They arrived at Michael's last known address. And slowed down to a halt. The house was burnt to a crisp and in the driveway there were two cars.

A Ute and a black 2 door.

"Two cars, do you think Michael had company?" Sam asked.

"The Ute is his, but the 2 door –"dean shrugged and got out of the car, he crossed the street in time to meet a woman who was walking her dog.

"Excuse me, do you know what happened here?" dean asked her. The woman looked him up and down, obviously not trusting him.

"House fire – gas leak apparently – started in the kitchen, the boy died, but his sister is in the hospital, coma they say" she told him.

Dean thanked her and went back to his car, getting in he looked at Sam.

"Michael's dead, but Anya is in the hospital"

"Hospital it is then"

Arriving at the hospital they went to front desk.

"Sam" Sam turned to dean.

"Yeah?" dean looked at him really strange.

"I didn't say squat, getting all spiritual now?"

"I heard someone say my name"

"Well it wasn't me, go sit while I ask where they're keeping her" dean shooed him away.

"Sam, help me" Sam turned to dean with his mouth open ready to say something then closed it and thought better of it. He remembered that Anya had a special gift.

"Anya?" he called out with his thoughts. All he got in response was a whisper of a touch against his mind.

"Got it" he jumped at dean's voice.

"Man your jumpy today, hospitals freak you out?"

"Where is she"
"third floor, ICU, looks like we'll have to lie to get in to see her" dean told him.

"Ok so what game are we playing?"

"Cousins"

They made their way up to the third floor.

AT the other desk dean put on his best charming smile. "Hi, we're here to see Anya Larsen"

"And you are?" the nurse asked.

"Her cousins' Dean and Sam" the nurse frowned looking at them both.

"You don't look like cousins"

"Well Anya is unique, no one can match her looks" dean supplied.

"Well I'm sorry to say but she's gone she left this morning against doctor's orders but she's gone" the nurse informed them.

"Great thanks" dean turned to Sam. "Gone, where would she go?"

"Back to the house?"

"The house is a crisp bro"

"But her car isn't" dean hit him.

"Knew you were my brother for something" they raced down to the car park again and got into the Impala.

They raced back to the house and saw that the car was still there. So they decided to explore – dean took the road to the lake that lay behind the house while Sam looked in other places.

He walked through a break in the trees and saw a figure up ahead. The figure had long black hair and she had her arms folded about her in a protective stance.

"Anya?" she looked sideways at him.

"Do I know you?" she was a pale beauty dean thought, grey eyes, raven hair, -. He got his mind off that and smiled.

"Dean, Dean Winchester"

She looked him up and down.

He felt like saying "Bond, James bond" but somehow that wouldn't have been appropriate.