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A few hours later saw Lena sitting outside Lori's house. She'd gone out there in order to give her friend and father privacy while they talked. Or more accurately arguing. Whatever the reverend had to tell Lori, she wasn't taking it very well. At the very least Lena was able to give Lori the bracelet that she'd put the protection spell on. So she was protected from any potential attacks from the invisible being that had killed Rich and Taylor.
Lena looked over when she heard someone approach. It was Sam. "Sam? What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I just wanted to check up on Lori, I was worried", Sam replied sitting down next to her "how are you holding up?" he asked.
"As well as can be. Taylor and I weren't super close but it still hurts", Lena replied honestly.
"Losing people you care about it is never easy", Sam said. Lena remembered what he said after the service and the way he said it. She knew that he must've lost someone whom he cared about.
"If you don't mind me asking, who did you lose?" she asked.
Sam hesitated before answering "My girlfriend Jessica".
"I'm so sorry", Lena said softly, placing a hand over his.
"Thanks Lena", Sam said. Behind them, the front door of Lori's house opened and the brunette stepped out.
"Sorry about all that Lena", Lori said apologetically walking towards the pair "dad just..." She trailed off when she saw Sam sitting next to her friend.
"He wanted to check up on you Lori", Lena said.
"I was worried", Sam added.
Lori sat down beside Lena "That's very kind of you to come Sam. but you should run away from me as fast as you can. You too Lena", Lori said.
"Why would you say that?" Sam asked confused.
"It's like I'm cursed or something", Lori said, her voice trembling "People around me keep dying".
Lena put an arm around Lori "you're not cursed and there's no way in hell I'm running away from you. I'm your friend Lori. I'm gonna stick by you, invisible killer be damned", she said.
Lori smiled, touched by the fact that Lena refused to leave her despite the fact that there was an invisible killer on the loose. "Thanks Lena", she said quietly "you're a good friend...actually you're the only friend I have left. No one else will talk to me anymore. Except you and now you, Sam" Lori nodded to the Winchester "The sheriff thinks I'm a suspect. And you know what my dad will say?" she asked "Pray. Have faith. What does he know about faith?"
"Is that what you guys were fighting about? Faith?" Lena asked.
"Not quite" Lori took a breath "my dad is seeing a woman. A married woman. I just found out. She comes to our church with her husband. I know her kids! And he talks to me about religion? About morality?" Lena rubbed her arm, seeing her friend get upset "It's like, on one hand, you know, just do what you want and be happy. But he taught me, raised me to believe that if you do something wrong you will get punished" Lori sighed, shaking her head "I just don't know what to think anymore".
Then Reverend Sorensen came outside. "Lori? Come inside, please", he said.
Lori looked her dad angrily "I'll come in when I'm ready!" she shouted. Suddenly the Hook Man appeared behind Reverend Sorensen, slamming his hook into his shoulder. The reverend screamed and is dragged backwards, the Hook Man slamming the door shut.
"Stay here!" Sam ordered grabbing his shot gun and dashing into the house.
"I'm not staying here", Lori said also getting up.
"Figured as much", Lena muttered getting to her feet and chased after her friend. The pair burst into the house and looked around.
"Where are they?" Lori asked. Lena opened her mouth to say something when they heard a scream. It came from upstairs. Lori and Lena exchanged looks before rushing upstairs. The slightly shorter brunette pushed past Sam, who was standing in the doorway, and dropped to her knees beside her dad.
"It's gonna dad. It's going to be ok", Lori assured him. Lena knelt on the reverend's other side. She could've done something to help with his wound except or the fact that Lori and Sam where there. She couldn't afford to let them find out that she was a witch.
~hospital~
Lena stood by the large window looking in at Lori and her father. Sam is standing a little ways away talking to the Sheriff. "Lena, Lori and I were just talking. Then Lori's dad came out. And then he appeared", Sam explained.
"A big man? Carrying a weapon, some kind of hook?" the Sheriff questioned.
"Yes, sir", Sam replied.
"Ever seen him before?" the Sheriff asked.
