It had been a constant struggle since we left the motel, my eyes were heavy, I was exhausted and in desperate need of sleep. But every time my eyes closed I saw Miles, I saw the look in his eyes, the inhuman aspect to him. I was fearful of what he'd become, or was becoming. I needed to find him and bring him back, that meant staying awake and travelling without sleep. I had big thick bags under my eyes, my eyes began to close every few moments, the struggle getting stronger.

"Ellie, you're exhausted, maybe we should pull over. Let me drive."

I just shook my head, and carried on driving. Trying hard to ignore the sigh that came from Amber as we headed toward River Grove, I glanced over at her and then pulled over.

"Ellie, you've hardly slept… come on."

"Fine…"

Nodding softly, I got out of the car and walked around to the passenger seat and climbed in once Amber was out, I put my belt on and looked out the window, not saying a single word.

"Elle, get some sleep."

"I can't sleep, every time I try to I see Miles. Besides, the sun is coming up. I'll try and sleep tonight, I promise… but right now, I want to hunt for my brother."

"Alright… I'm just saying there is only so many times that the coffee can keep you awake."

The sun was up as we drove into town and parked the car, it seemed to already be alive with activity. Our eyes scanned around as we climbed out of the car. Reaching back inside the car, I picked up a picture of Me, Miles and Amber hoping it would give us a chance. I held little hope that there was anyone around here who could help us, but I had to at least try, didn't I? Starting to walk beside Amber, I gave her a small smile as my eyes started to dart around searching. Glancing across the street, I found myself freezing, reaching over Amber took the photo muttering to herself as she went, clearly not seeing what I'd seen.

"Ellie, what are you staring at?"

There was a long pause between us, my blonde best friend glancing around, looking everywhere for what I was staring at. I couldn't speak, I wasn't sure how it was possible that once again our paths were crossing. His eyes were focused on his brother as I took in his features, he hadn't changed a single bit, then again it hadn't been that long, so why would he? Maybe because I'd changed, I looked different, more tired, more stressed.

"Oh… I see."

She began to smirk, her arm slinging around my shoulder, she clearly had an idea, one that I was sure not to like.

"Sam!"

My eyes turned wide as I watched the youngest Winchester turn his head and look across the road, I wanted to clap my hand over Amber's mouth, but it was far too late, whatever he'd been discussing with Dean was long forgotten and he was rushing across the road, rushing to me.

"Ellie, there you are. Oh my god. Are you alright?"

There was a hesitation between the two of us as we looked at each other, Amber let out a light laugh enjoying the awkwardness that seemed to be rising as we looked between each other. Unsure if we should hug, shake hands, or what.

"I don't have a signal."

Looking away from Sam to Dean as he arrived, I bit my lip thankful that there was a distraction from the awkwardness. All of us pulled our phones out and checked, but it seemed none of us had a single bar. Each of us looked curiously at each other, before Dean rushed back across the road to the payphone, the rest of us following after him.

"Lines dead… I tell you one thing, if I was going to massacre a town, that would be my first step."

I glanced over at Amber as Sam and Dean spoke, were they being serious right now? Why was it every time I saw theme that there was some sort of thing that led me into danger. I didn't want to be in danger, well alright no one wants to be in danger, but why did I keep ending up in these situations, was Allan right? Were the Winchesters dangerous?

"What do you guys mean, massacre a town?"

Amber's words came out slowly and cautiously, her eyes looking directly from me to Sam and Dean. I swallowed thickly, my hands starting to tremble as I looked between the group.

"Listen, we need to go investigate something we promise we will explain when we get back, can you both stay?"

I wasn't happy about Dean telling us to stay in town, if there was something bad about to happen, I was scared and I didn't want to still be here. Once Sam and Dean had disappeared, the pair of us lurked on the streets. A look of worry and fear etched onto both of our faces. We scanned around, our eyes looking around for any sign of anyone suspicious as we waited for the brothers to return. Taking a seat on a bench, I looked off into the distance as Amber as she sat down beside me.

"What is going on between you and Sam?"

