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Unknown Hero Chapter 11
Dean and Sam had brought Piper back with them to the hotel room, informing Jen and Tish that they got her, and telling them the room number so they could meet up with them later. Jen and Tish of course wanted to know every single detail about the encounter, asking repeatedly if Piper was okay, stealing the phone from each other so much that he tossed the phone to Sam to deal with it. It made him grin to see how overwhelmed his little brother became from the barrage of questions, looking uncomfortable as he answered all their queries and reassured them that Piper was indeed alright, and no there wasn't a need to call the police, that they were handling it.
Sam glanced down as he talked at Piper, who had fallen asleep and was now resting her head on his shoulder. While they were at a red light Dean sneakily got out his phone and snapped a picture of the two of them, grinning madly as he did so. This one wasn't for blackmail though, this one was just for him.
They pulled into their motel's parking lot, and Sam was still talking to the girls. They were catching a bus and would be there in about a half hour tops. Dean frowned as he heard this last statement. That wouldn't be a lot of time to figure out this whole mess. He just hoped Piper wouldn't be too suspicious of their questioning.
'Pipes.' He said gently shaking her shoulder. 'Wakey, wakey eggs and baceyyyyy.'
' Leave me alone, otherwise your legs will breakyyyyy.' She grumbled as she woke up. 'Besides who cooks eggs and bacon at 4 in the afternoon?'
'Awesome people,' He stated seriously. 'And if one were to replace the bacon with ham and make it all green then it makes them doubly awesome!'
She just rolled her eyes at him, and then froze seeming to realise she was sleeping on Sam.
'Sammy of course would make them.'
'What? Why me?'
'Sam I am? Get with the program dude.'
'I'm amazed you even know any Dr. Suess books.' Sam muttered under his breath. They all got out and walked to their room.
'The man was a literary genius, Sammy.' He said as he walked through the door. Jeff and his dad glanced up in surprise as they noticed a third person with them, tense, but then relaxed when they both recognised Piper.
'What's she doing here, son?' His dad asked sternly.
'I think Piper can help us out.' He said meeting his father's gaze head on. Neither he or Sam had called their father yet, to inform of the situation, but now was a good as time as any. Even though he seemed to be taking Piper's presence more harshly than the freakin' vampire.
Piper looked between the two men confusedly. 'I can?'
Dean nodded. 'Yeah. I just need you to tell my dad and Jeff everthing that happened to you today.'
'But..'She looked down at her shoes and then up again. 'I don't want to talk about it anymore. It's over. Gone. In the past.'
'Piper..' Dean took a deep breath. 'Okay listen, cause I'm gonna explain some things. My dad, brother and I...well, we're...what you call...bounty hunters.'
Sam and John let out the breath they had been holding, certain that Dean was going to tell Piper something about their lifestyle and the mosters that routinely occupied it. Sam glanced at Dean and nodded, an approving gesture that made Dean more resolute in the cover story he had invented.
She looked at them with wide eyes, her stare saying 'yeah, nice one'. She opened her mouth to speak but Dean beat her to it.
'And before you say anything no this is not a joke. No I'm not lying.' His eye twitched at that last comment. Lying about lying, he could appreciate irony.
'So...you guys...are like Dog the Bounty Hunter?' She finally asked.
Sam and Dean looked offended, while John very discreetly rolled his eyes. Jeff just sat there, wondering who this bounty hunter was that was so apparently famous, and why his parents would subject him to such a name.
'Uh, no...we're awesome.' Dean said seriously.
'Not awesome enough to warrant your own show apparently.' She pointed out.
'Well, you're in a good mood again.' And at that Dean instantly wanted to punch himself as Piper's relaxed expression became tight and withdrawn once more.
'Piper,' Sam said softly, 'I know it may seem like Dean was just joking around, but he was serious. It's kinda like our family business. Jeff is helping us out on this case. We sorta investigate areas that have high numbers of deaths, and then look into police reports and interview people, and we get the bad guy. Simple as that.' He smiled at her.
' So you're telling me that there's a criminal running loose in Morrow Bay?'
She looked at them all and grimaced when John nodded slightly.
'And you think it was...you think it was the creep that almost molested me earlier!'
John and Jeff let out a 'What?' in unison at Piper's statement, while Sam and Dean nodded grimly.
