Title: The Shadows Behind the People
Author: Cyberchick2007
Rating: PG-13, for violence and language
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
A/N: Still not beta-ed. Please enjoy! The creature is make-believe but the name is not.
Chapter 5 The Vision!
They all sat at the table eating a gigantic breakfast, including Alex. Sam and Dean had been talking about the case and how they were camping tonight. Alex was silent. She sat in her world eating her breakfast like no one else was even around to keep her company. She was deep in thought, once again, but it didn't look like good thought.
"So did you have a rough night last night?" Dean asked her trying to start a conversation with her. When she didn't talk he persisted. "Alex? Alex? Did you have a rough night last night? Or something?"
"Yeah." Was all she answered in a low soft voice.
"Are you up for tonight or do you want to stay in the motel?" Sam asked her.
"No, it's fine. I want to come tonight. I'll be fine." She faked a weak smile.
"Okay then. We need to get to a store to get some camping gear. Is everyone finished eating?" Dean questioned.
"Yup." Both Sam and Alex said at the same time. They all got up and walked to the counter.
"I've got this meal." Alex said as she pulled out her wallet and passed a fifty-dollar bill over the counter to the waitress. The lady gave Alex her change and both brothers looked at her surprisingly.
They all walked back to the car in the motel parking lot and got in. They drove around looking for a place to buy camping gear. Since this town was on the lake and there was a lot of camping there each year and the town wasn't a tiny town, they found a couple of camping stores. They finally walked into one called Carl's Camping.
"Welcome. May I help you?" a kind of plump employee asked as they walked in the door.
"Yeah. We're here to get some equipment to go camping at the lake tonight." Dean answered.
The man helped them pick out a lot of camping equipment such as a tent, packs, and all the essentials. After they were through shopping they drove back to the motel. Once back at the motel they packed clothes, weapons, books, and many other things in their packs and headed back to the car. They loaded it all up and headed for the lake so they could look around before it got dark.
Once they arrived they got everything out of the car and started to set it all up.
"There's only one tent. I hope you don't mind Alex. I think it would be safer if we all slept in one place." Dean told Alex as she was helping.
"No, I don't mind at all. I think it's a good idea too." Alex answered.
They continued setting up camp. After about an hour it was all set. The tent was up, a hole was dug for a fire, and they were right on the water. After they finished setting up they decided they would need firewood so Alex volunteered to get it before it got really dark.
She headed out into the woods to get some dry dead trees. While she was looking she heard a branch crack behind her. She turned around quickly to find a little girl standing there. She was wearing blue jeans, a pink t-shirt, tennis shoes and she had blonde pigtails. She looked about 6 years old.
"Are you lost?" Alex asked the little girl. The little girl nodded. "Want to help me find firewood and then I'll help you find your family?" The little girl nodded again.
So both of the girls found armloads of wood for the fire and started heading back towards camp. When they arrived they put the wood by the hole. Alex then noticed another couple setting up camp not that far from theirs.
"Is that your parents?" She asked the little girl and the girl's face lit up, smiled, and shook her head yeas very eagerly.
She took the little by the hand and returned her to her parents. She had wondered off while they were trying to set up camp and they were grateful to Alex for bring her back.
Alex then returned to their camp to see what the guys were up to. They were discussing the case and what evidence they had in the tent. Alex slipped in quietly and just listened to them talk.
When they were finished Alex interjected. "Ya'll its almost 2pm and I'm starving. Can we please go get something to eat?" Both brothers smirked.
"Of course. I'm starving too." Dean replied as they all left the tent and started for the car. They drove into town, which wasn't even fifteen miles away and grabbed some pizza at the closest pizza place they could find. They had gotten tired of burgers.
They started back to camp. Alex sat in the back seat eating pizza being careful not to mess up Dean's beautiful car since he had just threatened both herself and Sam that if they messed it up he would kill them. She also sat reading one of her books still determined to figure out what it was killing people.
They were soon back at the camp. Alex went into the tent and continued reading as Sam and Dean went exploring in the woods. They came back to the camp soon empty handed with no new evidence.
As soon as they got back they heard Alex call them. "Could you two come here please?" They both stepped inside the tent to find Alex with her book open to a page.
"I think I may have found something in this book. I don't want ya'll to start with me because I honestly don't know. Like you two said yesterday it could be a number of things." Alex started. Both boys just stood looking at her. "Well I found something on a Ahazu Demon. They are known as the 'Demon of the night'. There's not much about it in any books. It just says it only comes out at night, it lives in closed spaces such as caves or caverns, it likes blood, and it kills mostly younger aged females. It doesn't have any kind of description or much but it's something."
