Sam held Noel until she stopped crying and shaking in his arms. When she finally looked up at him through tear streaked eyes his heart broke. He hated that this thing had gotten to her. He hated that everyone he loved would always be affected by the evil things in this world. He tucks a strand of hair behind her ear and assesses the damage the thing did to her, "Are you ok? The face doesn't look too bad and the bleeding has stopped." Noel blinks up at him and then looks at his shirt. It's covered in her blood. "I guess I stopped the bleeding with your shirt. Sorry.", she said weakly. Sam pulls her against him again, "Don't worry about my shirt. I'm kinda used to it." At that Noel pulled back and looked up at Sam confused, "Kind of used to girls bleeding on your shirt?" Sam laughs softly, "No but I'm used to blood. It kind of goes with the territory. Come sit down and I'll explain some."
He leads her to the mattress and the two sit. Sam turns to face her and starts to tell her as much as he can without her thinking he's crazy. He tells her that their family protects other people from dangerous situations. Noel listens intently as Sam explains and she thinks to herself that the Winchesters sound like pretty brave guys. "So why do you think that person targeted us? Are we the naughty kids?" The place on her face begins to sting a little and she reaches her fingers up to touch the marred flesh gently. Sam takes her hand in his, pulling it away from her face, "I don't know but I intend to find out. Here let's get you cleaned up and back safely in your own bed." He stands and helps her up. They walk into the hall and down to the restroom close to the pool. Sam wets a paper towel and begins cleaning Noel's face gently. When he's satisfied that the blood is cleaned up he leans in and kissed her face softly. Noel closes her eyes and loves how safe she feels with Sam.
Sam decides to walk Noel back to her cabin. He doesn't care if anyone catches them. He only cares that she's safe. At the cabin he stops before they step into the lighted area. Pulling her against his chest, he holds her tenderly, "I'm so sorry you were hurt. I failed you by not protecting you." Noel clung to Sam's blood stained shirt, "Do not apologize. You have no idea how safe I feel when I'm with you." With that said, Sam leaned down and kissed Noel goodnight. "I hope you sleep well the rest of the night. If you have any ibuprophren you may want to take some." Noel nods and steps inside the cabin, leaving Sam standing in the woods.
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Sam pulls his cell phone from his pocket and punches in his dad's number. John answers on the second ring, "Sammy? Is something wrong?" Sam swallows, "Dad, Noel and I were attacked tonight while we were alone together. The thing came in quickly and was dressed in all black. I put Noel behind me but it was quick dad. Quicker than it should have been, and it scratched her face. She's ok and just shaken up. It left when I grabbed a knife I had hidden. After it was gone we found writing scrolled on the wall in blood. It said that naughty children would be punished severely." John listened as his son relayed what had happened to him and his girlfriend tonight. Scratching his head he wondered what it could be that had attacked them.
John grabbed his journal and placed it on the bed in front of him. Dean tuned in to what his dad was saying, "Is that Sam?", he questioned quietly. John nodded to his oldest son. Dean's eyes widened but he stayed quiet, watching his dad and waiting. John spoke into the phone, "Sam I can't find anything in my journal that indicates a monster. Any chance we could be dealing with a person?", he waited for Sam's response. Sam ran a large hand through his shaggy hair, "I don't know dad. It moved really fast. If it was human it was somehow enhanced. I don't think a human could move that quickly." John listened before responding, "Do you want Dean and me to come see what we can do to help?" Sam shook his head even though his dad couldn't see him, "No sir. I think I can handle it on my own. I'm trying to keep Noel from knowing too much." John looked to Dean as he answered, "Ok well you call me back if you need some help with this thing. Dean and I will stick close to the area just incase and Bobby is here too if we need him. I'll call him and see if he's heard anything." The two men exchange goodbyes and Sam slides his phone back in his pocket.
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When I woke up the next morning my face was stinging. It took me several seconds to wake up completely and remember what had happened the night before. Hopping off the bed I hurried into the bathroom to look into the mirror and see how bad my face looked. There were three cuts across my cheek and they were red and angry looking but I didn't think they would scar. I would however have to come up with an explanation as to how I got them. "Oh my God! What happened to you?", I hear someone say in shock. Turning I see Anna standing behind me, her hair messed up from sleep. Not wanting her to know what really happened I said, "I went out last night for a breath of air when I couldn't sleep well and walked in the woods. I'm clumsy sometimes and I ran into a low hanging branch. It scratched my face is all. I'm ok." Anna looked skeptical, "I thought you were going to meet Sam last night?" I shook my head, "No I told him I couldn't last night. Told him I needed a little space to think things through." I don't know why I lied to Anna but I did.
Anna nodded but I could tell she didn't really believe me. "I'm going to grab a shower.", I said as I turned from Anna and headed to the closest shower stall and stepped inside. I began to wash my hair and started thinking about why Anna seemed to be acting funny about my scratches. I couldn't explain why I didn't want to tell her I met with Sam last night even though I know she knows about us meeting. I just couldn't shake a weird feeling. I couldn't wait to get to our daily meeting so that I could be with Sam. I needed to talk to him but I wasn't sure when I'd even get to. I finished my shower and dressed quickly with only a few questions about the scratches on my face. I combed my hair to help hide them and headed to the pavilion hoping that Sam was already there.
When I walked in I saw Sam sitting in his usual spot and I headed to him as quickly as my legs would let me go. I sat beside him and he immediately took my hand, lacing our fingers together. "Are you ok?", he asks with concern written all over his face. I shake my head, "Not doing too good today. Anna questioned me about being with you last night and on how I got the scratches. It just gave me a weird feeling." Sam glances around the room to see who's watching us and then leans in to give me a quick kiss. "I'm going to take care of you.", he said as he looked into my eyes. I knew what he was telling me was the truth.
