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Chapter 7
It was sunrise when they finally got to the abandoned barn. Just before she opened the door to get out of the truck, John grabbed her arm making her wince a bit.
"I want you to stay back." John said sternly, "You're not a hundred percent and I don't want you hurt worse. Your brothers and I can handle this."
"Dad, I…." Katie started, but John interrupted her.
"No, Katie. We need some one to hang back anyway, in case we get into trouble. You can get us out."
"Ok. But you tell them about the colt now or I will."
They stared at each other for a minute and then John finally nodded. Katie got out of the truck and then climbed up onto the hood. The truth was she would rather play back up anyway. She just felt more comfortable in that role.
Katie watched her younger brother carefully as he got out of the car. She was looking for signs that he was gonna restart the argument from earlier that night. Thankfully, he was keeping his mouth shut.
"Follow me." John said to his boys.
John walked off into the woods with Sam close behind him. Dean hung back for a second, but followed John and Sam when Katie nodded her head in their direction. She watched them walk into the long grass and then duck down. She was guessing from their actions that she had found the right place. She did her usual check of the immediate area from her perch and then watched her father and brothers walk back to the vehicles.
"Right place?" she asked.
"Yeah, nice work." John said.
"You found this place?" Sam asked with a somewhat surprised look on his face.
"Yeah, you'd be surprised what you can find with a computer and a good internet connection." Katie replied, "Course when your little brother is a bit of a hacker you pick up a few things."
Sam looked a bit embarrassed at Katie's last statement. Dean looked from Sam to Katie and rolled his eyes, then walked to the back of his car and opened the trunk. Sam was right there as he grabbed the machetes out of the trunk. John walked to the back of his truck, dropped the tailgate, and pushed a button. The weapons box opened on it's own and John was checking his own blade when Dean spoke.
"Hey dad, I got an extra machete if you need one." Dean looked over at John as he spoke.
"I think I'm good, thanks." John said.
"Wow." Dean said in surprise, then he looked at Katie, "Set Dad up good this time didn't ya?"
"That's cause Dad lets me play with stuff, unlike a certain big brother I know." Katie said teasingly.
"You are so not messing with my car." Dean said.
"See, that's why you don't get the cool toys." Katie said.
Dean grabbed the first thing he could find, which happened to be a small boot knife, and flung it at Katie. She caught it by the handle just before it could sail past her head.
"Jesus Christ, Dean." Sam yelled, "You could've killed her or something."
"He'd have to use a bigger knife." Katie said as she slid off the truck, walked over to her brothers, and tossed the knife back into the trunk of the Impala. There was a few minutes of silence as the male Winchesters got ready to enter the vampire nest. A sigh escaped John and Katie immediately turned around to look at him.
"So, you boys really wanna know about this gun?" John asked his sons.
Katie looked at John for a second and then walked back toward the front of the truck. Sam and Dean looked at each other for a second and then Sam answered, "Yes, sir" while Katie climbed back onto the hood of the truck and stretched out. Dean gave her a look that said 'Don't you need to hear this too?' Katie shook her head and then stared out toward the barn.
"It's just a story, a legend really. Well, I thought it was. I never really believed it until I read Daniel's letter. Back in 1835 and Haley's Comet was overhead, same night those men died at the Alamo. They say Samuel Colt made a gun, a special gun. He made for a hunter, a man like us only on horseback. The story goes, he made thirteen bullets. This hunter, used the gun about a half dozen times before he disappeared, the gun along with him. Till some how Daniel got his hands on it. They say, they say this gun can kill anything."
"Kill anything, like supernatural anything?" Dean asked.
"Like the demon." Sam said.
"Yeah, the demon. Ever since I picked up its trail I been looking for a way to destroy that thing. Find the gun, we may have it." John said. "Now come on, we don't have a lot of time."
"Just wait a minute." Katie said.
"What, why?" John asked his daughter.
A few seconds later, they heard another car approaching their location. The Winchester men jumped into action, readying their guns.
"Would you three relax?" Katie said, "It's just Racheal."
Katie swung her legs over so they were hanging off the side of John's truck as the '77 Camero pulled in to park next to the Impala.