She questioned as she tore open a bag of chips and began to munch on them loudly. Tension filled my body, I didn't dare look over at her, I knew that it meant she'd noticed the awkwardness between the two of us.

"I mean, holy shit that was super awkward back there. Is it because you upped and left? Cause I mean the dude is a hunter, doesn't he up and leave all the time, what does he expect from you?"

"We kissed…"

The admittance left my lips far easier than I thought it would. I'd been holding onto it for a while, but now that I told her I felt better. Nibbling on my lip, I looked at her and waited for her to say something, anything.

"What?! Oh my fucking God Ellie, why the fuck didn't you fucking tell me?"

"Because you were hurting over Jo."

"Friends share, if you needed to talk, you should've said."

I rubbed the back of my neck, biting down on my lip as I looked over at her with a sheepish sort of look on my face.

"It was the day you were taken."

Amber moved closer and nudged me several times, a look on her face screaming that she wanted details.

"I went outside and he came out and we sort of kissed."

"Was there fireworks?"

"It was an amazing kiss, he's an amazing kisser…"

"Then what's the problem?"

"I ran away and ignored him for like two months."

"Do you want to be with him?"

I didn't have to answer thankfully as the Impala came screeching around the corner, the pair of us looked at each other, then rushed across the road to catch up with Sam and Dean.

"Who is the blonde?"

"Victim."

Dean explained as we went inside, Amber rushed inside after Sam, I however wasn't able to move. Looking over at Dean as he pulled a body out of the trunk, I looked slightly wide eyed. I knew instantly that it was a body, my eyes moved away quickly, feeling rather nauseous. This whole situation seemed to be far too weird right now, I leant against the reception desk and looked around. I felt nervous as I waited for the boys to come out and tell us what the hell was going on.

"We should have left town when we had the chance."

"Was that even a possibility?"

"No idea, but I would've happily tried to."

Tucking a piece of hair behind my ear, I glanced at the door waiting for Sam to come outside.

"Oh come on Ellie, that woman is old no way Sam has a thing for her."

My cheeks blushed instantly as she spoke, shaking my head I looked away slightly embarrassed.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Liar."

I watched the two of them as they moved into the room, I wasn't sure if it was just me but they clearly looked worried about something. Standing up slowly, I made my way over I could hear them bickering.

"Guys, what exactly is going on?"

"We don't know exactly."

"What do you mean Sam?"

Sam took my arm and moved away as the doctor came out and started to quiz Dean about what happened and started to discuss him going out and finding help.

"We don't know what is going on, but it's going to be alright, I promise."

Sam's hand glided across my cheek, causing me to look him into his eyes. My cheeks flushed causing me to look down.

"Sam…"

"You're going to be alright, I'll keep you safe."

Looking up at him, my hand moved and touched his lightly and nodded.

"I know, I trust you."

"But?"

"Nothing…"

"Ellie, are you sure?"

I nodded softly and glanced at Dean as he looked over trying to get Sam's attention, was I that big of a distraction? I must've been.

"Sam, I'm going out to see if I can get some help. I want you to stay here, keep everyone safe."

"Safe from what?"

"We'll get back to you on that."

Amber got up and joined me, Sam and the Doctor as Dean walked. Feeling the tension between us, I looked around awkwardly as the doctor turned to look at me and Amber.

"Do you two need something?"

"They're with me."

Sam explained, the doctor looking at us curiously.

"Are you two Us Marshals too?"

"No, I'm a firefighter and my friend here is just out of college."

"Why exactly are a firefighter and a college student with US Marshals?"

I glanced at Sam at this moment, hoping that he'd help me out here seeing as I had no clue what the fuck I was meant to say.

"Her friend here is a witness and the firefighter is accompanying her."

The doctor accepted it, before moving inside to start doing some tests on the bloods. Sam followed her inside and me and Amber let out a thankful sigh.

"This is harder than I thought, it's not exactly easy doing this."

"You know what worries me?"

"What?"

"How well he can lie, Elle… be careful."

"I always am."