'Oh, well, that's...' She moved in a daze over to the bed and sat down heavily, 'I mean, that's totally awesome. Mr. Creeperton is a criminal as well-'
'-killer.' Jeff added helpfully.
Piper just stared at him. 'Killer. Mr. Creeperton who was all up in my grill earlier is a murderer. That's...huh...great. It's not like my day was gonna get any better. What with the van, and the jelly donut..' All the guys looked at each other with confused expressions at the mention of the donut.' And a car! This stupid tiny purple car. RAN. OVER. MY. FOOT.' She held it up for them to examine.
Dean gasped. 'Was it a Volkswagon Beetle?'
She sighed. 'Yeah.'
'Damn that bug.' He muttered underneath his breath.
'So yeah, all in all, great day.' She finished her sarcastic speech. 'UGH!' And flipped herself onto her back on the bed and put her arm over her eyes. 'Wake me up when this day is over.'
'Uhh, we would love to let you sleep until we get back, but remember, we kinda need you to still answer some questions.' Sam requested hesitantly.
'Oh, right.'
Dean nodded at the vampire. 'Okay, it's all yours Jeff.'
'Alright Piper. First off, nice to meet you, my name's Jeff.' He held out his hand for her to shake. Dean grimaced at the vampire's attempt to act more human by mimicking politeness. He could pretend all he wanted, Dean had more than enough memories about the last vampires he had encountered with his dad and Sam. Forgive him if he wasn't more trusting, he thought as Piper's hand was swallowed by the bloodsucker's own large one.
'Yeah, I know. Good to meet you too. I gotta say though, it doesn't seem all that weird talking to you right now, considering hom much Jen has spoken of you.' Piper saw the small, but delighted smile that crossed Jeff's face and inwardly rejoiced, Jen really didn't have anything to worry about.
'So, let's get right into it shall we? Describe what happened, starting when the-...man approached you.'
Piper took a deep breath. 'Well, me and Jen and Tish were all out shopping and I had gotten seperated somehow, not really sure how that happened...but anyways I was just wandering around about to go into a store to use a phone since my cell was broken.' That had happened earlier when she had forgotten that her phone was in her pajama pant's pocket when she decided to take a dip in the ocean.
'Then I ran into this guy, and he started to talk to me, said his name was Shawn.'
'Can you please described what he look like?' Jeff interrupted not unkindly.
'Oh, right, he was uh...really, really blond. Like, he almost had white hair. Had really light blue eyes, was tan...I remember thinking he must have been a surfer. Oh, and he was really-' She cut off abruptly, embarrassed by what she had been about to say.
'What was that Piper?'
'Well, um...he was also...'
'Yes?'
'He was kinda hot alright? Like ridiculously good looking.' Her cheeks burned with the admission.
Jeff just nodded at that. Their kind had to be at least a little bit physically pleasing to the human eye, in order for people to get over the predator instinct they sensed when around them. Dean stifled a laugh at that, even though getting lured into a trap like that wasn't funny. Sam's expression when he heard this however, was hilarious.
'That's good, gives us a lot information when we're trying to find him. No need to be embarrased. Please continue.' He gestured for her to talk with his hand.
'Okay, after a while just started talking when he asked my name. I told him it was Anna, which is my middle name, because I just don't really give out my name to random guys on the street when I'm by myself.'
'Smart.'
'It was weird though. He said he could tell that I was lying but that it was okay. Then I realised we were behind this old building and alone. I didn't even notice I was following the guy!' She saw John and Jeff exchange glances, heavy with meaning, but decided not to comment. 'He started to get up in my space then. He asked if I had gotten hurt and bled. Then the creeper licked his fingers after touching my scabs! Ugh!' She shivered at the grossness facor of it.
'And that's it? He didn't do anything to you after that?' Jeff asked seriously, his eyes searching her face intently.
'Yeah, that's it. I got away and then called Priestly.'
Jeff's brow furrowed in confusion. 'Who's-?'
'Yeah.' Dean spoke up. 'That'd be me.'
'But I thought your name was Dean?'
'Yeah...long story, don't worry about it.'
'Ooookay...'
John frowned then glanced up suddenly at Piper. 'Wait a minute,' he said, for the first time adressing her,'how did you get away, girl?'
