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DISCLAIMER

Supernatural belongs to the WB. Nordstrom's mine, though I got some of his powers from this episode of Smallville where a football coach was able to burn people just by touching them. Story deals with cutting which I only know about from watching "Higher Ground" and a movie called "Secret Cutting".

About two hours later, Sam gave up with a frustrated sigh.

"There's nothing here!" he exclaimed.

"Which means Dad never came across it," Dean stated.

"Well, that's just great," Sam said sarcastically.

"Yeah, it is disheartening," Dean agreed. Sam blew out a breath.

"What? What is it?" he asked.

"I'm just frustrated. I wanna take care of this freak before he kills anybody else," came the response.

"Me too," his older brother agreed. He leaned back and closed his eyes. He didn't know what to do. He had never heard of a creature that had red eyes, could burn people just by touching them, and could read minds.

"Well, you know what?" Sam said suddenly. Dean's eyes flew open.

"What?" Dean wondered.

"I just remembered Dad's number one rule," Sam told him. Instantly, Dean knew what his brother was talking about.

"When in doubt---" Dean began.

"Rock salt\silver combo straight to the heart," they finished together. With that, both men grabbed large rifles, loaded them, and then cocked them.