I somehow talked the three boys into letting us stay an extra night. Dean had just insisted that we change hotel's and move across town. "Why are you so uneasy about this hunt anyways? It seems fine to me." Ben said playing with some dust sitting in Sam's car, we'd both decided to ride to our new location with him.
"My biggest thing is that you looked at that same picture so why didn't you have any issues?" I said looking at him. "I mean I'm worried Ben last time I was on a hunt someone died, now granted it was me, but I'm bad luck Ben." I bit my lip thinking about how bad of an idea it was to let me come. "Just promise you will try your hardest to be okay."
"Yah, I promise." He said and lightly kissed my lips. "I wouldn't want to put you through anymore pain." I smiled at him and looked back out of the window. There were to many things running through my head, none of them were good. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes.
We found a new hotel and this time it had a fold out couch, which meant me and Ben actually got to share a bed. I couldn't help but think about how my late family would've flipped if they saw it. I flopped down on the crappy spring matress and stretched. "Where'd Dean and Sam go?" Ben asked stepping out of the shower.
"They went out to the bar, told me to watch you, and for us to behave." I explained and grabbed the remote flipping through the channels on the TV. "How did you like it, hunting I mean." I asked prodding him for the answer that I recieved.
"Well I didn't get to see much action but other than that I like it." Ben said laying down on the bed next to me and rapping his arms around my waste. "I love it, this is what I want to do, ever since I learned what Dean did, I wanted to do it also."
"Why didn't you ask him about it sooner?" I asked turning around our faces centimeters apart. "Mm, thats right he wanted to keep you out of all of this." I said smiling softly. "He's very protective especially of you."
"Now its my turn to ask you a question." He said laughing. "Why doesn't Dean ever treat you the same way he treats me, he babies me in comparison."
"I've been through a lot, I've seen my whole family get slaughtered, I've been chased down mentally insane children, I've had hallucinations." My hand drifted to his neck and I leaned in. "You don't want the price that comes with the freedom I have." I said and kissed him. Suddenly the kiss became more passionate, and Dean's instructions to behave flew out of the window.
It was going on two in the morning when I felt the bed shift. I rolled over and saw Ben standing up. "Babe where're you going?" I asked groggily. He didn't answer as I watched him get dressed. "Ben?" I said getting worried. I shot up and got dressed quickly myself before following him out the door. I followed him for a while, regretting the fact that I left my weapons back at the hotel.
My stomach dropped when I saw him enter the woods surrounding Silver Dollar City. "Ben!" I shouted, freaking out now. I ran up to him and stood infront of him pushing him backwards. I did everything I could think of to stop him, even attempting to knock him out, but it seemed it was all just useless. Whenever we entered the the track area for Thunderation I took out my phone and called Dean, somthing I didn't want to do just in case he was too drunk, or in bed with someone.
"Hello." He slurred. I cursed inwardly at both of our stupidity. "Alex, are you there?" I shook my head and focused at the task at hand.
"Yah, sorry. Apparently Ben was affected by the picture, I followed him to the woods underneath that ride." I said my voice panicked and urgent. There was a pause and harsh breathing on the other line for a moment.
"I'm on my I'll call Sam you just focus on keeping him out of there." Dean said. I heard a girls voice protesting in the background. "I'm sorry its my son." Dean said. And then I heard something that sounded suspiciously like 'your son!'
"Dean I forgot all my weapons." I said softly. That was a huge rooky mistake on my part. I shouldn't have gone anywhere especially after dark without any of them. "Please hurry."
Deep down I knew, Dean wouldn't make it in time. Ten minutes later Ben wandered towards the tunnel. I ran ahead of him again trying once again to stop him, but just like before nothing worked. I was heading into full on panic mode. My eyes turned black and growled in frustration pushing Ben back with all of my force. Ben only stumbled. And then right before my eyes he entered the blackness. I tried to follow but just like Dean I couldn't get inside.
"Ben!" I shouted trying to coax him out. It was like he was in a trance, he didn't respond to anything. And then I saw it that sparkling figure near my boyfriend, my only friend. My knees hit the ground as the guilt tore at my heart, and just like that Ben was gone.
The barrier lifted and the thing that I had thought I killed turned to me advancing. I didn't move, didn't try to fight, my eyes were glued on Ben's lifeless form. I heard a gun shot, then another, and finally a third. I turned my head slowly to see Dean run up. "I'm sorry." Was all I could whisper. I wasn't sorry because he had lost his son, I was sorry that it was my fault.