Piper scowled at him. 'My name's Piper. Not girl.' She was straddling the fence about Priestly and Sam's father. He seemed like he did care about his boys, but he was stern with them, almost militarilistic. And the whole thing with Priestly having been away from him for a couple of years spoke volumes. But then again Sam was in that equation too, and she had absolutely no qualms about Priestly's brother. The dad on the other hand... 'And I kneed him in the balls.'
'You-' John sputtered and Piper grinned at that, getting the feeling that John Winchester wasn't a man made speechless very often. '...got away from a-...a murderer by aiming for his bits?'
She jutted her chin out at him. 'Basic self defense classes. Get any guy in the groin and he's bound to go down.'
'Yeah...but..' he shook his head '...Jeff come talk with me for a bit.' John gestured for the younger man to follow him outside and didn't wait to see if he did.
As soon as the three of them were alone Dean came over and sat down next to her. She closed her eyes and leaned her head against his shoulder as he brought up an arm to hold her with in a half hug.
'I'm really glad that you're safe Pipes.' He said affectionately. He looked up at Sam who was awkwardly standing still not sure of where he stood in all of this, and rolled his eyes, patting the place beside Piper on the bed, in clear gesture to sit. He smiled gratefully and took a seat, not touching them, but not completely out of the group either.
'Hey,' Piper spoke up adressing Dean, 'Does it bother you when I call you Priestly?'
Dean looked down at her in amusement as Sam paid closer attention to what Dean was going to say. 'Naw. That's what I've been called the past two years, and I picked the name out. So I hope I don't get bothered by it.'
'But...your real name is Dean, right?'
'Yep. Dean Joseph Winchester is on my birth certificate.' He grinned.
'Why did you change it?'
The question hung in the air for what seemed like a long time, but in actuality was only a few seconds as Sam held hid breath, awaiting Dean's answer.
Finally Dean just shrugged. 'Seemed like a good idea at the time.'
'Huh.'
'Why'd you choose Priestly?' Sam asked, wanting to know a little bit more about his brother, who, strangely and unwillingly, had become a bit of a mystery to him.
'Ah, well, just there was this old guy at this church that I ran into. He helped me out, talked to me a bit before I made it to California. Was a priest. And when Trucker offered me up a job he reminded me so much of the guy it was the first thing that popped into my my mind.' He laughed then suddenly. 'Man, I'm glad I didn't choose the guy's real name for my own, that would've sucked.'
'Why? What was wrong with his name?'
'His name was Boaz dude. Can you imagine? Do I look like a Boaz to you?'
Sam laughed aloud at that, and then soon Piper was joining in too. They were all doubled over with giggles when John and Jeff returned to the room a bit solemnly and then grinning a little at the sight before them. They let the three calm down before speaking.
'So,' John said, 'We've got a plan.'
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John waited until Jeff joined him then nodded towards the parking lot. 'Walk with me.'
Jeff started walking with him without protest, the both of them quiet. 'So definitely a vampire.' John stated.
Jeff snorted. 'Obviously.'
John hmmed at that. 'Too much of a coincidence that that girl, who happened to have met you last night got stalked by a vamp.'
'Definitely. I didn't smell anyone yesterday, but then again I was too busy being threatened by your boys with Dead Man's Blood to focus on my surroundings too closely.' He remarked wryly.
The proud father smirked at that. ' So I'd it's safe to assume that he must've overheard the conversation you had with Sam and Dean. Knew you were here, knew he was starting to piss you off.'
'He wanted my territory. That's what the body count was for. When a lone vampire encounters another lone vampire they tend to get angry, possesive. This is a way of trying to scare me off. It wasn't working, and then when hunters showed, at my doing no less, he probably figured it would make more of a statement to go after someone I knew.' He shook his head. 'That one's too stupid too realise Piper and I had just met, and that it was Jen that I have feelings for. Still...had he succeded...I would've been sad...and pissed.'
John nodded at the vampire's words, figuring them to be true. It said a lot about him that he was trusting a vampire now.
About a year and a half ago he and Sam had gone after a coven of vampires that they had thought been killing some locals in a small town. Met Gordon Walker there, and against his better judgement teamed up. Guy had always made him uneasy, he was more revenge driven, more psychotic and less ruled by morals than most hunters. Dangerous combination.
When Sam had been taken he had been out of his mind with worry, having come back to the motel earlier than expected. He had been running up the walls, trying Sam's phone, almost nauseated at the signs of a struggle that had taken place.
