Before Sam had left, he and Bobby had crafted a tracking spell, and they were using it to locate the demon that was slowly sucking the youth and therefore, the life out of his brother.
They had called Bobby after they realized that finding the demon was going to be like locating a needle in a haystack. Well, Dean hadn't wanted to call the older hunter, and Sam had pretended to go along with him and waited until Dean took a shower before he called Bobby.
"Hey Sam, how's it going?"
"We have a big problem?"
"Oh? Dean okay?"
"Not really."
"What does that mean boy? Spit it out," Bobby said in a frustrated tone.
"A demon kissed Dean in a diner and well, ever since, he well, he looks like he's aging at an accelerated rate."
"Aging?"
"Yeah, his hair has gone completely white, and I'm not sure but I don't think his eyesight isn't too good anymore."
"When did this happen?"
"About three days ago."
"Have you located the demon?"
"That's why I'm calling. I need help finding the demon. Dean didn't want me to call you."
"Of course he didn't want you to call me. Why would Dean want to do anything that could possibly help him?"
"I know Bobby. You are preaching to the choir."
"Well, we can always do a tracking spell."
"Really?" Sam asked hopefully.
"I know a witch, she owes me a favor, and I can call her. Maybe she knows how to reverse this or how to track this particular demon."
"Okay. Thanks Bobby."
"Don't thank me yet son. I haven't done anything." Bobby hung up on the young hunter.
Now, here Sam was sitting in the Impala driving way too fast trying to find this demon. They had been able to track it, because she had left her essence with Dean. Sam wasn't entirely sure he understood the logistics of the whole thing, all he knew was that the witch did something to a compass and set inside the Impala and that thing was pointing the way. Sam had been a little leery at first, but for the last day it had been pointing the way to save Dean.
Sam looked down at it once more and it was strongly pointing west. Sam slowed down and looked in the direction that the compass pointed. As far as he could see there was no road to turn onto, only forest. Sam sighed and decided to park the Impala on the side of this deserted two lane road. There was just enough space on the shoulder that he could park the car completely off of the road and ensure that there wasn't a chance in Hell that anyone could damage Dean's baby. Throwing the car into park, taking the compass in the palm of his hand, and taking his bag full of weapons and holy water out of the car, he slammed the car door and started heading in the direction the compass wanted him to.
Sam took a deep breath, steeled his nerves and went ahead into the forest. He and Dean usually did these kinds of things together. Their father had always taught them that it was safer to do these missions in pairs. And it did make sense to have someone to watch your back when you were entering an unknown situation. He suddenly had a longing for his brother to be at his back, his back was feeling sorely naked without his brother's strong presence behind him.
He walked continuously, following that stupid compass, and he was beginning to wonder just how correct the thing was. He had been walking for over two hours and so far he had come upon nothing. The witch told him that the compass would go haywire when he was right next to the demon. He figured that two hours of walking should have at least brought him close to the demon. He stopped, looked around, tried to get his barring, and he looked up and noted the moon was full.
"Of course it is a full moon." He mumbled to himself. The compass started to vibrate in his hand.
"Because all of the crazies come out on the full moon." Sam spun at the voice. She stood just behind him. Her lips curled into a smile, but it definitely wasn't a pleasant smile. "Took you long enough."
"You weren't exactly easy to find."
"Well now that you have found me, what are you going to do? It's not like I'm going to give up your brother. He's far too tasty. Plus with him out of the way, I can have you without a fight."