We thought about going into the room with the doctor, Sam and the victim, but we knew it was a bad idea. I wanted badly to call someone, ask for help. I was rather scared. I didn't even know who to get help from, it was a question that I had no answer to, I was starting to wish that I'd gone with Dean. Wishing that I'd distanced myself from them and all of this chaos. Looking up at the sound of crashing and glass smashing caught my attention, I jumped up and rushed into the doctor's room to see the victim going insane. I watched Sam move and smash the woman with a canister, I looked at the body as it fell to the ground, my eyes looking up at Sam as I heard Amber rushing to come inside. I moved my arm and stopped her, looking back and shaking my head.

"Don't…"

I moved her backward, a small sigh came from my lips as I did. I felt the need to protect her, I wanted to look after her as I always did. But being the stubborn girl she was, Amber moved inside and stood beside me, her eyes looking down at the body clearly surprised to see it there.

"Jesus…"

"Told you."

"What if we all have it? What if we all go crazy?"

Our eyes turned to look at the girl as she started to clearly freak out. I felt awkward, my eyes seemed to be fixed on Sam once again. I felt awkward, I couldn't seem to look away however. His eyes moved to look at mine for a moment, then looked away, there was clearly a lot going on between us right now.

"We've got to stay calm, all we can do is wait. Marshals bringing help."

I watched Sam rush out of the room and turned to look at the Doctor with a soft smile.

"Is there anything I can do; I feel pretty useless right now."

"I don't know, I mean maybe, not really…"

I let out a gentle laugh and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.

"I guess that is how we all feel at the moment…"

Looking away I heard Dean arriving back, I hoped they'd managed to get help, things were getting far too creepy. I pushed my hand through my hair as I watched Sam and Dean talking, I felt curious about what it was that they were saying.

"We got one, in here!"

Everyone rushed into the doctor's room, the new guy seemed to be stressed out, worried even. Everyone looked between each as they started to talk about what to do. Seeing Dean pull out his gun, I shuddered softly.

"Guys, you can't do this!"

"You can't just shoot her like an animal."

My heart was breaking at the thought of them putting someone down, I guessed it was the way things went though, it was either them, or us…. No way around it. Glancing at Sam and then at Amber as the woman began to plead, I shook my head softly, then turned and walked out closing my eyes as I heard the gunshots.

Nightfall came very quickly, I sat watching as Sam and Dean loaded guns, my eyes caught with Sam's for just a moment. I took a seat and looked around, my heart was pounding heavily in my chest as I found myself gripping the seat, I didn't know what was going on, I didn't understand, but what I did know was that I was scared to death of everything right now, scared of losing my life, scared of watching Amber die, scared of never finding Miles. There was a heavy desire to go to sleep, to just shut my eyes and sleep… but I couldn't.

Unable to take it anymore, I got up and rushed out into another room. I heard footsteps behind me as I ran into another room and took a deep breath, my hands rested on a desk as a few tears trickled down my cheeks.

"Ellie?"

Hearing Sam's voice, I wiped my eyes quickly and turned around to look at him. He looked down at me with those puppy dog eyes, clearly he was worried about me.

"I'm fine."

"No, you're not. What is it?"

"This whole thing Sam, everything!"

"Ellie, calm down alright?"

"I get visions Sam, things keep leading me to places and I don't know why."

"What do you mean?"

"I had a vision about that guy's murder suicide... Then… I had one about here… but every time I have one, they mix in with visions of my brother and last time I saw him kill someone and then try to kill me."

I fought hard with my emotions as I looked at him, I was honestly struggling to try and figure out how I was feeling right now. I was so confused, I wasn't sure what the hell was going on, what was wrong with me?

"Ellie, it's going to be alright, I promise you."

He whispered softly, his hand moved to touch my cheek. I looked up at him, my eyes lingering on his face as his lingered on mine. It really wasn't the best time for a romantic moment, but… our arms seemed to instantly wrap around each other, our lips pressed hard together. In lustful passionate kisses, the time we'd been away from each other no longer mattering. I felt his arms slip down my body and rest just under my ass as he lifted me up and placed me on a table, my legs wrapped around his body, my hands running through his hair. Our bodies pressed together, wanting each other, needing each other as his lips moved down to my neck a gentle gasp left my lips as he nibbled on my collar bone.

