Title: The Shadows Behind the People
Author: Cyberchick2007
Rating: PG-13, for violence and language later on
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the supernatural characters. Some characters such as Alex and Deb are make-believe right out of my mind.
Summary: When they stumble upon an 18-year-old girl that they have things in common with, does she have a secret? A gift? Takes place after Pilot but they are not on their way to Black Water Ridge
Chapter 2- The Secret/Gift
As soon as Alex got across the street and to her house she had realized she left her purse with her keys in it at the diner. Even though she didn't feel so good she knew she had to go back to the diner to get her keys. She really didn't want to but what else could she do?
She walked back across the street and to the diner. She was hoping she wouldn't run into the brothers. She knew they would wonder how she knew those things and ask her tons of questions.
As she got to the door, all her hopes were crushed. There they both were talking to Deb. She thought maybe if she was quiet she could make a quick run behind the counter and grab her purse. Honestly she knew that wouldn't work but she needed her purse.
She slowly walked in the door and started for the counter.
"Back already?" Deb asked as both Sam and Dean turned. " I just can't keep you away."
"Sorry. I forgot my purse. I need my keys to get in the door." She said as she grabbed her purse form behind the counter.
"Okay. Now go home and get some rest. I hope you feel better soon." Deb replied to Alex as she turned back to Sam and Dean to answer the question they asked before interrupted by Alex. "If you go down the road there is a motel called the Sunshine Inn. That's the only place in town."
"NO! You can't stay there!" Alex blurted out without thinking. Everyone's eyes turned to her. "It's like roach heaven there. Come stay at my house. I have a little room if you don't mind the mess. I haven't completely settled in yet."
Right after it came out of her mouth she wondered to herself why she had done that. She's the one who was trying to get away from them. Oh well…too late now.
Everyone looked surprised by the sudden outburst. The brothers looked at each other, since the only reason they were staying the night was to talk to Alex and find out about the fires, they thought her offer was a wonderful idea.
"Thanks. That would be great." Sam replied to Alex's question.
"Okay…then it's set. You'll stay with me tonight…"
She smiled to them. Of course it was her fake smile. Since her boyfriend died all of smiles were fake but she had perfected it and no one knew the pain she felt on the inside.
"If you want you can leave your car in the diner parking lot or you can park it in my driveway. Whatever floats your boat."
"I would feel better if it was parked in your parking lot." Dean replied. He was always so protective of his Chevy.
"Okay. Ya'll can drive your car across the street and I'll just walk over there. It's the little yellow one right across the street." Alex said as she walked out the door and Dean and Sam went to the register to pay for their supper.
The two brothers paid for their meals and headed towards their car.
"Are you sure we should be staying here? What about dad's trail? What about the paranormal?" Sam whined as they headed to Alex's house.
"We'll find dad! We could both use a goodnight's rest and I believe there is some supernatural here. Just open your eyes and shut your damn mouth. Now let's go." Both boys then got out of the car and headed up the walkway to Alex's house.
Alex had only been home a few minutes before the doorbell rang. She had had enough time to get redressed in something more comfortable and casual, a pair of jeans, a black tank top, and of course her pentagram necklace she wore all the time.
"Come in and make yourselves at home. Do you want something to drink? Eat?"
"No thanks. We're good. Thank you for letting us stay here tonight. It beats all those motels we're always staying at with roaches and rats." Sam noted as they walked into the house.
"No problem. I only have two bedrooms so you two will have to share a room but the room does have two beds." They discussed as Alex showed them to their room. "Here it is"
The room was a light bluish-green color with flowers on the wall. It looked like a girl had lived in the room before.
"Sorry about the flowers. Deb's girl did live here until she left to pursue college and that's when I moved in."
"No biggie. It beats all the damn infested motel beds." Dean stated as the boys were putting their bags on their beds.
"Well I need to jump in the shower and get cleaned up real quick. Make yourselves comfy. I'll be out soon." Alex said as she was walking towards the door to the room.
"Okay. After you get out of the shower we want to talk to you if that's okay." Sam answered after her.
"Alright." She knew exactly what they wanted to talk to her about, the note, and she was dreading it.
She walked into the bathroom and got a nice long relaxing hot shower. After a long day at the diner it was good to relax but she was also trying to postpone their conversation.