Sam shook his head and said "No, sir".
"Son, it seems every time I turn around, I'm seeing you. I suggest you try to stay out of trouble", the Sheriff suggested and Sam nodded.
"Yes, sir", he said. Their attention was then drawn down the hall where Dean was being detained by two deputies.
"Hey! Brother!" Dean called with a smile and wave.
"Let him through", the Sheriff ordered and the deputies parted allowing the older Winchester through.
"Thanks", Dean said. The two brothers walked towards each other "You ok?" Dean asked.
"Yeah", Sam replied.
"What the hell happened?" Dean demanded.
"Hook Man", Sam stated.
"You saw him?" Dean asked eyebrows raised.
"Damn right. Why didn't you torch the bones?" Sam asked.
"What are you talking about, I did", Dean said "You sure it's the spirit of Jacob Karns?"
"It sure as hell looked like him", Sam answered "And that's not all. I don't think the spirit is latching on to the reverend, I think it's latching onto Lori. Last night she found out her father is having an affair with a married woman".
"So what?" Dean asked not seeing the significance at this fact.
"So she's upset about it. She's upset about the immorality of it. She told me she was raised to believe that if you do something wrong, you get punished", Sam elaborated.
"Ok, so she's conflicted", Dean said working it out "And the spirit of Preacher Karns is latching on to repress the emotions and maybe he's doing the punishing for her, huh?"
"Right. Rich comes on too strong, Taylor tries to make her into a party girl, Dad has an affair", Sam finished.
"Remind me not to piss this girl off", Dean joked "But I burned those bones, I buried them in salt. Why didn't that stop him?"
"You must have missed something", Sam guessed.
"No. I burned everything in that coffin", Dean insisted.
"Did you get the hook?" Sam asked.
"The hook?" Dean asked confused.
"Well, it was the murder weapon, and in a way, it was part of him", Sam pointed out.
"So, like the bones, the hook is a source of his power", Dean realised.
"So if we find the hook..." Sam began.
"We stop the Hook Man", the brothers chorused and they smiled at each other.
"I got everything that even looked silver", Sam reported to his brother as he walked down the stairs of the basement of the church. After hours of shifting through records at the library, they discovered that the hook was melted down by the church and reforged into something else. Hence why the brothers were burning all the silver they could find in both the church and the house.
"Better safe than sorry", Dean said and they started throwing silver into the furnace. They froze when they heard footsteps above them. Sam and Dean grabbed their guns and headed upstairs. But it wasn't a threat, it was only Lena and Lori, both sitting on pews.
Dean heads back downstairs to finish destroying the silver. Sam set his shot gun down and quietly walked over to Lena. "Lena what are you doing here?" he asked.
"Lori wanted to come here to pray. Her dad didn't want her to be let alone so I came", Lena replied in a hushed voice.
Sam was going to say something else when they both heard Lori sniffle. Lena got up and went over to her. "Lori what's wrong?" she asked.
"This is all my fault Lena. I was so angry at my father. Part of me wanted him punished. And then he came and he punished him", Lori replied, her voice trembling.
"It's not your fault Lori", Lena said softly.
"Yes, it is", Lori insisted "I don't know how, but it is" in the back of the church the Hook Man appeared for a brief moment before disappearing "I killed Rich. Taylor, too. I nearly killed my father".
"Lori..." Sam began.
"I can see it now", Lori continued as if he hadn't spoken "They didn't deserve to be punished. I do". The trio heard a noise and glanced at the front of the church.
"Come on. We gotta go", Sam said. Lena and Lori stood up and followed Sam to the basement. He opened the door to reveal the Hook Man! Sam quickly slammed it shut before he grabbed Lena and Lori's hands, pulling them up the aisle and into the back room.
The Hook Man chased after them and managed to get into the room before Sam could close the door. He swings at Sam a few times but misses as Sam dodges his blows, but just barely. The Hook Man chased the trio around the room, Sam using his body to protect Lena and Lori.