"Sam…"

"Hey, let me in!"

The sound from reception echoed into the room where me and Sam were, we pulled away from each other, our hearts pounding heavily. Gasping for breath, we looked into each other's eyes our cheeks flushing.

"To be continued?"

I nodded slowly, a slight grin appearing on my face. Sam leaned down and kissed once more, before rushing out to sort everything out. Getting up, I fanned myself a little, then rushed out to find out what exactly was going on. Glancing between Amber and the shouting people, I moved into the doorway to see what exactly was going on. My eyes glanced at the guy's leg, a look of worry appearing on my face as I realized he had a cut on his leg.

"Sam… Dean…"

"Yeah?"

My finger pointed down to the guy's leg, both of them looking from me to where I was pointing, a look of worry on their faces.

"How did you get that?"

"I don't know, I must've tripped."

"How can you not remember if you've fallen?"

Amber questioned as she joined us, I noticed her glancing at me with a soft smirk on her lips, she knew, she always knew…. My cheeks must've been flushed still. God damn best friend, she really needs to get herself someone.

"Tie him up."

"Wait!"

"Sit down!"

Everything seemed to be getting very crazy, very quick, I couldn't believe it. My arm moved to take hold of Amber's as we watched the guy.

"Did they bleed on you?"

"No, what the hell? No!"

"Doc? Any way to know for sure, any test?"

I glanced between Sam and Dean and watched as they walked out, Amber took my arm. The pair of us gripped each other's hands in fear as Dean walked back into the room. Gun pointed at him/

"Dean, stop. Don't do this, Dean!"

I moved forward and grabbed his hand to try and move the gun away.

"Dean, don't…"

Slowly, he lowered his hand and let out a long sigh, frustration clear on his face as he did so.

"Thank you."

He nodded softly, moved away and walked back out. I glanced at the Doctor who nodded softly and began to take blood tests.

We all set to work doing different things, Sam and Dean were in the lab making bombs, while me and Amber were raiding the vending machines. Moving over to pick up a fire extinguisher, Amber smashed it into the glass. Watching as she flew backward into the wall, I couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh my god, are you alright?"

I questioned between giggles, it was the funniest damn thing I'd seen all day.

"Shut up!"

Amber glared at her a little bit, before picking up the chair with me and smashing it into the vending machine. We watched the glass shatter and smiled proudly.

"There we go, done."

We were about to high five, when we both heard commotion coming from another room. Pulling out the gun, Sam and Dean had supplied me with, I rushed off, Amber following close behind. Rushing into the room, just behind Dean and Mark, I looked down to see Sam. I moved to rush over to him, but Mark pulled me back.

"She bled on him. He's got the virus."

I glanced from Sam to Dean, then to Amber, panic clear on my face.

"Oh god…"

Amber mumbled softly behind me, her hand moving once more to my hand and holding it tightly. I couldn't believe our luck; how could this be happening? We moved quickly and got Sam up onto a stood and got him a bandage, I stood beside Amber, my hand holding hers as Dean paced and Sam looked down close to tears.

"Doc, check his wound again, would you? Doctor!"

"What's she need to examine him for? You saw what happened."

"Did her blood actually enter your wound?"

"Come on, of course it did!"

"We don't know that for sure."

Me and Dean spoke in unison, clearly both as concerned about Sam as the other, he glanced at me with a soft nod of the head, before looking back at the others. The fight escalated very quickly, each of us arguing for and against. Me, Dean and Amber fighting against it, while the others for it. I fell silent, my eyes turned to look at Sam with tears pricking my eyes.

"Dean, they're right. I'm infected; just give me the gun and I'll do it myself."

"Sam… no."

"Forget it."

"Dean, I'm not gonna become one of those things."

"Sam, we've still got some time,"

"Time for what? Look, I understand he's your brother, and I'm sorry, I am. But we gotta take care of this."

The moment Mark moved I jumped over and moved to punch him in the face.

