Chapter 12: Dead Man's Blood

Sam's P.O.V.

After leaving Sarah in Newport about the case with the freaky family painting, Bella started to get these nightmares. She was also having really bad headaches. I was starting to think that she was starting to have visions like me. I've asked plenty of times avoiding it.

Right now we were at a bar searching for a new gig. Dean was at the bar talking to some girl while Izzy was hustling cash from the guys at the pool table. I was reading an article about a guy mauled by a bear in his home but there was evidence of robbery. Iz came and sat next to me with the wad of cash she had won, and put her head on the table. I gestured for Dean to come over here. When he finally did he brought two beers and a coke.

"I found a possible case in Manning, Colorado." I said. "What do you got?" Dean asked. "A guy, Daniel Elkins was found mauled in his own home. Cops say bear but there were also signs of robbery." I said. "Daniel Elkins, why does that name sound familiar?" Izzy asked. "Cause he's in Dad's journal." Dean said opening up Dad's journal. "Is it the same Elkins though is the question." I said. "Colorado area code. Let's go check it out." Dean said getting up to leave.

I looked over at Bella who looked dead on her feet. "Are you sleeping okay?" I asked following Dean out. "No, I've been having these nightmares." she said. "You want to talk about it?" I asked. "No, I'll be fine. I just need to get a goodnight sleep." she said. "Okay, sleep in the car. I'll wake you when we get there." I said climbing into the car. Bells climbed in back and almost instantly fell asleep.

"She isn't sleeping well is she?" Dean asked. "No, nightmares. I'm worried that maybe she's having visions too." I said. "Did she tell you anything?" he asked. "No, but that's how my visions started out as." I said. "She'll tell us in time." he said staring out the windshield,

I fell asleep in the car worried about my sister. Sooner than I expected I jolted awake when the car came to a stop. "Rise 'n' shine sleeping beauty. We're here." Dean called out. Bella woke up and lazily got out of the car with us. Dean popped the trunk and we all grabbed a gun.

The cabin was in the middle of the woods and the first thing I noticed was the door and windows busted open. When we walked in the place was trashed. Right in front of the door was a line of salt.

"There's salt over here!" I said. "Like oops I spilled the salt or like protection salt?" Dean asked. "It's clearly a ring." I said. "So this Elkins guy was a player?" Dean asked. "Definitely, he has a journal identical to Dad's." Izzy said from the middle of a backroom.

We walked in there to see my sister walking around. "What do you got Iz?" Dean asked. "Well Elkins barred himself in here. That bookcase by the door was originally over here. Whatever killed him was really strong and not affected by the salt." Izzy said. Dean knelt down in front of the desk and grabbed a paper and pencil from the desk. He placed the paper on the ground right before the rug started Dean then lightly used the pencil to pick up whatever was etched into the wood.

"It's a drop." he said. "Like dad does?" Izzy asked. "Exactly like dad does it. It looks like a mail drop." Dean said. We left the cabin to go to the post office and found the box. When we opened it there was a letter so we took it back to the car.

Dean's P.O.V.

We got into the Impala and I looked at the envelope in my hands. On the front of it read 'J.W.' . "You think it's for dad?" Izzy asked. "Maybe," I said just as someone knocked on my window making me jump. I looked over to see Dad smiling before he climbed in the back with Bella.

"Dad, what are you doing here?" Sam asked. "I heard about Daniel. Saw you three at his place." he said. "Why didn't you come in?" Iz asked. "Had to make sure that you weren't followed. You guys cover your tracks well." Dad said. "We learned from the best." I said. "I think that's for me." he said hinting at the letter. I handed it to him and he opened it, reading the first part out loud.

