Chapter 9

Sometime later that night, Sam finally drifted into a restless sleep, only because his body knew he needed it. Early the next morning, he rolled over and was jerked awake by some unknown force. He laid there for a few minutes, getting his bearings before looking over at his brother. Dean was still asleep, snoring louder than usual. At least he was getting some sleep. Raising up, he looked toward the couch, and all he saw was a wadded up blanket and pillow, but no Oree.

Sam got up and checked the bathroom to find it empty. He looked around the room and Oree was nowhere to be found. Panic began to take hold of him as he ran to Dean and began to shake him awake.

"Wh-what 'ammy?" Dean groaned jerking away from him.

"Wake up, Oree's gone." he said grabbing some jeans from his bag.

"Gone?" he asked trying to brush the spider webs from his brain so he could function. "Whada mean gone?"

"Like not here, missing."

"Are ya sure she just didn't go get her somethin' to ear or drink?" he asked sensing the start of his brother's panic.

"She didn't leave a note or anything."

"Are her things gone?" he asked pulling on some jeans.

"Her small pack and computer bag are gone." Sam answered looking around the room for bags. He grabbed her big pack and checked in it. "Maybe some clothes. I can't really tell."

"Ok, don't panic, she's on foot, so she couldn't of gotten far. You check the library, I'll check the soda shop." he said tossing him the keys.

"I'll call you if I find her." Sam said grabbing his gun and shoving it in the back of his jeans. He picked up his jacket and headed out the door.

Dean checked his gun and slipped it in the waistband of his jeans. He grabbed his jacket and headed out of the room and around the motel. The soda shop was a couple of blocks down the street within easy walking distance. She better have a good explanation for leaving, he was in no mood for girl feelings right now. Hell, he hadn't even had his first cup of coffee yet.

"Good morning, go ahead seat yourself." the waitress told him.

"Rosie, I'm lookin' for my sister, she was in here yesterday. About this tall, green eyes, blonde hair, had a root beer float." Dean asked.

"Yes, I remember her, sweet little thing, she was in here earlier, ordered coffee and egg sandwich to go." Rosie informed him.

"You didn't see which way she went did ya?"

"Sorry, we were pretty busy earlier."

"Could I get two large coffees to go?"

"Sure sweetie, coming right up."

"Thanks." he said leaning on the counter to wait for the coffee.

Rosie sat two cups of coffee in front of Dean and took the money to make change. Dean opened one cup and added milk and a couple of sugars for Sam. He accepted his change and left a tip before heading outside. He sipped coffee from one cup and watched for Sam.


Oree followed the directions Amy had given her and walked down the dirt road toward the place the kids disappeared from. She veered off the road and walked deeper into the woods looking for the rock the girls were talking about. Oree didn't want to see the guys after last night, she wasn't sure how accepting they were of her new abilities.

The air around Oree began to cool as her steps faltered. She slowly looked around her and saw the air shimmer as a spirit tried to manifest. She watched as the body of a girl flickered in and out several times before stabilizing. The spirit looked at Oree intently.

"Hello." Oree said carefully.

"You can see me?" the female spirit said in shock.

"Yes, who are you?"

"Can you help me? I want to go home." she begged.

"Where is home?"

"He won't let me go. You have to be careful, he'll get you too."

"Is someone keeping you here?"

"You need to run." the spirit insisted as she dissipated.

Oree looked around quickly trying to see any other spirits. She walked on toward what looked like a clearing up ahead. She stepped through the trees to find a small clearing with a rectangle shaped rock sitting prominently in the middle.

Dropping her bag at the edge of the clearing, Oree made her way toward the rock. It was about six feet long and three feet wide, it reminded her of a table. The closer she got to the rock, the stranger she felt. She walked slowly around the stone noticing what looked like symbols carved in the sides of the stone.


Sam pulled up beside Dean and stopped the Impala so he could get in. Dean handed him a coffee as he slid into the passenger seat.

"Thanks, find out anything?"

"She was there earlier, but left."

"You?"

"Nothing, library was just opening when I got there."

"Bus stop maybe?"

"What if she went to where the teens disappeared from?"

"So help me, I'm gonna tan her hide." Dean spat hitting the dash. "She wouldn't be that stupid."