"Ellie, no!"

"You lay on hand on him and I swear you will wish you were dead!"

Dean threw his keys at them, suggesting they leave, taking the weapons and run. I stayed beside Amber, as the others ran out.

"Dean, Ellie, Amber no. No. Go with them. This is your only chance!"

"Not a chance."

"I'm not going anywhere…"

Looking between Dean and Amber for a moment, the pair of them nodded, clearly understanding what I was asking, the pair slowly slipped out of the room, shutting the door.

"Sorry we can't continue from earlier."

"It's okay Sam."

Walking over to him, I cupped his face and looked into his eyes, my thumbs wiping away the tears that were forming in his eyes.

"You know there is one thing you can't say goodbye without, right?"

"What's that?"

"A goodbye kiss."

"Elle, no."

I pressed my lips against his, not caring about whatever infection he had, if it was going to take him it could take me too at this point. My hand rested against his cheek as he held me tightly, the kiss only lasted a few moments, but as we pulled away and my head rested against each other for a moment, a deep sigh leaving both of us in sync.

"I don't want you to go…"

"Then… ask me to stay Sam."

He leaned in and pressed his lips to mine once again, it was just a soft peck against the lips, he pulled away after a second and nodded.

"Stay… just a little longer."

Dean and Amber returned to the room, just as I nodded at Sam. His hand moved to hold mine for just a moment, before letting go. We looked at Amber and Dean and moved apart.

"So, what are we going to do while we wait for the end?"

I looked over to Amber who was wiggling her eyebrows with a cheeky smirk on her face as she looked at me, glaring slightly we both let out a small laugh and then looked around as Sam and Dean began to bicker. The Winchester brothers reminded her of her brother, the pair were like that whenever they began to fight. They acted like this when they wanted things their way, it was strange to see another sibling relationship like this.

"Do you want us to give you both a minute?"

Me and Amber stepped out of the room and shut the door, looking away from them as they began to talk, I looked at Amber.

"Are you infected now?"

"What?"

"You and Sam made out, does that mean you'll be infected?"

"Maybe… I don't know."

"If I am, have Dean shoot me, I don't want you to do it."

"Awww, Elle, that is so sweet. If I die, I don't want you to shoot me either."

"Awww."

Moving over, we both hugged each other, having a moment, until the sound of banging on the door caused us to look away. Pulling our guns out, we rushed over to the door and opened it to see the Doctor.

"You guys have to come see this."

"Sam, Dean!"

The pair of them came out and followed us out into the road, standing looking around we were all surprised to see that there was no sign of anyone. The place was totally deserted.

"There's no one. Not anywhere. They've all just . . . vanished."

"Both of you, your blood work is clear."

Amber had insisted on me having my blood work checked as well after our little talk, she wanted to know if we were both infected or if it was just him, but it turned out that neither of us were.

"All the blood, it's clear… no sign of infection, sulfur or anything."

"Thank God, come on let's get out of here."

Heading outside with the rest of the group, I leaned against the car looking at Sam and Dean as they came out.

"What now?"

"What do you mean?"

Looking over at Amber, she smiled softly.

"Well clearly you and Sam have some unfinished business."

"Well… he'll have to wait."

I watched Sam and Dean for a moment, before looking at Amber with a grin.

"Don't know about you, but I could use some sleep."

"Oh yeah."

"Let's get the hell out of here first.

"Agreed."

I looked back over at Sam, I could tell he and Dean had things to talk about. I gave him a tiny grin, then looked away and got into the car with Amber. The sound of the engine starting up, was music to my ears, nothing was better than getting the hell out of here. Looking at the two brothers as we drove past, we gave them a small wave and headed off into the distance, hoping our next… adventure wouldn't be as… insane.

"It's over, you'll be pleased. I don't think any more tests are necessary. The Winchester boy, definitely immune, as expected. Yes, of course. Nothing left behind."

"What about the girl?"

"She never got infected… but something happened between her and Sam."

"You better pray she's immune as well. I'm going to need her."

"Well, I'm sure she is Sir… after all, isn't she one of your special children?"