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CHAPTER TEN

Lana sat in the passenger seat of her own truck, with Hayley's head resting in her lap. Hayley's feet dangled off the seat, giving Dean enough room to drive comfortably. This was one of the terms of Lana and Dean's agreement. Dean was to drive Lana's truck to the nearest motel where Sam would meet them.

"Still waiting," Dean said, referring to the explanation of that night's events.

Lana took a deep breath. She couldn't back out now. "I just want to start off by saying that I know about Sam. His demon blood, how your mom died, the yellow eyed demon. All of it."

Dean looked at her, his jaw muscles flexed. "Are you saying that Hayley's situation is similar?"

"No, not exactly. I just need you to keep an open mind."

He nodded.

"Hayley… she was born like this. You see my mom comes from a long line of Romanian gypsies. She had a clan and in that clan, magic was practiced. My mom had a gift similar to Hayley's, but since she didn't use higher level spells when she was pregnant, all of her unused power went to Hayley while she was in the womb, making Hayley this much more powerful. Something about the blood of Hayley's father and the magic within our mother."

"Hayley's father?"

"Our father," Lana quickly said. "Anyway, Hayley can control the minds of animals. That's how we noticed something was different about her. She could make wild animals house pets. Then, a vampire attacked us. Hayley was six and she was able to control him easily. Later, we realized she could control demons, and lastly, people. Although, to control a person, takes a lot out of her and to control multiple ones like that is dangerous."

"When you say control?"

"Mind control. Like from what the person thinks to what the person does. She can't do it for very long, or at least I don't think she can. It's not the kind of thing she practices. She gets weak very quickly. That's what happened that first night you met us. We got cornered and ran. She was able to keep the demons at bay at first. We ran further into the woods and a wolf crossed us. She was too weak to keep him away and the wolf bit her."

Lana ran her hand through Hayley's hair. "She's a good person. She's caring and generous. She would never hurt anyone."

"What she can do… it's dangerous."

"I agree. Word spread after our father's death. He confided in a hunter friend, who thought that Hayley was an abomination, before he died. One night he came into our home and tried to kill us. So we had no choice but to go on the run. Somehow, Camio got wind of us and it's made running that much harder." She paused. "I know hunters don't think in grey, just black and white, but Hayley will never hurt anyone, unless she has to. And she won't have to if no one else finds out about her."

"So what? You're going to keep running?"

"As long as we have to. The hunting community will forget about her soon enough and move on." She paused and looked at Dean. "Please don't be the reason why they don't forget."

"This is a lot to take in."

"I know." She paused. "Your dad knew what Hayley is, you know?"

"What?"

Lana nodded. "I was eight years old. Your dad came by to talk to my dad about a case, I'm assuming, and sent me out. So I waited outside on our front porch. It was getting colder so my mom brought me a pair of these red shoes for me to put on my bare feet. I saw you in your dad's car, well your car now. I think Sam was asleep in the backseat or something but I remember seeing you. I guess you were like sixteen, maybe?" Lana shrugged.

"Anyway, when your dad left, my mom told me that John knew and he wouldn't tell. I guess it just made my dad feel better to know that another hunter knew and would protect Hayley if necessary."

So that's where that flash had come from. It wasn't mind invasion. It was a memory. "My dad never told me."

"Maybe he didn't think you would understand."

"Yeah, I guess so."

"So, Dean, can we count on you?"

"What do you want from me?"

"We can take down Camio. You were already looking for him, right? You have another reasons to. This is just an added incentive." She paused. "And if another hunter comes looking for Hayley, maybe you can convince them that she's a good person. And if that doesn't work, help me protect her."

Dean remained silent.

"Please. You and Sam… you guys are our only hope." She smiled to herself. "Not to get all Princess Leia on you."

Dean smiled back at her.

"Is that a yes?"

"Yes."

Her smile grew. "Thank you."

"We're going to have some ground rules, though."

"Of course."

"I'm going to need you to trust me and Sammy. We know what we're doing."

She nodded. "I can do that."

"Are you sure? You could have fooled me."

"You have to understand why. Would you be so willing to trust two complete strangers with your kid brother's life?"

Dean knew that she had a point. Dean had been in that same spot before just recently. Hell, he only had less than a year left to live because of it. His gut got that same feeling it did when he thought about having to leave Sam in this world without him. Dean had to remind himself that he sold his soul to a demon so that Sam would live.

"Any other ground rules?"

"Nope." He paused. "Got any for me?"

"Yeah, don't go falling in love with me, Winchester."

He chuckled. "Will do."