend themselves. Kele'keke' really don't like being insulted, especially if you tell them they aren't scary." She smiled, seeming to remember a time where she'd pissed one off in that exact same way.
"Alright then I think we're set." She said, closing her trunk.
"Let's move out boys." She spoke, winking at Dean after Sam had walked a few feet ahead.
"Here Kelly, Kelly, Kelly." Saliene whispered through the dark abandoned streets of the town. It was ridiculously foggy tonight, so she had said she'd lead the group, since her sight was hardly even affected by it. Sam and Dean were only a few yards behind her. She could hear their footsteps over the wind, their breathing, even.
"Who's Kelly?" Dean called out from behind her.
"Sssh." Sam said, holding a finger to his lips. Dean shoved him and walked on, Sam stopping and staring at him for only a moment before also continuing and mumbling "Ass.." under his breath.
"It's a degrading nick name for them. Like if I called you a meatstick." She laughed. Dean smirked and said,
"Haha, very funny." And shook his head a bit. Sam laughed at Saliene's insult to himself quietly.
"Everyone always picks on the handsome one. But in her case, she's just flirting with me." Dean smiled, whispering to Sam.
"Yeah, she's so into your abs, man. I bet she sees them every night in her sexy Vamparic dreams she has about you." Sam said sarcastically.
"Could be." Dean replied, ignoring his brother's attempt to bait him into admitting more of his feelings. They really didn't matter. She was nice, she saved his life. She took them in, that's all. And she was hot, so hot, Dean felt like he was inside of the core of the Sun when he was close to her. But it didn't matter, he told himself. It never would.
Eventually the group had been walking for almost an hour with still no sign of the Kele'keke' anywhere in town or around it. They hadn't searched every where, though. And soon they came upon an old area of the place that looked like it might have been a busy, hustling town square somewhere in the past. Saliene suddenly paused and whispered,
"Temp." Which was Sam and Dean's cue to hide. Saliene lifted her nose in the air, smelling past the moist fog. She could smell the fear caked thick in the air. It wasn't fear in the form of a body alone, it was human fear. It was going after somebody. Oh no, she thought to herself, I didn't take into account the possibility of it going after someone when we arrived! This could complicate things..
"Sam! Dean! It's chasing somebody right now! We've got to move fast! I'll go ahead follow my trail!" She shouted out to them. As soon as she heard their footsteps moving from their hiding places towards her she mad-dashed around a corner and down a side street into a big cement slab of an abandoned parking lot.. There in the distance she could see a human boy no older than twelve running away from a shadowy girl in a medium length pink dress. Her foggy hair trailed behind her as she floated after him, feet never actually touching the ground.
She immediately gave a full Vampire speed chase, while Sam and Dean followed at a sprint and reached the lot.
Saliene finally got with in a foot of the creature, and shouted behind her,
"Sam, now!" Sam quickly unzipped the side pocket of the bag and pulled out a hose like thing, flipped the switch and yelled,
"Heads up!" As orange and yellow fire licked out from the hose and out in front of him. Saliene hit the ground and flattened onto her stomach, waiting for the fire to pass overhead. The fire engulfed the form of the Kele'keke', who let out an ear piercing scream as it did, and stopped in it's path. The human just kept running. Saliene stood as Dean and Sam walked behind her cautiously up to the thing, still screaming in agony.
"You like that, widdle monster?" She taunted the being. Her face suddenly turned and looked up at Saliene's, fury and rage displayed all over. She took one of her shot guns from her belt and fired it at the thing's stomach, it wailed loudly and spat black tar on the ground.
"Tickely." She giggled.
"This won't tickle." Saliene said darkly, loading a weird looking round into her gun. When she fired it this time it seemed the bullets exploded as they broke the girl's "skin". This time her wail was real, agonizing.
"Does it hurt, being defeated by a kitten who drinks blood? I bet it is, I bet it just kills you inside, doesn't it?" She continued. Sam and Dean exchanged glances, but said nothing.
"You're, you're no Safirien, you're a filthy cast out. Banished. Ally Turah." The creature countered, smile spreading up past where it's eyes would be if it chose to have them.
"You're a long way from Nelco deary, so how about you tell me your name and why you've come here so I can kill you and send a letter of condolence to whoever made the evil that is your soul." She said. The creature seemed to consider this for a moment before smiling even wider and saying,
"My name is Cubii Lytra. Daughter of Enerte' and Fokni Lytra. Princess of Lemente'." Saliene was shocked, it was written all over her face. Sam and Dean shared a puzzled look, not quite understanding the meaning of the girl's title. Though the world "princess" did stick out a bit.
"A royal? What do you think you're doing here on Earth?! This is no place for a Nelcian, this planet and these people have had enough dark times lately. Give it a rest you piece of shit." She spat back at Cubii.
"I am insulted," Cubii said, rising. Saliene hadn't taken notice to the lack of flames on the girl's body anymore.
"How could you say such a thing, Saliene Mikijiii?" She smiled. Saliene looked furious now.
"You think saying a name so commonly known to any Nelcian who has an education is going to intimidate me? You think you can scare me, in stow fear into my heart? You're very sadly mistaken, little Kelly." She said, taunting the creature yet again. Cubii only snorted at the Kelly comment and crossed her arms.
"You think you can make me afraid, then kill me. Well sorry to burst your bubble chick but my heart is already filled with a more powerful emotion!" She yelled. The Kele'keke' was about to retort again, mouth opening to spit some other insults when Saliene called out,
"Dean do it NOW!" And as she did he took the bow and expertly pulled the arrow through, launching it at Cubii. It soared through the air faster than any arrow he's shot off before, and halfway to Cubii's face it lit up in flame. It stuck it's target perfectly, Cubii making gagging noises at the arrow went through her throat and out the back off her head. She made choking noises, her head tilting up towards Saliene's face. Black eyelids slid up to reveal red eyes, giving her a spooky glare. Saliene almost looked scared for a second but recomposed as Cubii's eyes turned grey and her hair dispersed and her form fell to the ground, disappearing into black mist.
"Burn in Earth's Sector Six, bitch." Saliene said. She walked away to her car with out saying a word to Dean or Sam, and when they got home, losing her car on the way, she had already gone to bed.
*Author's Note- Hey ya'll! :D This was the first chapter with some real action in it! I hope you all liked it, I had to do some research to find a foggy place for this chapter to be in.