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Placing Nina in the centre of the room Sam begins to sprinkle salt around her.
"Now the important thing to remember Nina is not to move. As long as you are in that circle she can't touch you." Says Dean as he double checks the potion bags and then his gun. "These bags should defect any energies or magic that the witch hands out, understand?"
Nina nods in agreement as Sam stands up and then catches his gun which Dean throws at him.
"Sam." Nina says grabbing hold of his hand and pulling him in closer. Checking the hallway Dean looks back and watches as Sam steps over the salt circle and kisses Nina. Looking back down the hallway Dean sees the far light begin to flicker.
"Sammy its coming!" Dean says shutting the door and positioning himself behind the desk. "SAM!" Dean whispers as the hallway lights begin to get brighter.
With one last kiss Nina watches Sam as he hides behind the desk with Dean. Dean gives Nina once last look still convinced that she is hiding something from them and then ducks under the table.
Taking in a deep breath Nina looks towards the door as she begins to hear a scratching noise coming from the other side. As the light in the room begins to flicker the door handle starts to turn and then swings open. Nina can almost taste the burning smell of flesh as Elizabeth enters the room. Keeping her eyes fixed on Nina, Elizabeth begins to walk towards her, her body jerking as if every step was riddled with pain. Before Nina can take another breath Elizabeth stands before her and for the first time Nina can see her green eyes shining brightly while her skin remains burnt and crackles as she moves. Nina goes to take a step back but stops herself as she looks down and realises she is on the edge of the salt circle. Lifting their heads up above the desk Sam and Dean watch as Elizabeth continues to stare at Nina and then reaches out her hand as if ready to grab her. Unable to reach Nina, Elizabeth pulls back her hand and then looks down to discover the salt circle. Nina gasps as Elizabeth's once shiny green eyes are now that of a piercing shade of red.
"NOW!" Shouts Dean as he and Sam stand up knocking over the table as they go. Turning round to face the brothers Elizabeth screams out as she flicks out her hands to reveal her claws. Before Dean and Sam can fire their guns, Elizabeth swipes out her left hand causing the guns to go flying out of their hands and hit the back wall.
"Dean, what's going on? She shouldn't be able to use any magic with those bags here." Says Sam as he and Dean begin to walk backwards as Elizabeth walks towards them.
"I don't know. Are you sure you made the potion bags up correctly like I told you?"
"Yes!" Before Sam can defend himself any more Elizabeth takes a step forward and flicks out her left arm to the side forcing Sam to be thrown against the wall.
"SAM!" Nina screams out.
Dean watches as Sam falls to the floor clutching at his ribs just before he finds himself being thrown against the other wall and crashing to the ground. Nina stands in her protective salt circle as she looks at Sam and Dean both lying on the floor.
"NO!" Sam shouts as Nina goes to step out of the circle. "Stay in there, she can't get to you if you're in there."
Dean shakes his head trying to get back his vision when he see's Elizabeth heading for Sam.
"Dean what do we do? Why aren't the bags working?" Nina yells while Sam tries to edge himself along the wall towards his gun but Elizabeth forces them away causing them to fly up where they remained glued to the ceiling.
Looking around the room Dean notices the dent in the wall made by Sam from where he had collided with it just a moment ago.
"The wall…..it's fake." Dean points out but Nina looks back confused. "These aren't the original four corners of the room, it must have been halved by a fake wall to make another office. We have to get those two bags in the corners of the room behind that wall."
"DEAN!!!" Sam yells as Elizabeth gets closer towards him.
"Hey bitch! Yer you." Dean stands up steadying himself as he goes. "Ever heard of sun cream?" Turning away from Sam, Elizabeth begins to head towards Dean. Getting to his feet Sam looks around the room and notices an old broken hat stand lying on the floor. Picking it up Sam starts to hit it against the dent he made. Pieces of plaster start to break away as Sam repeatedly jabs the end of the stand into it.
"Sam hurry." Says Nina as she watches Sam and then Dean.