After about half an hour in the shower she got out and got dressed in the jeans and tank top with her necklace again.
She walked into the guys' room. They were both sitting on their beds and reading, Sam off his laptop and Dean out of a newspaper. As soon as they saw her in the doorway they stopped reading.
"You wanted to talk?" She asked nervously. She came in a sat on a sofa that was on the wall across from their beds.
"Yeah. Why don't you start by telling us how you got here and what all happened?" Dean answered in a kind of soft tone.
"Okay… well I was born here. Then when I was about six my parents and I moved to a bigger town in Alaska to make a better life for all of us. My mom owned a bakery, my dad was a doctor, and I went to school. Everything was perfect and we were all happy. Then when I was ten years old, I came home and the house caught fire and I barely made it out but unfortunately my mother didn't. My dad was still at work that day…"
"Sorry to interrupt but when you say your house caught fire, how did it happen?" Sam asked curiously.
"Well I came home from school all happy because I was chosen to play the main role in the play and I couldn't find my mom in the house anywhere. I searched all over. I sat down in my room and started on my homework when I felt something warm and damp on my hand. I looked down and it was blood. I looked up and my mom was on the ceiling, dead, and her torso was slit open and suddenly she burst into flames."
Both brothers became pale and tense. Alex noticed their looks and decided to continue her story.
"Well after that my dad wouldn't say much and he wasn't around much either. One day I came home from school and he was gone. He left me a note to call Deb since we had always been good friends with her. I don't know if he just couldn't take the emotions and left or if he went searching for the thing that killed my mom. I don't even know if he is still alive but I called Deb. She came to Alaska and picked me up and took me back here to Nevada where I lived with her and she home schooled me. Then when I was sixteen, I moved in with Eric, my boyfriend. I lived with him up to three days ago when he died in a fire the same way my mother died. After that I moved in here." She finished with tears in her eyes but disguised them well.
You could tell the brothers had pain in their eyes too remembering their two incidents. "So how exactly did you know everything you wrote to us in the note?" Dean asked taking the note from his pocket.
"Well, it's strange… sometimes when I touch things that other people have then its like I form a connection or something and I can see things that happened in the past or something that will happen in the future. It only comes in flashes though…like a slide show."
"Wow. So you have the gift of premonitions? That's cool." Sam said looking kind of amused and shocked.
"It's not a gift!" She shouted out with tears in her eyes but she wouldn't let them fall. Sam and Dean looked at her confused. " Sometimes it scares the hell out of me. Every time I see the past or future it makes me so ill and I can't control it and catches me off guard."
They both looked at her in an understanding manner. Alex was still kind of upset. She wasn't upset at Dean or Sam but at the premonitions and at her parents for leaving in the way they did. It was all coming back after she put it away for so long.
"It's getting late and ya'll are traveling tomorrow so you need your rest. I'll see in the morning." Alex broke the silence and then shut the door. She went to her room, changed in to her pajamas, and laid down in her bed but didn't go straight to sleep. She sat looking through an album from when she was smaller from pictures Deb had kept.
"Do you think she will be okay?" Sam asked worried about Alex even though he was fighting his own inside battle.
" I think she will. She seems to be very strong with everything she's gone through. I wouldn't worry about her." Dean responded confidently even though on the inside he was worried about her.
It was just like every other day. Her parents were there and the day was beautiful. Her dad swung her on the swing while her mom sat there watching. It was perfect. Then suddenly the sky turned to fire, and started raining blood. Her parents then turned to blue and black ten-foot scary demon. She called out for them but they were gone and she was standing alone once again…
Alex woke with a start. She had tears running down her face and sweat pouring form her forehead. She found the album in her lap. She must've fallen asleep looking at it. She laid it on the bedside table and walked to the mirror. She was very pale. She sat back down in bed but it was useless…
Alex decided to go sit in the living room. She took the album with her and sat on the couch. She had been sitting there for about an hour now. The clock shined 11:30pm.
Suddenly she heard footprints behind her. She turned to find…
A/N: I know it's short again but I decided that was a good place to leave off…with a little suspense. Please leave a review and tell me how you liked it. Enjoy and Thanks so much!
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