Both men looked at her surprised by what she found. They were honestly shocked. "Well, that is something to start with…" was all Sam could get out still shocked.
"Thanks." Alex replied leaving the tent to get some air and walk around.
She found the little girl sitting at a picnic table overlooking the lake drawing. Alex went and sat beside her admiring the little girl at work. She was drawing the lake and it was a beautiful picture. The lake was in the middle and it was a beautiful blue color with the setting sun in the background with orange and reads but the woods in the picture were very dark and spooky looking. It gave Alex an eerie feeling but she hid it well.
"So what's your name? My name is Alex. I love your picture it's very pretty." Alex was trying to start a conversation with the girl.
"Thanks. My name is Lani." The little girl answered in a very soft voice. "Do you think there's something out there?" She asked pointing towards the forest and Alex looked.
"I don't yet…what do you think? Do you think there's something out there?"
Lani stared at the trees and then nodded her yes in a very slow and thoughtful answer. "Why do you think that?" Alex asked her.
"It's a feeling. I know there's something out there." Lani's parents called her and she left to eat dinner and go to bed.
"Hmm…that was strange." Alex mumbled walking back into her camp.
"What's strange?" Sam asked her nosing his way into her business.
"The little girl in the camp next door said there was something out there. She said she had a feeling and she knew it." Alex answered still confused and in a thoughtful way. "I think I'm going to go to bed. It's getting about that time anyways and I've had a long day."
They all agreed and all went into the tent, got in their separate sleeping bags and dozed off to sleep.
It was a normal day at school. Everything was wonderful and today I was in an exceptionally good mood. It would be my birthday soon and everything was perfect. Of course I was too old for parties but I would have some friends over to chat with. I walk in the door to tell Deb about it and I hear my name being whispered. I walk into the living room and there she is on the room, she moves her head towards me and says help as she bursts into flames.
Alex jerked awake frantically searching for evidence that this was real and the dream wasn't. She then heard a twig snap outside. It was a short shadow so she figured she knew who it was. She looked at Sam and Dean but they were both out like logs. She grabbed the first thing she could find, a 12 inch silver dagger in a leather case. She then put that in the waist of her pants.
She walked outside to find Lani walking towards the woods alone. Apparently her parents were still asleep. Alex jogged to catch up with her. Her eyes were kind of glazed over like under a trance.
"Where are you going, Lani?"
"I need to go potty and mom said while we're out here we go on a tree." Alex smiled and decided to go with her. They walked into the forest but didn't go too far. Lani walked behind a tree and went potty. When she was finished Alex took her hand and they started back to their tents.
Before they knew it something had grabbed the little girl's ankle. Lani screamed as loud as she could. They turned to find a gray figure with red eyes and huge sharp claws, one set around Lani's leg. Ale pulled out the knife and slit the figures "arm" with it. It let out a small whimper sound and Alex and Lani made a dash for camp.
As they were reaching the edge of the woods you could see Sam, Dean, and Lani's parents running towards them with flashlights on. Lani's parents ran up to the little girl and looked her over making sure she was okay as Sam and Dean just gave Alex this we've-got-to-talk look.
"I'm fine mommy. I had to go potty and Alex was awake so Alex walked me to the woods," Lani began and Alex had this oh-shit look. She knew they were busted because the little girl would tell. "When I was finished going potty me and Alex was walking back and this big wolf came out and tried to attack us but we got away."
As Lani finished she looked up at Alex and gave her a look that said she would never tell what really happened and Alex smiled back a thank you. Both the brothers saw it. They all decided to go back to sleep so they all went back to their tents after Alex was thanked by Lani's parents about a hundred times.
Lani and her parents went back to sleep but for Alex, Sam, and Dean it wouldn't be sleep for a little while. Back in the tent they had a conversation and researching in store.
"So what really happened?" Dean asked as they sat down.
"Well, it was pretty much like she said except it wasn't a wolf. Well I couldn't sleep so I woke up and I heard something outside. I grabbed your knife," she handed the knife now covered with a blood-like substance to Dean. "I headed outside to find Lani walking towards the trees so I asked her what's she was doing and she had to use the restroom."
Alex stopped and took a drink of water from a water bottle sitting there. "Well, when she was finished we started heading back when something grabbed her by the ankle and she screamed. I grabbed the knife and sliced its 'arm' and it ran off and that's when ya'll found us. It was gray with red eyes and had long razor sharp claws."
Both brothers looked at her with a puzzled look on their faces trying to figure out what this creature was. They decided they should sleep and try to figure it out in the morning.