"What are you doing here?" John asked Racheal.
"Grace called, said she wanted my help." Racheal replied.
"I think we've got everything under control." Dean said.
"Yeah, looking at her face I can tell." Racheal said pointing to Katie.
"It was just a minor disagreement with a demon in Arkansas, Rache." Katie said with a shrug of her shoulders, "The old man and I took care of it."
"Well," Racheal said, "at least it was only one this time."
"Listen, not that we don't appreciate it, but I think the four of us can handle things." John said.
"This concerns her as much as it does us," Katie said to John sternly. "What happens if the demons catch on to what we're doing? Even with Sam and Dean here I don't think we could handle a nest of vampires and demons at the same time."
"Fine," John said, "but I want you girls to…"
"Stay here and cover your ass." Katie finished.
"Alright, let's go boys." John said as he headed off toward the trees.
Katie and Racheal watched them walk away. Then walked round to the Camero and got what they thought they might need out of the trunk.
"So," Racheal said as soon as the guys were out of earshot, "how much longer do we wait before following them down?"
"I figure another minute or so," Katie replied. "Give them a chance to get inside at least and then we'll go. I figure Dad will head out the back and the boys'll come out the front doors."
"So I'm going to the front?"
"Nope, my shoulder's busted up. Dad'll be by himself so you stand a better chance of bailing him out. The boys'll stay together so it won't take as much to rescue them if necessary. You go to the back and wait for my dad, I'll wait for the boys out front."
"What happens if they get in and out no problem?"
"Dad knows how I do things and so does Dean. They'll be expecting us to be right outside waiting for them."
The girls waited another minute and then headed for the barn as quickly as possible. Katie watched her friend walk around back and then went to take her position by the front doors. She had just gotten to her position when a rather loud and strange sounding scream came from inside. Katie immediately pulled open the front doors a split second before her brothers came running out.
"DAD!!!" Dean yelled as he turned around.
Katie grabbed her older brother's jacket with her left hand and pulled him away from the barn. Dean jerked out of her grasp causing her to wince and turned on her.
"We can't leave Dad," he yelled at her.
"Racheal's got him," Katie said as she reached for her brother again. "They're coming out the back, now come on."
Sam chose that moment to walk up behind Dean and push him toward the cars. Dean looked back one more time and then took off. The three of them ran all the way back to the cars. Once they got there, Dean started yelling for John again.
"Dad! Dad!"
"Racheal!" Katie called out.
Sam just stared out in the direction they had just come from. Dean and Katie were about to take off back the way they had come when John and Racheal came crashing through the trees. John stopped in front of his kids while they turned to get into the cars.
"They won't follow." John said as he tried to catch his breath, "They'll wait till tonight. Once a vampire has your scent, it's for life."
"So what the hell do we do now?" Dean asked.
"You gotta find the nearest funeral home, that's what." John replied.
"Why?" Sam asked.
"Ah, I get it." Racheal said.
"Good you go with him." John ordered Racheal.
"I am not one of your sons," Racheal snapped. "You don't give me orders, John Winchester."
"Racheal," Katie said in her 'nice' voice before John could say something, "would you please go with Dean and fill him in on why you're going to a funeral home?"
"Sure sis," Racheal said, "but only because you asked me."
"Thank you." Katie said as Racheal tossed her the keys to the Camero.
Racheal walked around to the passenger side of the Impala and was about to get in when Katie tossed the keys for her car over to Sam.
"Wait a minute." Racheal said, "You're gonna let him drive my car?"
"Yeah," Katie replied, "What's wrong with that?"
"Have you forgotten what happened to his Trans Am and the '79?" Racheal asked.
"Hey, it wasn't his fault that some idiots were drag racing in front of our apartment building," Katie said as she headed for the passenger side of John's truck. "We could just leave it here."
"Yeah, I'll shut up now."
Sam looked from his sister to her friend and was about to hand the keys back to Katie when she motioned him toward the car and got into John's truck. Racheal then ducked into the Impala and drove away with Dean.
"Follow us back to the motel," John said. "Ok, Sam?"
"Yeah, got it." Sam replied.
