Chapter 10

Sterling and the other vampires stormed into an autopsy room in time to see his wife laying naked on a table and two men dressed like doctors hovering over her. One had a scalpel and the other had a syringe with dead man's blood ready to inject into her.

"No!" he yelled in rage rushing the one with the scalpel and ripping his throat out before he could make a sound.

The other vampires attacked the other man while Sterling released his wife and covered her with a sheet. She clung to him crying softly as he scooped her into his arms.

"I have you Lanny, you're safe." he mumbled to her.

"The others." she hiccupped pointing down the hall. "Help them."

"Chad, Jonah go free the others, all of them." he said seeing Lanny's clothes tossed on a table by the door. "Can you stand?"

"Yes." she said letting him set her down. He helped her slip on her clothes while they waited for the others.

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Kate paused for a moment before moving down to the last door on the hallway and tried to open it. She jerked and kicked the door but it wouldn't budge.

"Here let me little wolf." Shadow said taking a small strip of explosive and putting it around the lock. "Stand back." he told her pulling her back beside him as he ignited it blowing the lock apart and the door ajar.

Kate quickly pushed to door open and checked inside to see the ones from her pack chained to the back wall. She hurried to them and examined the cuffs seeing they were silver and had made raw circles around their wrist.

"I can't touch them." she told Shadow as he stepped up to her. "Can you get them off?"

"My pleasure." he said pulling bolt cutters from his pack and stepping to the guys. "Hold still and I'll get these off you."

"Kate how did you find us?" Denny asked.

"I followed your scent."

"You trust this human?" Toby asked eyeing Shadow's huge form as he cut the cuffs off.

"Yes, there are others who are helping me, come on we need to get out of here." she told them. "Are there any others?"

"There were, but I don't know what happened to them. They were taken and never came back." Denny told her sadly. "I don't think they're still alive."

"I think you're right." Shadow said herding the three out the door. "Come on we need to get out of here."

Shadow led them back down the hall but was stopped by gun fire at the end of the hall. Shadow returned fire and killed the guard clearing their way out.

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Krissy and Cole started checking the rooms in the section they found until they found one that looked like a play area for kids.

"Sasha, can you open a door for me?" she asked waiting for a response.

"Hold on let me find that section." Sasha said typing quickly and pulling up the security system and finding the code to unlock all the doors for that section. "You should be good."

"Thanks." Krissy replied opening the door and checking for hostiles before easing into the room.

Cole followed behind her gun ready as they made for the only door leading from this room. Krissy stepped through the doorway to find a room with three sets of bunk beds spaced around the room. She found a light switch and flipped it on. Two tousle headed heads looked up at them from two of the beds.

"Hi there my name's Krissy." she spoke softly to them as she stepped closer. "You don't have to be afraid, we're gonna get you out of here." she told them seeing the fright in their eyes. "You think you can put your shoes on for me?"

The two boys sat up and slipped on their shoes eyeing both of the strangers. They didn't know what was going on and wasn't sure what to do.

"Guys, are there anymore kids here?" Cole asked as Krissy found robes and helped them pull them on.

"Jamie, she's somewhere near by." one of the boys finally spoke.

"We're going to get her too." Cole said letting Krissy lead the boys out into the hall and went to check the other rooms. He found another play area just below the one they were in and stepped inside.

"Jamie, I'm a friend." he called walking toward what he figured was the bedroom. "I won't hurt you." he said looking into the room and turning on the light. A blonde headed girl sat up in bed staring at him. "Hi Jamie, my name is Cole." he said easing toward her. She bared her fangs at him and pushed back in the bed. "Krissy, need a little help here." he called out knowing better than to go any nearer.

Krissy heard Cole call her name and with a boy on either side of her she moved into the room to see what was wrong.

"Kris, she's a vampire." Cole whispered quietly to her nodding to the girl who looked to be around eight or nine.

"Crap." Krissy muttered knowing this was going to be harder than she expected. "Hi." she said to the girl. "We wanna help you, is that ok?" she asked the girl.

"Jamie, it's ok." one of the boys who looked to be her age told her stepping closer and holding out his hand.

Jamie looked at him for a moment and then took his hand allowing him to pull her from the bed.

"Can you put your shoes on?" Krissy asked as she found a robe for her too.

"Yes." Jamie said. "Billy what's going on?" she asked the boy.

"I think they're here to help us." he said eyeing Cole and Krissy.

"That's right, we're gonna get you guys out of here." Cole told him. "What's your name?" he asked the younger boy.

"Kyle." the boy answered from his spot beside the older boy.