"I bet your great in a situation when someone needs their meal re-heating aren't you?" Dean says as he watches Elizabeth getting angrier by the second. "If I knew you were gonna be this hot I would have brought some smores to make up!" Dean almost chokes on his words as he flies across the room and hits the door frame. Sam stops what his doing and looks over to see if Dean is ok, but then carries on when Dean stands up laughing. "Is that all you've got. I tell you what, why don't you leave the magic voodoo powers and fight like a real woman. You are a woman right? Just that I can't tell under all that crispy skin!" Dean flies across the room once again and hits the other wall but this time he fails to get up and remains on the floor holding his chest.
Nina watches Sam break through the wall while Dean remains on the floor with Elizabeth walking towards him with her claws outstretched.
"Is that all you've got bitch!" Dean struggles to say.
Sam finally breaks through the make shift wall and peers through to see another room about half the size of the one he is currently in. Grabbing the two potion bags on either side of him Sam starts to kick at the edging of the hole to make it bigger in order for him to fit through. With one final kick Sam makes the hole big enough and he climbs through but is held back as his jacket gets caught on a piece of wood hanging down from the plaster. Watching Sam struggling to free himself, Nina looks around the room for something to distract Elizabeth away from Dean. Spying Dean's duffel bag on the floor and seeing the camp stove peering out Nina has an idea. Dean looks into Elizabeth's red eyes as she begins to crouch down aiming her claws at his belly. Just as Elizabeth comes face to face with Dean so close that he can feel her harsh breath across his face, she suddenly stops and stands up. Looking behind her Dean see's Nina break away from the salt circle and head towards his duffel bag. Sensing that Nina is now free Elizabeth turns to face her.
"Nina." Dean's voice barely makes a sound as he still holds on to his chest.
With the camp stove raised above her head Nina turns around but finds Elizabeth standing in front of her. A slight evil grin appears on Elizabeth's face as Nina slowly lowers the camp stove and drops it at her feet.
Breaking free from the wood Sam falls into the next room. Getting to his feet he runs over and places the first potion bag in the left corner. Just as Sam throws the bag down he hears something hit the wall behind him and he turns around just in time to see Nina collapsing on the floor through the hole in the wall.
Struggling to his feet Dean tries to stand up but Elizabeth swipes her hand away and forces him back against the wall knocking him semi-unconscious. As Nina lies on the floor motionless, Elizabeth edges closer and raises her hands in the air and begins to scream her deafening pitch. Hearing the scream, Sam jumps to the right hand side of the room and reaches out his hand. Just as the potion bag makes contact with the corner of the wall a yellow beam of light comes out from each of the bags joining together in the middle of the manager's room. Elizabeth stops screaming and looks at the light while Sam jumps back through the hole just in time to grab the guns off the floor as they fall from the ceiling.
Elizabeth turns back to face Nina and leans forward swiping her hand down just missing Nina's chest as she is thrown back by the force of one of Sam's bullets. Slowly opening his eyes Dean begins to see Elizabeth staggering towards him while Sam continues to shoot her in the back. Screaming out in pain Elizabeth doubles over in agony as she reaches Dean's feet. Her red eyes are now back to their shade of green while her face almost weeps with agony. Picking herself up from the floor Nina looks at Elizabeth who has her back towards her while Sam remains with his gun aimed at her back. Slowly Sam begins to lower his gun as Elizabeth's voice begins to fade away. Facing Elizabeth, Dean looks into her eyes and see's them begin to cry with pain. Suddenly Elizabeth looks at Dean as her eyes flick from green to their piercing shade of red. Flicking open her right hand Dean see's her razor sharp claws outstretched ready to attack. Before Dean can warn Sam or even move fast enough, Elizabeth spins round and digs her claws in to the warm fleshy stomach and smiles as she feels the blood trickle over her hand and on to the floor. Screaming out in horror Dean watches as he sees a puddle of blood start to form on the floor in between her legs.
Sam remains standing in front of Elizabeth, his mouth open in shock while Elizabeth looks into his eyes and continues to smile. Just as Elizabeth pulls out her razor sharp claws Dean see's Nina fall to the floor, blood pouring out from her stomach. In an instant Sam raises his gun and fires one shot at Elizabeth hitting her necklace and making it explode in to a thousand pieces. Clutching her neck as if struggling to breathe Elizabeth starts to scream out in pain. Sam and Dean watch as the burnt, grey creature before them turns into that of a young woman with long black hair. Still screaming in pain Elizabeth's glowing complexion of the young girl she once was begins to fade to a dull grey as her skin begins to dry up and crack before eventually flaking off. Each layer of Elizabeth's body begins to fade away until she is nothing more than a skeleton. With one last scream, Elizabeth's bones explode in to a dusty cloud.