All he could think was not again. Not again. He couldn't take losing Sam too. He wouldn't survive.
But then Sam had shown up, a little bit worse for wear, nothing serious, and said that the vampires were harmless. Harmless! The vampires had kidnapped solely to convince him that they weren't drinking from humans and were safe. John had immediatley scoffed at the idea, not listening to his youngest's pleading to trust him, to believe him. It had been the closest to fighting they had come to since losing Dean.
He had been unaware that Gordon had been listening in. And when he and Sam had shown up at the nest, with Gordan torturing that poor girl, he had wanted to punch Gordan's face in. That she resisted drinking from a human, even with the drops of blood on her lips, refusing to even let them touch her tounge, he had been in awe.
After beating Gordon up and leaving him tied to a chair and helping the head vampire get her coven out of town, John was deeply disturbed. How many? How many, he thought, of the things he had killed, of the 'monsters', were actually decent, and kind and trying to fight against their own natures for the good of humanity?
From then on, he made sure that whatever it was that he was hunting, was absolutely, 100% evil, with no hope of redemption.
It had made him much more mellow since then.
Jeff next words made him come out of his musings. 'She got away.'
John frowmed and nodded.
'She shouldn't have been able to get away. A vampire's allure should be impossible to break.' He continued.
'Don't know what to tell ya. Although,' John grinned, 'I'm damned proud she did.'
Jeff smiled at that. Vampire's nuts were a weak spot, who knew?
He sombered up quickly enough. 'He's got her scent. Her taste.' He still couldn't figure out why Piper was the one the vampire went after of the three girls, and decided that it probably didn't matter. 'She's very easily trackable now.' Jeff mused, cutting his eyes towards John to see if he was picking up on what he was suggesting.
John sighed. 'Yeah he does.'
'You thinking what I'm thinking?'
He nodded. 'Bait.'
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How did she get herself into these situations?
Honestly, standing in the middle of the beach by herself was not making her feel safe, AT ALL. Especially since it was night. She glanced at her watch, 12:02. Awesome.
She really should be back the Cosmobile with Tish and Jen, not out here freezing her butt off, despite the fact that she was wearing Sam's windbreaker, in the damp ocean breeze. But no, she was the one the killer had been after, she was the one who stupidly agreed to help out, Priestly and Sam's father and friend, despite the fact that they had both been against it completely.
All you really have to do is stand there, John reassured her. That's it.
But what about the police, she had questioned. Shouldn't there have been a buttload of cop cars here now.
But Jeff had shook his head, explaining that the police had already tried, and hadn't been able to do a thing about it.
Apparently this killer had a one track mind. Once he had a target he wasn't about to give up on it. And that target was her. He wouldn't hurt anyone else as long as she was alive, and he would find her. They made that part abundantly clear. Way to sugarcoat it guys, she had thought sacrcastically.
She slipped her hand into the pocket, feeling the needle they had given her, knowing that the vial was filled with a deep red liguid. What is it, she had inquired.
DMB was all the reply she had gotten, and an explanation that this was the only poison that could take this guy down, because apparently he was immune to all other types of drugs. Perfect.
She shivered and really wished she was with Tish and Jen right now, instead of on this stupid sand dune, where the others were convinced that Shawn would find her. How? She had no flippin' idea.
At least she wasn't truly alone. Sam and Prie-...Dean, had dug a sand trap about 20 yards away downwind and were monitering her every move while John and Jeff were idling in the Impala on the street, no more than a thirty second jog away.
They had all the equipment necessary to take down this guy. Piper had the needle for protection but wasn't really expected to do much but stand there. She was the freakin' lure.
'Well, hello there gorgeous.' A voice smooth as honey murmered out of the darkness. She spun sharply on her heels in the direction of the ocean, where the waves crashing disguised any sound that came towards her.
Shawn was immaculate in the moonlight. His so very blond hair appeared white with the moon beating down on his head, and his eyes seemed to fairly glow in the dark. He smirked as he approached her, not a hair out of place, or a grain of sand on his clothing. That's not fair she thought stupidly as a known serial killer approached her.
She gulped as he stopped ten feet away from her, just staring at her like she was desert. Okay, time to start acting.