"Ok Kyle, what's say we all get out of here." Cole told him holding out his hand to him. Kyle looked at his hand and after a little hesitation he reached out to take it.

Krissy took a hand of each of the other kids and followed Cole out of the room and back toward the exist. They met Sky and Dean coming down the hall and stopped.

"Hey, no one else this way." Krissy said.

"Come on then let's get out of here." Dean said scooping up Kyle in his arms before turning to head out. The others followed behind him, Cole taking Billy's hand and allowing Krissy to lead Jamie. Sky moved up beside Dean with her gun drawn ready to defend them.

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"Dean looks like everyone's on their way out; we're heading for the lobby." Sam told his brother as Sasha crashed the system so the security system was down.

"Alright everyone meet at the guard shack." Dean ordered.

No one saw the two men sneaking through the room in the lower level as they made their way out a different exit and to the lobby. The men ran from the building toward the gate as Claire and Trace stepped from the shack. Neither saw them before they were fired on. Claire felt the pain as she went down wondering what had happened. A shot rang from the trees, Trace began firing from his position beside Claire's body and shots were fired from the building as Sam ran toward the fleeing men. Both men jerked as bullets struck them stopping their flight. Sam paused long enough to kick the guns away from the two bodies and checked to see if he knew them. He then ran with the others toward the fallen body of their sister.

"Claire!" Trace cried out dropping down beside her and pressing a hand to the wound in her chest.

"Mmm...Tr'ce." she tried to say as blood bubbled from her lips and ran down her chin as she fought to breathe.

"Claire stay with me." Sam said running to the two and kneeling beside Claire. He checked her injury and sucked in a deep breath knowing it wasn't good.

"Claire." Castiel said pushing Trace away as he lifted her slightly into his arms. Claire looked at him trying to speak as her breathing stopped and the life left her eyes. "No, no!" he cried looking up at Sam in horror.

"What happened?" Dean asked running to them and passing the boy he was holding to Sasha.

"We were coming out of the shack and those two opened fire on us before we saw them." Trace said as he tried to keep it together.

"Cas can you heal her?" Dean asked looking down at the lifeless form he held close.

"I don't have the connections from Heaven to do that." he said sadly as tears brimmed his eyes.

The others joined them standing back slightly out of respect. They had been so close to getting out without any injury but that didn't happen. Soft sobs could be heard from the other girls as they clung to each other.

"I may be of service." a man said from behind the group.

Dean and Sam turned with guns drawn staring at the stranger. Castiel picked Claire up and stepped away from them toward the man.

"Please, I do not have the power." he begged.

"You saved me, I shall save her." Barbiel said laying a hand on the wound and allowing his grace to heal her and bring her back. There was a soft bluish white glow emitting from around his hand for several seconds before he stepped back.

They all watched as Claire suddenly drew in a deep breath and coughed several times as she tried to figure out what had happened. Castiel sat her on her feet but kept a firm hold so she wouldn't fall.

"Hey kid you ok?" Dean asked getting into her line of sight.

"Dee, what happened?" she asked seeing everyone was staring at her, most of them crying.

"Claire." Trace said softly before taking her in his arms and holding her tight.

"Thank you." Castiel told Barbiel. "It was most generous of you to restore her life."

"My pleasure Castiel. I shall return to Heaven now." he said bowing slightly to him before disappearing.

"Is she alright?" Jethro asked coming up behind them. "I didn't have a shot until he had already fired."

"She's ok Uncle." Sky told him.

"Those two were hunters." Sam mumbled to Dean making sure none of the others heard. "We met them years ago with Dad was alive."

Dean frowned and pinched his lips together madly. "I knew it." he whispered back. "Ok, let's finish this and get the hell out of here." Dean said taking the detonator and pressing it. They all looked toward the building as explosions could be heard deep within the building and the windows in the front crashed to the ground leaving the inside exposed. It wasn't enough to destroy the entire building, but it took out the hidden labs and servers below ground. "Good riddance." he muttered turning from the destruction. "Ok let's head back to the cars." he told the group as he headed for the tree line. No one objected and fell in behind him. Sam relieved Sasha of her burden and followed. Krissy and Cole kept a firm grip on their charges and lead them into the trees. Kate and her pack members and Sterling and his nest members kept pace with the others. Sky walked with Jethro giving him a quick hug as they brought up the rear. She knew he still had a lot of questions about all of this but she was happy he was taking all of it in stride.

A/N: Thank you to all who are taking the time to read my story. You know I couldn't let Claire get killed, can't break up the family yet. I hope I am entertaining you and reviews are welcome. NC