The Hook Man then vanished. Sam, Lena and Lori exchanged confused looks at that. The young witch's eyes widened when she saw the Hook Man appear behind Lori. "Lori!" she cried rushing forward, shoving the girl at of the way. Just in time too as the Hook Man was about to jam his hook into Lori. Instead the spirit jammed it into Lena's shoulder instead.
The brunette screamed, collapsing to the floor clutching her shoulder. "Lena!" Lori gasped dropping down beside her. Sam looked around for the Hook Man who'd disappeared. Suddenly he was knocked off his feet and dragged backwards.
"Sam!" Lori and Lena shouted before they jumped as the Hook Man suddenly appeared in front of them. The spirit tried to grab Lori but thanks to the bracelet Lena had put a protection spell on, he couldn't.
Sam slowly got up and manoeuvres himself behind the Hook Man, who is still standing over Lori and Lena. Dean suddenly appeared, shotgun raised.
"Sam, drop!" he ordered and Sam quickly complied. Dean fired the shotgun once and the spirit disappeared.
"I thought we got all the silver", Sam said looking at his brother.
"So did I", Dean said.
"Then why is he still here?" Sam asked.
"Well, maybe we missed something!" Dean shouted and started looking around. With one hand pressed against her shoulder, Lena eyed the cross around Lori's neck.
"Lori, that's silver. Right?" she asked.
"Yeah it is", Lori replied.
"Where did you get it?" Dean questioned.
"My dad gave it to me, it was a church heirloom", Lori answered confused.
"Give it to me", Sam ordered holding his hand out. Lori took off her cross and gave it to him.
In hallway, the Hook Man, who is now invisible, is making a long scratch on the wall. Dean turns around to look at it. "Sam!" he shouted and tossed his brother the shotgun. Sam threw him Lori's necklace and Dean ran off to the basement to destroy the cross.
Sam aims the gun at the scratch that is being made and shoots. He quickly reloads the gun with ammo packed with rock salt, a spirit deterrent.
~Basement~
Dean tossed the necklace into the fire. "I hope this works", he murmured watching it.
~Upstairs~
The Hook Man knocked the shot gun out of Sam's hands. The younger Winchester moved back to sit protectively in front of Lena and Lori.
~Basement~
In the fire, the cross pendant breaks off the chain and melts.
~Upstairs~
The Hook Man stops with his hook in the air. The hook melts and the rest of his body burns into nothing. Lena breathed a sigh of relief, leaning against Lori, wincing at the pain from her shoulder.
~Outside~
"You sure you're ok?" Sam asked for the third time while Lena was being tended to.
"For the third time, I'm fine Sam", Lena assured him "We're alive because of you and your brother, that's all that matters".
"Well, I don't really know or understand what happened", Lori spoke up "But like Lena said we're alive because of you and so is my dad. Thank you Sam". Sam nods and smiles. He then walked away without another word.
Lena and Lori watched Sam get into the Impala. Moments later it drove off. "You think we'll see them again?" Lori asked.
Lena shrugged with her uninjured shoulder "I don't know Lori", she replied "Only time will tell". It was mere minutes later when a black dodge charger appeared. "Oh no…" the brunette groaned "he's gonna kill me".
"Who?" Lori asked as the driver got out of the car.
"My big brother", the young witch replied.
"What happened?" Nathan Maddox asked as he approached the ambulance. The moment he had heard about the deaths at his sister's college, he had practically broken every speed limit to get to Lena.
"The Hookman happened", Lena replied "but he's not around anymore", she quickly added when her half-brother's expression turned into one she was all too familiar with. It was his 'I'm gonna kill something' face.
"Good", Nathan said, happy to hear it. If that thing had still been around, he would've unleashed a world of hurt on it for harming her. "I heard what happened to your classmates, I'm so sorry Lori", he said to the young woman.
"Thanks, Nate", Lori said quietly.
"I'm gonna stick around for a while", the former soldier said, looking at his younger sibling "I ain't letting you out of my sight". Lena nodded in agreement. She knew there was no point in arguing with Nathan. When he set his mind to do something, there was no way to stop him. He took her safety pretty seriously.