Dean kicked open the front door and he and Sam charged in. Darkness flooded into the house. They searched the house top to bottom but didn't find Alex or the demon anywhere. The whole house looked like a bomb had gone off. All the draws, cabinets had been totally ransacked. The demon must have been looking for the dagger. Alex's room was the worst everything was everywhere except for her, she was nowhere to be found. The only clue they had about her was a significant blood trail leading out to the forest but ended a few trees in. The brothers regrouped in the house in the messy living room. Time was of the essence.
"Sam, see if you can find the dagger. The demon probably took it with her but we need to be sure. I'll look for any extra ammo and guns."
Dean managed to find two more guns and a huge box of ammunition under a floor board in Alex's room. But Sam, on the other hand, found that the demon had indeed stolen the dagger that he guessed was hidden somewhere in Alex's room. "We've got find her." Sam said fidgeting. "Where the hell would she be?"
"What about where she found the map and tablet?" Dean suggested.
"Yeah, but we don't know where that is." Sam replied. He paused thoughtfully for a moment, "Oh!" Sam quickly folded out the map he took out from his back pocket. Dean gave Sam a look of surprise when he saw that his brother still had it. "I forgot I still had this." He intended to give it back but Dean was desperate to leave so he forgot to give it back.
"So what's in the vicinity of the forest? They've had plenty of time to get ahead of us." Dean studied the map closely. The house was right in the bottom middle of the map. There were only two places they could go and one looked far too small to hold super powered demon and all the ingredients for the ritual. The other was an old barn not too far away. "Let's go." Dean said eagerly. He was ready to end this for real. They packed up the map and hurried out.
Alex's head lolled to the side as she slowly came around. She blinked the blurriness away only to find her lying on freezing cold stone. She tried to move but she was held down by some very thick leather straps. She noticed her gun in pieces on the floor and the same fate had befallen to her phone. Alex felt a warm pool of blood under her stomach. "Damn." She whispered.
"Hello." The demon appeared next to her with the dagger. This abrupt appearance sobered Alex. "Say goodbye." She didn't even Alex time to think about what she meant before the demon snapped the dagger in half.
"No!" Alex yelled. Rage surged through her as she squirmed ferociously in the restraints. "I'm gonna kill you!"
"Good luck with that, sweetheart." teased the demon tossing the remains aside. "But your last hope has gone." Alex growled. The Demon laughed, "Feisty."
"Why the hell do you want me?" She snarled, twisted her right wrist under the strap.
"I need a virgin to complete the ritual." The demon said casually. Alex laughed at her. "What?" She asked with a sneer. "You're not a virgin?"
"No, no, I am. But aren't sacrifices usually human?"
"Your point being?"
She had no idea Alex was a Shapeshifter, ha! "No reason. Just refreshing my memory." The demon gave her a confused look but brushed it aside. She held up a hand and Alex's knife appeared in her arms. "Oi! That's mine." Alex exclaimed.
"Not anymore." The demon grinned, "I like it." She was surprised that Alex wasn't a bit more shocked that she stole her knife but again the demon brushed it off.
She inhaled shakily as the demon strode over to her with the knife. The demon laughed. Suddenly the door burst open and Sam and Dean charged in with their guns hot. The Demon smiled at them and stabbed Alex directly in the stomach. At first Alex didn't know what happened but she quickly felt pain pooling in her stomach. She flashed in and out of consciousness as Dean and Sam unleashed bullets at the demon. The demon laughed as none of the bullets affected her- except for a few but she failed to notice. She flicked her wrist and the brothers hit the walls on either side of the barn.
Dean coughed bringing up some blood that tricked down his lips. He wiped his mouth and held up his gunless hands, "Crap." His gun was trampled on as the demon moved towards him. She grabbed Dean by the throat and hurled him against the wall like he was a ragdoll. He fell to the ground in the heap. She then turned her attention to Sam. The young Winchester froze when their eyes met, his gun aimed at her head. The demon smirked, its eyes flashed black and charged at Sam. A shot rang through the barn but the she shrugged it off. He quickly shot her again- it hit her in the shoulder but she tackled Sam to the ground and punched him hard in the face and gut. She flung him against the wall and landed by Dean.
"Sammy," Dean choked staring at his young brother. Dean looked up at the approaching demon, her black eyes blazed with fire. She grinned at their helplessness.
The demon's skin burned bright orange before she disintegrated into nothing. Behind her Alex had stabbed the source of the power, the tablet with a shard of dagger. She smiled elated. Dean met her gaze for a beat before she collapsed on the ground. He grunted as he stumbled to his feet. He limped over to her. Sam slowly followed behind him. One of his arms wrapped around his stomach.
"Alex!" Dean shouted skidding to a stop next to her, "You alright?"
Sam now had caught up to them and had Alex leaning against his knee. "Yup." Alex said with a breathy laugh. "I'm alright, despite, you know." She pointed at her torso.
Sam looked stunned. "You were stabbed!" He exclaimed looking at the bloody knife that was by Alex's hand. "By a silver knife! You should be dead."
At this Alex laughed. "Clearly I'm not dead and besides it's not silver. You really think I'd carry around a knife that could kill me if it got into the wrong hands?" Sam and Dean looked at each other, they guessed not. "Ha! No, I'm not that stupid." She attempted to sit up but Sam stopped her. "Sam, I'm alright. I'm a Shapeshifter remember?" She assured them, "Check the wound if you don't believe me."
Sam glanced at Dean who nodded. He lifted up Alex's bloodied shirt to see that the wound was already healing. After a breath Dean said, "Cool trick. You'll have to teach me."
Alex chuckled, "Thanks but it's something I can't teach." Then she gave them a serious expression, "Now if you boys don't mind I really want a beer."
Sam and Dean laughed and helped to sit her up. Then the three carefully stood up. Afterwards the Hunters carefully, and slowly, made their way back to the house. "By the way," Dean started, "How did you got out of those restraints?"
"A painful procedure called I'm gonna be an idiot and dislocate my wrists and ankles." Alex replied with a chuckled. Dean shook his head with a small smile. He quickly stopped once he realised what he was doing.
