Chapter 35

Dean parked in the motel's parking lot. And they all left the car and entered the room, Madeline holding Robert's hand and Dea holding Amanda's. They had switched motels since the shifter knew where the other one was.

The second they closed the door behind them, the brothers felt a punch in their arms.

" Ow! " Exclaimed them in unison. " What was that for? "

" That's for the most stupid plan in the history of stupid plans! Idjits! " Said Madeline, glaring at them. " Couldn't you guys seriously come up with something better? Now they think you kidnapped me! And the kids! Another fake accusation to add to your ever-growing records. They already think you guys are monsters! Tim and his team are never going to let this go! They'll hunt you guys to the ends of the earth. " She was gesturing widely. " You have enough on your plates without having to run from them. " She covered her face with her hands and sighed loudly. " You guys have a plan for this shifter? Because you guys need to run from this place as fast as you can. "

" Yes, we do. " Said Dean. " You and the kids stay here, me and Sam are going to go to the creep's place and wait for him. "

" Good. " She said, only slightly relived. " But before you guys go. Do you have any food? They're going to get hungry soon. "

Sam went to a convenience store near the motel, and got back with food for the twins. Then he and Dean got their guns and knifes ready, making sure that their flashlights had batteries. And they left.

Sam and Dean drove to the place where they found the entrance of the tunnels the first time. They got in and began searching for the shifter.

What they failed to notice was the off duty cop that was passing by the entrance of the alley. The same cop that had received the mug shots of two wanted criminals earlier.

He immediately called the FBI agent that had given them the photos.

The bullpen was a bit crowded, but somehow all the agents had found a spot and were going through several files. Discussing theories, but it wasn't going anywhere, the brothers just didn't make sense.

JJ's phone rang and she walked to the widow to talk. She was on the phone for about ten seconds before running back to Ziva's desk, where her things were, grabbing a paper and a pen and writing something down.

" And where is it? " She wrote while listening to the caller. " Thank you. No, don't do anything just keep watch. They're extremely dangerous and to be considered armed at all times. We'll be there shortly. "

The other agents were already standing, looking at her. Gibbs was already grabbing his badge and gun.

" An off duty cop saw the Winchesters going down a manhole about a minute ago. They're in the tunnels. "

It took less than 20 seconds for all the agents to run to the elevator and, somehow to get inside it all at once.

Sam and Dean were silently walking towards the shifter's lair. Their steps silent, the only sounds coming from their slow and controled breath, and even that was barely audible.

The dark was absolute down there, but fortunately this time they knew where they were going, so they wouldn't waste too much time. They had their guns in hand, filled with silver bullets.

They were down there for about five minutes, until they felt a presence. Being hunters all their lives had made them experts in knowing when they were not alone. Even when they couldn't hear or see anyone. They immediately turned their backs to each other, pointing their guns to the tunnels. They were in an intersection of three tunnels, so they had six entrances to cover.

Sam saw it first, it looked like a man in his mid 40s, medium height, possibly latin american, dark short hair. It was about 40 feet away. He shot at it, but it was too fast. And it didn't hit the heart, but it possibly hit the arm. The shifter disappeared in another entrance of the tunnel. They ran after him.

Sam did hit him, there were a trail of drops of blood that they could see. But about two minutes into running they had lost him.

That's until Dean felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, sending him face first in the wall in front of him. Sam turned just to be punched in the chest, the force of the hit sending him to the wall too. Dean was unconscious, the shifter had hit with full force in the first hit, knocking him out. Sam took out his knife, better for a hand to hand fight. He swung the blade at shifter's arm, cutting it. But the shifter was faster and stronger than others they have encountered. Sam just couldn't get a chance to stab its heart.

The shifter grabbed Sam's right arm, keeping the knife away from him. Sam kicked him in the stomach, and he doubled over tumbling backwards. Sam was about to stab him, but the shifter jumped forward, grabbing his midsection an pushed him at the wall again, His head hitting a metal pipe, hard. The small time that Sam was disoriented was enough for the shifter to grab his head and hit it against the same metal pipe two times. With the force the creature had displayed before, it was more than enough to knock Sam out.

The agents arrived at the alley and saw a man standing there. When they got close the man saw the guns and vests and pointed to a point further down the alley.

" That's where they got down. " He said. " They had flashlights in their hands. "

" Thank you. " Said Agent Hotchner.

" No problem. It was just pure luck. I was on my way home and saw them. " The man answered. " Now if you don't need anything else, I have to get home. "

" Sure, we have your name and badge number. You can go. "

The agents then got down to the tunnel. They stood in the middle of intersection of two tunnels. It was dark, really dark. And silent.

" Creepy. Just what I needed today. " Muttered Tony. " In the dark trying to catch two highly trained delusional psychopaths. If this were a movie, there's no way this would end well. "

Twack

" Focus DiNozzo. " Said Gibbs

" Yes, boss. "

The FBI team was a bit surprised. Did he actually hit his agent?

They divided into four groups. Tony with JJ , Tim with Morgan and Prentiss, Ziva with Reid and Rossi, Gibbs with Hotchner. They each followed in a direction.

The only sound Tim could hear was from their steps. The lights from their flashlights seemed to fade fast in the darkness of the tunnels. It was hard keeping track of where they came from. It felt like they were walking through a maze. He could see that the agents were getting nervous aswell, this place just had a weird presence, it was like there were eyes on him, but when he turned to see, there was no one there.

He was getting antsy.

They were walking for about five minutes, Morgan and Prentiss in front of him, when he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. He might have cried in pain or not, he wasn't sure. But he went down immediately. He could see feet moving around him, but then he closed his eyes and he knew of nothing more.