Wiping the dust out of his eyes Dean looks up and no longer see's Sam standing before him but sees him kneeling next to Nina on the floor. Clutching his ribs Dean crawls over and gives Sam a quick glance over making sure he is unhurt. As he watches his brother cradle Nina in his arms she holds on to her stomach and starts to cough.
"Is it bad?" Sam asks Dean as he holds Nina tighter and starts to wipe the hair away from her eyes. Moving aside Nina's hands Dean lifts up her shirt where he can see blood oozing out from the four puncture marks on her belly. Although he knows it is already too late Dean takes off his jacket and using his shirt applies it as a sponge against her belly. Screaming out from the pain Dean apologises to Nina.
"Sam it's ok. This is how it had to be." Nina says as she looks up at Sam.
"No its not, we're gonna get you help and your gonna be just fine." Sam says as tears start to roll down his face.
"Sam please." Nina starts to look pale as she looks deep into Sam's eyes. "The pain's not as bad as I remember." She gives Sam a little smile.
"What...what do you mean?"
"You saw this happen didn't you?" Says Dean as he keeps his shirt pressed against her belly. "That last vision you had in the motel room wasn't about the woman getting attacked was it? It was you? You saw yourself dyeing?"
Nina doesn't have to speak, her eyes say it all.
"No Nina, tell me it's not true?" Sam pleads.
"Sam I had to in order to save you. You and Dean can do so much more than I can. There was no other way."
Dean looks down at his shirt on Nina's belly which is already soaked through with her blood. Pulling his hands away he rolls back down her shirt.
"What are you doing Dean? You need to apply pressure to stop the bleeding."
Dean looks at his brother with sorrow.
"No. NO! We are going to get you some help and then all will be better. We need to get you to the car." Sam goes to stand up but Nina puts her weak hand against his face and he slumps back down still holding her in his arms.
"It's ok Sam." Nina gives Sam a warm smile as she places her hand against his cheek. "You made me so happy these last few days. I'm going to miss you." Dean's eyes begin to fill with tears but he holds them back as Sam looks into Nina's eyes and see's her starting to slip away. Leaning down, Sam kisses Nina until he feels her hand slip away from his cheek and land on the floor. Placing his head against Nina's, Sam lets out a scream and starts to sob. Rubbing the tears away from his eyes Dean places a hand on his brother's shoulder offering him some sympathy although he knows it's no good.
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The sun begins to rise as Dean opens the front door of the building and holds it open as Sam carries out Nina's lifeless body in his arms.
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With Nina's head in his lap, Sam strokes her hair while Dean remains quiet and continues to drive.
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The streets are still quiet as Dean and Sam sit in the car which is parked up at the side of a park. Sitting in the front seat Sam holds on to Nina's beloved grey jacket.
"You sure you want to do this Sam? We can do it ourselves? Make it private?"
Sam looks towards the park at Nina's body which is lying quite peacefully on a park bench.
"No….she deserves a proper burial. She might think that she has no friends left and is all alone but she isn't. There are people out there who need to know what happened to her and others who need to say their goodbyes."
"She was a great kid Sam. A hero."
"Yer well being a hero doesn't seem to do much for people now days does it? There could have been another way, this shouldn't have happened."
"There wasn't Sammy. Nina would have tried if there was." Dean looks back at Nina and then at Sam who sits with his head bowed down towards her jacket. "We can always stay till the after the funeral you now?" Dean notices the tears almost break free from Sam's eyes.
Wiping his eyes, Sam looks towards Nina and watches as a man and woman out for an early morning run jog past her. Slowly the couple walk back towards Nina as the man places his hand on her neck as if feeling for a pulse. Sam closes his eyes as he hears the woman begin to scream and then opens them keeping his vision out towards the front of the car.
"Let's go." Says Sam who bows his head back down and holds on to Nina's jacket even tighter. As Dean pulls away from the park the male jogger removes his jacket and covers Nina's face.
THE END!!!!
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