Chapter Six
Sam was relieved to know that Amanda was safe and with her, but was still worried that he himself may never see her again. Amanda had been resting peacefully for hours and Sam hoped that she wouldn't have another fit. But the Leithifold really wanted her and all of the hunters were sure that it would attack her again. None of them were sure that she would be able to fight it off again.
"How badly was she hurt?" Hannah asked close to tears yet again.
"She was limping badly and if her wound is anything like she has now," Sam said looking at Amanda slashed stomach, "I'd say she's hurt pretty badly."
Hannah shut her eyes and a tear fell. Dean put his arm around her and told her that everything would be okay.
"Do you think you can get another premonition?" Dean asked Sam.
"I don't know. You know I can't control my visions." Sam said, "But I might if I concentrate hard enough."
"Good, because if she has another fit, maybe you should try again." Dean asked, "Just so we know what exactly is happening to her."
"The thing is trying to eat her, what more do we need to know?" Sam asked with a little bit of an attitude. "I really don't want to have to see her getting hurt by this thing."
"I know." Dean said, "We should try again though, just to see if she's figuring all of this out."
"I'll figure out if we can talk to her some how." Hannah said, "Maybe if I try it on one of you guys first, then intensify it so I can reach her."
"Good idea." Sam said, "What about talking to more of the relatives?"
"Like Hannah said, what good would it do?" Dean asked, "We know all that we need to, now we just have to get our information to Amanda."
"Sam thought for a minute, "Hey Dean, do you think they have hunter websites in that reality?"
"Maybe, why?" Dean asked confused.
"I think I have an idea." Sam said taking his computer from the table.
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Amanda walked without the need to lean on Sam. She was smiling for the first time since she got here. She wasn't sure, but wanted to believe that the presence she felt was her Sam watching her from her reality. As she walked, Sam kept asking questions and she answered them as best she could without telling him that she was his girlfriend.
"Hold on." Amanda said, "I need to sit for a second."
Sam found a bench and spotted her as she sat down so she wouldn't fall. Amanda looked up again… it was still dark. Maybe the creature thought that if it was nighttime all the time, Amanda would get scared. It wasn't working too well. Amanda was afraid, but not for her own life. She knew that this reality was different than hers, but she wondered if she was still pregnant here. She wasn't even sure to begin with.
"Are you hungry? I'll see if I can find you some food." Sam said and Amanda nodded.
"Just don't leave me." Amanda pleaded.
"I won't leave you." Sam said putting a hand on her shoulder.
Sam walked off, but in the direction he was going, there was nothing. Amanda wondered where he was going or if he even knew where he was going. Once he was out of eye shot, Amanda felt another presence again, but it wasn't the same thing as before. She looked around… nothing. She looked back to where Sam had walked off, but he wasn't there. Amanda slowly got up from her bench and looked for something, anything to defend herself with in case the creature was coming back.
Amanda walked a little, but found nothing that could be used as a weapon. All she did find was a large tree branch, but there were no trees around. She didn't care; she picked up the tree branch and hoped that it could be of some help. Then she went looking for Sam. Since it was dark, she didn't feel comfortable being alone especially since she would have a hard time seeing the creature. It was a dark shadow, so naturally it blended in with the dark sky. She felt like she was walking forever, but she still couldn't find Sam.
All of a sudden, Amanda heard a loud hissing sound, turned to see what it was, and was ambushed by the creature again. It knocked her to the ground, flinging the tree branch out of her hands. Amanda put her hand to her stomach; she was bleeding again. Her eyes darted everywhere, but she couldn't see the creature. She started crawling slowly over to where the tree branch was laying on the ground. But before she could get to it, the creature pulled her away by the leg. Amanda cried off for Sam, but he didn't come to help her. She was on her own again.
The creature circled her on the ground, waiting for her to try and fight back. Amanda did nothing but lay on the ground. Maybe it will go away if I don't fight it. Amanda thought Then it wouldn't be having fun. She was right; the thing circled many times and started getting bored after a while. It gave her a scratch on the cheek and left. Amanda stayed on the ground for a few seconds to make sure that the creature was gone. When she felt safe, she stood up. But when she did, it came back so she ran as best that she could. Her whole front side was getting cover with her blood again and it hurt like Hell to run. She looked back for a second and ran straight into Sam.
"Amanda, what's wrong?" Sam asked when she screamed.
"It's behind me!" Amanda yelled, but when she turned to look back, the creature was gone. "I swear it was just there."
Sam looked at her, "You're insane."
"I'm not, it was just there." Amanda said, "It tried to kill me again."
"You ripped your stitches." Sam said, "You could be bleeding to death. Let's go back to the hospital."
"Sam, no. I have to get to your computer." Amanda said resisting when he tried pulling her towards the hospital. "I have to find out what's after me."
"Listen to me very carefully." Sam said. "There's nothing after you. It's not real."
"Screw you." Amanda said, "If you won't help me, then I'll help myself."
"What are you planning on doing?" Sam asked following her.
"I don't know." Amanda said, "Maybe I can find Hannah."
"What if you can't?" Sam asked.
"Stop wasting my time Sam." Amanda said, "If you're not gonna help, then leave me alone."
"I want to help you, but you're not making any sense." Sam said, "You said you're from another reality, so how did you get here? And don't say something put you here, because that's not possible."
"Really?" Amanda asked, "Follow me."
"Why? I thought you just told me to leave you alone." Sam said with a frown.
"I want to show you something." Amanda said, "Then I want you to tell me I'm crazy."
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Sam was watching Amanda intently as she slept. She had moved around slightly, but it wasn't as bad as last time. So, he tried getting a premonition, but got nothing. He was starting to wonder again how she was doing and if the Leithifold tried to attack her again. Unfortunately, he was alone with his thoughts, because Dean and Hannah went out to get some fresh air.
Dean and Hannah were cruising down the road in the Impala. Neither of them were talking so Dean turned on his music. Hannah immediately turned it back off.
"So you're still mad at me?" Dean asked but got nothing in response. "What did I even do Hannah?"
"You know what you did." Hannah said looking straight ahead.
"No, I really don't and I'd like to know so we can work on this." Dean said. Through the year, Dean's feelings for Hannah had grown more and more, but she didn't seem as interested in him any more.
Hannah sighed, "Things between us are changing Dean."
"How so?" Dean asked glancing in her direction.
"Why do you keep hitting on girls?" Hannah asked still not looking at him.
"Been reading my mind again I see." Dean said pulling the car over.
"When you're dating some one, generally you don't think about other girls Dean." Hannah said finally looking at him. She gave him a death stare.
"I told you I want to take things to the next level in our relationship." Dean said, "And you don't seem too interested."
"What's the next level?" Hannah asked, "Marriage?"
"No, if it was I would propose to you." Dean said, "You're not a very passionate person."
"Oh, so now we're going back to me not wanting to have sex?" Hannah asked, "Excuse me for wanting to wait a while."
"It's been a year. What are you waiting for?" Dean asked irritated.
"You know what Dean, if you want to hook up with some one, maybe we shouldn't even be together." Hannah said, "I just thought you were different, I guess I was wrong."
Hannah got out of the car and started walking back to the motel. Dean pulled back onto the road and kept going straight out of Helena.