" 'If you're reading this than I'm already dead…'" Dad said. "Son of a bitch, he had it the whole time." he said. "Had what?" I asked. "When you were in his house did you find an antique gun, like a cult revolver?" Dad asked. "No, just an empty box." Sam said. "They have it." Dad said. "Who has it?" I asked. "They are what Elkins specialized in hunting." he said. "And that would be what exactly?" Izzy asked. "Vampires," Dad said. "I hope that red head bitch is with them." she said smiling. "Who?" Dad asked. "About a year ago a vampire almost killed Bella for killing his brother. He had two other vamps with them. The red head got away." I said. "Good, so you know what we need." Dad said. "Yeah, Dead Man's Blood, we had to get rid of our stash so we need more." I said. "Okay, did you guys get a room yet?" he asked. "No," Iz said. "good, you can stay in mine." he said getting out of the car and headed to his truck.

We followed him back to his hotel. I looked in the rearview to see Bella fast asleep again. "Dude, she's fast asleep." I said. "Seriously?" Sam asked. Sam looked back at Iz who was still asleep. "She's out like a light." he said.

We pulled up to the hotel and Bella was still asleep. "Should we wake her?" I asked. "Nah, I'll carry her in." Sam said. "Okay," I said getting out and grabbing the bags from the trunk. Sam carried Izzy into the room and gently laid her on the bed.

"Has she been sleeping okay?" Dad asked. "Not really. She's been having these nightmares." Sam said. "Okay, well you guys should get some sleep too. I'll wake you when I get a call." Dad said. I nodded and went to sleep next to Bella. Sam took the other bed.

Bella's P.O.V.

I woke up in a bed next to Dean. I could have sworn that I fell asleep in the car. I looked across the room to see my dad sitting at the table listening to a police scanner. I got up and went to sit next to him. Dad smiled at me and I returned it with a weak one of my own.

"Another nightmare?" he asked. "Yeah, I'm sick and tired of them. No matter what I do they come." I said. "Sweetheart, maybe they'll stop if you talk about them." he said. "I'm not sure. Dean hates talking about feelings." I said. "He just worries about you, ever since you were a baby." he said. "I know," I whispered just as a call came in.

"Wake your brothers up." Dad said packing things into a duffel. "Guys, wakey wakey eggs and bakey." I said kicking their beds. "What?" Dean asked. "It's the vampires, we gotta go." I said putting on a new shirt over my tank. "Izzy, you're coming with me." Dad said. I nodded grabbing my purple backpack before following Dad out to his truck.

To tell you the truth, I kinda missed the truck, but I prefer the Impala. That was one thing that stayed constant in our messed up lives. I climbed into the passenger seat of Dad's truck. It was always awkward driving with Dad. He doesn't blast his music like Dean does.

"So how have you been doing since Roswell?" Dad asked. "Honestly, I'm getting better. I'm adjusting to the fact that I can't have kids anymore." I said. "That's good. You look so much like your mother." he said. I gave him a weak smile. We drove in silence awhile until we came across police activity on the road ahead.

Dad pulled off to the side of the road, Dean did the same. We all got out of the cars but Dad told us to stay. Dean and I agreed without argument, Sam on the other hand already started butting heads with dad.

"What's with this gun that Dad's searching for?" Sam asked. "No idea. He only asked me how I've been doing since Roswell." I said. "He did?" Dean asked a little surprised. "Why do you sound so surprised De? Have you ever been raped?" I asked. "No, I really don't want to hear about it." he whispered looking back at Dad. "Good, it was the worse thing imaginable, FYI." I said leaning against the truck.

Shortly after that Dad came and I had tuned out the rest of my brothers conversation. "It was the vampires." Dad said. "Are you sure?" Sam asked. I gave him a look just as Dean said, "Come on, Sam." "I just want to be sure Dean." he said. Dad held out what he had in his hand. A vampire tooth.

"Let's head back to the motel, I know where they are nesting. We need the Dead Man's Blood first though." Dad said. All of us climbed into our respective cars and headed back to the hotel. From there Dean and I went to the closest funeral home to get the blood.

Once inside I got stopped by a guard because there was a viewing going on. "You can't go in there Miss, there's a viewing going on." the guy said. "Don't you think that I know that, I'm related to that person. I got here as soon as I could." I said letting the tears come. After awhile Dean got what we needed and I met him by the car.