"Do you know where it's at?"

"Yeah, just north-west of town on a side road, not more than a maybe three miles. Head that way; lets check it out ." Dean told Sam as he pulled away from the curve.


The area around the stone was bare, not a even a blade of grass was growing. She knew this was unholy ground and needed to be blessed and the rock destroyed. Easier said than done, she wasn't sure if she could destroy the rock, but she could make it unusable. Oree began to take items from her bag so she could cast a spell on the rock to release the power inside it.

"What are you doing?" a deep male voice cried out.

Oree looked up in time to see a large, angry, man stalking toward her and felt the evil emitting from him. She began to chant the words for a protection spell as she continued to work on the other spell.

"No!" he screeched throwing up a hand to stop her.

Oree pushed out with her energy, stopping him. He fought back, pushing her away from the stone. They grappled with each other until Oree was able to get a hand full of rock salt out of her pocket and throw it at the spirit. He screamed madly as he disappeared.

Taking the mixture she put together, she quickly threw it on the stone followed by a lit match. Concentrating all her powers on the stone, she closed her eyes and willed the rock to break apart. She pictured it in her mind. Within seconds, the rock cracked in the middle and splintered off in every direction. Dropping to her knees she tried to gulp in mouths of air as she tried to get her breathing under control. Sweat dripped off her face from the exertion and she was seeing double of everything. Dropping on to the ground she closed her eyes and forced a thread out to her big brother.

"Oree." Sam groaned clenching his head as he tried to steer the car.

"What Sam, are you ok?" Dean asked seeing the distress on his brother's face.

"She's weak, maybe hurt." Sam gasped as a deep feeling of pain sweep over him.

"Pull over, let me drive."

"No, almost there." he said fighting the nausea.


"You did it!" a female voice cried to her.

Oree raised her head slightly and could barely make out the girl from before standing beside her.

"I'm free, I can go home. Thank you."

Pushing herself up, she crawled over to the stone and leaned back against it. As she looked around the clearing, she could make out other spirits that were drifting away up toward the tree tops.

"You set us all free. We are in your debt miss." another spoke to her as he bowed to her.

"Lead them home." Oree responded weakly as others were swept away by the sudden soft breeze blowing through the clearing. She leaned back and let the cool air dry her sweaty cheeks as her breathing slowed.


Sam and Dean were out of the car and heading into the woods looking for signs of their baby sister. Dean felt the change in temperature first and put up a hand stopping Sam from continuing. He carefully made his way forward to what looked like a clearing.

"Do you see anything?" Sam asked as the pain began to ease.

"I can feel, I don't know, like someone brushin' by me." Dean said searching in the shadows.

"Me too." Sam said looking around them as what felt like fingers caressed his cheek.

"There's a clearin' up ahead, let's check it out."

Dean went first, stepping out from the trees. He saw a small backpack and computer bag laying nearby and quickly looked around for Oree.

"There." Sam pointed to Oree leaning against some broken rock.

"Kid, you ok?" Dean asked kneeling down beside her. He reached to feel for a pulse and let out the breathe he was holding when he found one.

"Oree, are you hurt?" Sam questioned looking her over for any blood or injuries. He sat back in surprise when an invisible force pushed him away from her. "Hey! Some one pushed me."

"What's wrong?" Dean inquired when suddenly he was push back on his bottom. "Who did that?"

"You felt it too?"

"Yeah someone pushed me too."

"We won't hurt her, she's our sister." Sam spoke to the empty space. "We want to be sure she's not hurt."

"Who ya talking to?"

"I think there are spirits here and they seemed to be protecting Oree." Sam replied as he once again slowly knelt beside Oree. He waited for a few seconds but didn't feel any resistance. "Oree." he called giving her shoulder a little shake.

Oree's head rolled to the side, but she didn't open her eyes. Sam could see she was breathing, a little shallow, but breathing. He patted her cheeks trying to get her to wake up.

"What's wrong with her?"

"I think she may be unconscious. She's not responding."

"Let's get her back to the hotel." Dean said reaching down to pick her up. He felt feather like fingers brush across his skin as he carried Oree back to the Impala.


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