Alex laid for hours trying to get back to sleep but after the dream and everything that happened she couldn't. She got up and walked outside. The way the sun was rising above the lake was beautiful. Alex sat at a picnic table staring at the lake letting memories flow back threw her mind.
Laughter filled the air. It was the first time she had went camping and the feeling of actually being there was wonderful. It was her, her parents, and nature. It was perfect. They went on nature walks, swam, and made smores. Everything was absolutely incredible. Nothing could bring her out of her happy state. "Alex?" she could hear her father call her. "Alex!"
"Alex!" Sam tore her from her memory. A tear slipped down her cheek at which she turned away from Sam who now sat at the table next to her. She wiped the tear away quickly and turned back around with her fake smile already on. He could tell she never allowed herself to cry in front of people.
"Sorry, just thinking." Alex responded as Sam just sat there looking at her.
"How long have you been up?" Alex looked around and saw the sun was now above the horizon. She must have been sitting there for a while.
"Not sure. A while I guess. I couldn't get back to sleep earlier." Alex didn't look him in the face. She just talked and continued staring at the lake.
"Another nightmare?" He asked her and she just nodded. He knew how they could affect you but for a while now his had stopped. "Want to talk about?" Alex just shook her head and he dropped it.
Dean woke up not that much later and they all decided to go into town for breakfast and remembering the nightmare Alex was glad because then she could call Deb.
They reach McDonalds. Alex asked Sam and Dean to order her some pancakes and an orange juice and she told them she would be in, in a few. They agreed and as soon as they were inside she pulled out her phone and dialed Deb's number.
"Hello?" a voice answered on the other line sounding kind of tired.
"Deb? Hey. How are you? You sound tired." Alex greeted Deb.
"Alex! I'm doing pretty well...Yeah, I'm tired. After you left I got a puppy and it kept me up all night." Deb responded with a hint of laughter in her voice. "So how's the search going? Have you found your father yet? How are those guys treating you?"
Alex laughed at all the questions. "Nope, I haven't found Dad yet but still searching. It's an adventure but they are really nice. I have to go but when I'm finished with this case Ill call you again. I love you."
"I love you too sweetie. Be safe! Bye." Deb answered as they both hung up the phones.
Alex walked in and they all ate breakfast. They soon returned to the lake and checked out the woods from everything that had happened last night but they found nothing. They decided to go exploring.
After searching a little while they happened upon a cave.
"Do you think we should go in?" Alex asked with fright upon her face. She was afraid of dark small places and the cave wasn't too large.
"Hmm… Maybe…" Sam replied thinking but before anyone could decide Dean already had his handgun ready and was walking in so they all followed him.
They didn't find much in the cave. Just spots where you could tell bodies had laid and it looked like a nest but whatever it was wasn't there at the moment. This baffled all three of them since it only comes out at night…wouldn't be here during the day?
They went back to camp and did more research still coming up with nothing. Night soon fell and they decided to look when they knew it would be out. They headed in to the woods armed with many weapons. Alex had a gun in her hand and a knife strapped to her leg, Sam had a gun in hand with a dagger in his waist band, and Dean had a gun in hand with the bag of weapons on his shoulder just in case.
They were about to set off searching through the woods to try to find something. As Alex picked up her flashlight she gasped and both brothers looked at her. They knew what was happening but this vision seemed stronger than the rest and they had to catch her before she hit the ground.
After a moment she came out of the vision. She had fear exploding form her eyes before she vomited in the bushes as the brothers held her hair out of her face and helped her steady herself since she was still very weak.
Once she was finished being sick Dean helped into a sitting position against a tree and they both waited for her explanation of her vision as the fear still flooded her face.
"The vision… it was me. The demon. He killed slit my arm and drank my blood. I couldn't get away and it was so strong. I was scared and I felt it in real life. You tried to shoot it and stab it but it didn't work. It barely flinched." Alex explained in a whisper so tears wouldn't fall. She looked from one brother to the next back and forth. "What are we going to do?"
She let the fear be heard in her voice and both brothers just looked at each other trying to find the answer to that question.
"We're definitely not leaving you alone after that vision and you cant come in to the woods because you don't have enough energy and you're not feeling well. So the only plan is to sit it in tonight but not to put our guard down."
"At least we don't have to worry about Lani too since she left earlier today." Alex answered trying to make this situation a little better than it really was.
Sam and Dean both nodded. "Well, I think you should get in the tent. Sam will sit with you and I'll stand guard out here. Be aware and be ready with whatever weapon you can." Alex and Sam both nodded.
Dean and Sam helped Alex up. She had enough energy to walk but she could keep her balance that well. They helped her into the tent and Dean departed back outside. They all armed themselves with the weapons they had before and now swords and axes. It's going to be a long night...
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