"Nice job, Izzy." Dean said. "What would you do without me?" I asked. "Probably wind up in jail." he said as we drove back to the hotel. When we got in it looked like we interrupted a heart to heart.

"A lot of security for a bunch of dead guys." Dean said. I scoffed and flopped on the bed feeling exhausted. "Did you get it?" Dad asked. Dean set the jar on the table in front of Dad. "Good, you know what to do." he said. We all got to work on getting ready to face these vampires.

Before I knew it we were overlooking a barn with machetes for each of us. Dad didn't have to give us the lo down on how to kill them since we already knew how. "We are heading in there now, Dean, Sam take the side. Bells you're with me." Dad said. "Be careful," Dean mouthed as he and Sam left.

I followed close behind Dad as we went in through a back window. Dad lead the way to a back room where a couple was sprawled out on the bed. The gun Dad was searching for was right next to the bed. Suddenly a shriek echoed throughout the barn waking the bed's occupants. Dad knocked out the window to distract them and ushered me out said window.

I ran back to the cars as fast as I could until I saw Dean. They turned around as they heard me bounding to them. I stopped before I plowed into Sam and put my hands on my knees and took a couple of deep breaths.

"Izzy, where's Dad?" Dean asked. "He was right behind me." I said standing straight just as Dad came towards us. "New plan." he said.

Sam's P.O.V.

Izzy, Dad and I were standing behind trees and bushes as Dean was down the hill as bait. After a good ten minutes two vamps showed up. The girl went up to Dean and grabbed his face. Just as she broke the kiss Izzy shot her with a blood soaked arrow. We came down the hill and stood in front of them.

"This was my favorite shirt too. It didn't even hurt." she said. "Give it time, Dead Man's Blood. It's like poison to you." Dad said. Right as Dad said that she collapsed and Dean caught her. Dad then decapitated the other vamp. Dad then a couple hours later had us sprinkle some nasty ash on our clothes so the vampires won't be able to smell us coming.

"Now you three go back to the nest. Wait for some to leave and kill the rest. I'll take the girl and demand a trade with the leader. Her for the Colt. Now go and watch each others back." Dad said as he put the other vamp in his truck. He left the three of us there and drove down the highway.

The three of us then got into the Impala and drove to the little out cropping by the nest. We watched and waited for them to leave and go after dad. When they did we went down to the barn. Izzy and I got to work killing the remaining vamps. Dean went back to freeing the prisoners. When all was said and done I turned to look at my sister who was clutching her head in her hands.

"Iz, what's wrong?" Dean asked. "My head… on fire… Something's wrong. We have to go to dad." she said. "What's going on Iz?" I asked. I didn't get an answer as she started running in dad's direction. Dean and I ran after her afraid that she might get hurt.

When Bella finally stopped it was on a hill over looking the highway. Dad was on that highway surrounded by vampires. Iz and Dean fired shots into some vampires and got down there. Dean and I killed a few vampires before we realized that the leader held onto Bella.

"Stop or I'll snap her pretty little neck." the leader said. Dean and I put down out machetes reluctantly but knowing we had to save our sister. "that's better, maybe I'll just change her, how about that?" he asked. Dean lunged forward just as a gunshot rang out. I looked over and Dad had the colt pointed at the vamp.

The lead vamp dropped dead and let go of our sister who looked a little shocked. All three of us stood in front of dad. We went back to the hotel to rest or fight, one of the two.

"You three disobeyed a direct order." Dad said. "Yes sir." all three of us said. "But we saved your ass." Dean said. I'm pretty sure that Iz and I had the same look on our faces. "What was that son?" Dad asked. "I said that we saved you ass. Face it Dad, you need our help in this." Dean said. "Your right." Dad said. I was just as confused as before if not more. "I am?" Dean asked. "Yeah, and it scares the hell out of me. I just want what's best for you three. I realize that I've been more of a drill sergeant than your father. But your right we got to face this demon together so be prepared for the fight of your lives." he said. "Yes sir." the three of us said together again. Dad then started to put pictures up and any and all info he had on the yellow eyed demon.