Truth be told it wasn't the being the bait that made her cringe the most in this whole messed up deal. It was the fact that she was going to have to play along with this guy's fantasy. Just pretend you're completely enamored with the guy, Jeff had told her. Almost like you're under a love spell John suggested. The guy was apparently a wee bit schizo, and believed all of his victims were in love with him.
'Oh, uh..I'm sooooo glad you're here.' She gushed.
Shawn seemed pleased. 'Oh, don't worry sweetheart, I'm not so cruel as to subject you to being without my presence for long.'
She thinks she may have thrown up in her mouth a little.
'I-it's okay. Just please, don't, um...leave me for so long again.' This was sickening, she thinks she have made her ownself nauseated.
'I am soooo glad you were the one that I found first. Those other two girls, you're friends I presume?' He shuddered. 'I didn't want to go after them. Didn't smell right to me. Almost like a burning in my lungs when I got a whiff of them today. But you...you were pure.'
She really hoped the guys were gonna move soon, because Shawn was starting to walk towards her.
'Don't worry, I'll make it all better soon.' He said sweetly, and Piper might have bought it had she not remebered, oh yeah, murdering psycho.
'Yes. Make it all better.' She said and rolled her eyes.
Shawn stopped dead in his tracks, eyes narrowing in suspicion. He studied her face intensely, and then his face clouded in anger.
'You're lying.' He snarled, fury making his handsome features disort into something almost not human. 'I HATE liars.'
Oh shi-, was all she managed to get out before she started run away from the angry man.
Shit. Shit. She thought with every step as she raced to the sand trap where Sam and Priestly were hidden. It wasn't that far. She had walked the distance earlier with them so that was reassured that she would be fine. She didn't feel fucking fine right now!
Why was it so freakin' hard to run in the sand? Her calves burned from only a few steps, and already she could hear pounding footsteps right behind her. How did he move so fast!
Why the heck did she roll her eyes! Idiot!
On instinct she glanced back, only to wish she hadn't. He was right there! Right there! Where the hell were the guys!
Didn't anyone think to bring a fucking gun! She thought hysterically.
Just a bit closer, a bit closer almost to he sandtrap... and WHAM! She was tackled to the ground forcefully, a heavy weight on her back. She managed to turn around, so that she was at least facing him, intending to fight back with everything she had, but froze when she looked at him.
His face was ugly with rage, his eyes looking at her neck widly and his teeth...good Lord his teeth. It looked like dozens of razor sharp, needle point thin teeth were protruding over where his normal teeth had once been. They didn't resemble classic fangs in anyway, but still the thought came unbidden to her, monster.
And when he leaned down to sniff her neck and inhaled deeply, another word, vampire, penetrated the fog she was in.
No one is ever gonna believe this, she thought resignedly. Her tombstone couldn't very well say, 'Here lies Piper, Made a decent Tofurkey, and oh hey, killed by a Vampire'. What were the police gonna tell her brothers when they found her body? She flinched as she felt herself being licked, the tounge slimy on her skin. Or would there even be a body left? Would he eat all of her? Or did vampires just suck your blood?
Tears flowed down her cheeks, this really is the worst day ever, she thought as she prepared to die.
But suddenly she felt her body no longer pinned to the ground. Looking up she saw Sam and Priestly holding the vampire as John skidded to the ground beside her, immediately checking her neck for wounds.
The brothers looked, frankly, majestic in the light of the full moon as they rescued her. If anyone had asked her, then she felt she could safely say that that was the moment that lust might have turned into a little bit of something like love that she felt for Sam. Or maybe it was adrenaline from almost dying, one could never really tell.
Priestly stuck a needle identical to hers deeply into the vampire's neck and almost immediatley he stopped his struggles. Sam raised a machete, and where the heck was he hiding that anyway, and she knew with sickening clarity was about to happen, but suddenly her eyes were enclosed in black as John covered her eyes.
She heard a thunk, and then a thud. And all was quiet.
It was over.
TBC...
There we go! Another chapter done! Next time we return to the sandwich shop and life goes back to normal...right? ;D
Okay, I have a question...it's completely unrelated to the story! *coughs* SUCHALIAR! *coughs* What do you guys think of Sam and John being made over? Like having to wear disguises and in doing so dress in a way they never would have normally. And it wouldn't be permanent. What are your thoughts on this?
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Peace.