Cat and Mouse
Note From the Author: Heya readers This is Maddie I'm knew to the whole Fanfiction thing so I hope you like this chapter since I'm subitting it while Ivy isn't here...oh crap here she comes bye!
Diclaimer:We do not own Supernatural if we did Then well...poor Jensen and Jared.
Thanks to: Ghostwriter- I'm glad you liked the opening please if you have any ideas on how to fix things tell us.
Investigation
Sam and Dean stood on the porch of Elizabeth Moore's large Tudor house. They didn't have badges, deciding it would be best to masquerade as fellow students.
Dean rang the bell and the pitter-patter of footsteps signified someone was home. A girl about twelve answered the door, gazing up at them with large brown eyes.
"Yes?"
"We're friends of your sister, is your mother home?"
She nodded and turned over her shoulder. "Mom!"
After a brief explanation they found themselves in a cozy sitting room. Sam sat on the couch while Dean inspected photos on the wall.
"So you knew my daughter?"
Sam almost always dealt with people, it was his gift.
"Yes Ms. Moore. We want to find her as much as you."
The woman nodded, her eyes filled with tears. She seemed exhausted and frail. Her short blonde hair hung limp and her brown eyes were like her younger daughter's.
"She was at a party. Talia was always so popular, beautiful, and smart." She sniffed.
Dean nodded "Yes ma'am" He was confused. There wasn't any trace of Talia in her, and the man in the photos had ash brown hair and blue eyes. Something was wrong.
"Go on." Sam urged in a comforting manner.
"Morgan Corpening lives on the river by the woods. All I know is she disappeared in the woods." She explained sadly.
"I always told her to stay away from that creek. But she was just so stubborn she never payed me any mind."
"Could we have an address?" Dean asked tearing away from the photos.
"Abby!" She called. "Bring Morgan's address in here!"
Dean and Sam drove across the town to Morgan's house.
"The vampires could have a hide out in the woods." Dean suggested trying to sort out the mystery.
"Does that mean the towns people know?" Sam asked confused. To this Dean had no answer.
"I just hope it's not too late." Sam sighed.
"Why does it bother you so much? If she's a vamp, we'll stake her. Case closed."
"It's not that simple Dean. We can't not care about an innocent girl."
"I think you just want some action."
Sam glared.
Morgan Corpening stood in the driveway of her house.
"Ms. M said you might come." She stood in low cut jeans and a halter top, showing her midriff.
She was wearing a cheer necklace which branded her as a typical curvacious ditz. Peppy but dumb as a door knob. Unfortunately, aside from Cassie, Dean liked them like that.
"Come inside, my parents aren't home." As she said this her eyes locked on Dean, who shrugged grinning. He relished attention.
The phone rang when they got inside. "Let me get this." She excused herself and ran into the next room.
Dean smirked handing a framed photo to Sam.
"Take your pick." He took the picture. The scene was a beach and four girls in various poses.
Three had light hair and the fourth was dark haired, Talia.
"I'll have the other three." Dean grinned.
Morgan came back out and smiled seeing Sam holding the picture. "That was the gang in Florida. I'm the one in the pink bikini, Talia is in the black, but you already know that. Sandy and Callie always matched, they love blue." She explained with Dean soaking it up.
"Could you tell us about that night?" Sam asked changing the subject.
"I had the girls over and we dared her to swim the creek."
"Why was that such a big dare?" Dean inquired.
"Nobody crosses the creek after dark." She answered cryptically. "She started running into the woods, looking as if the devil himself was after her."
"Can I get an address for the other two girls?" Sam asked.
"I can give you Callie's; but Sandy died a couple of days ago." She explained sadly
Dean and Sam exchanged glances.
"You've been very helpful, thanks."
"Talia disappears and then her friend dies…connected?" Dean asked.
"Maybe." Sam responded refusing to say she was to blame.
"We should check Callie out."
"To ask questions? Yes."
"Ouch."
"Drop me off at the library." Sam ignored his brother's comment.
"Didn't you get enough library time in college?"
"Just do it."
Dean pulled over and Sam climbed out of the car and headed inside where he was met by an elderly man behind a counter.
"The original settlement?" The white haired librarian asked after Sam asked for certain books.
"Yes, I'm doing a research paper." Sam lied easily.
He nodded and shuffled off with Sam following.
Dean interviewed Callie and got the same story as when they had asked Morgan, only Callie swore a shadow chased her.
"Sandy believed it was some demon, like a vampire or something but, I think it was Dan, her crazy ex-boyfriend."
Dean quirked an eyebrow "Crazy?"
Callie obviously loved drama so she embellished by looking side to side.
"He claimed there were vampires and demons in the woods and he kept calling her "The Chosen One" So she broke up with him about two weeks ago and he disappeared."
Dean fought back surprise. "Sounds like he could do her in."
Callie shrugged. "Maybe."
Sam poured over a large text written by the town's head founders.
"John Callaway died last night due to damage to his neck. We're having suspicions that Maria Cartwright is correct. Something evil inhabits our woods."
A cold shiver ran down Sam's spine. He scanned a couple more pages until Maria was mentioned again.
"A man came from the woods warning us to sacrifice the "Chosen One" or we'll suffer consequences. Five have been killed. Maria advises us to build a channel around the town. Everyone is helping."
"Chosen One?" Sam didn't like the way that sounded.
"The Channel was finished this morning. Thirteen people have died of these so called "vampires." Maria says there shall be no more. We've buried the murdered on the other side of the channel so no evil can reach us."
Sam felt an ominous wave wash over him. There was more than one kind of evil in the world.
"Maria's house was burned down last night. She didn't live through it…"
Sam flipped through another book. Portraits of important town's people stared back at him. He found Maria and knew why this feeling haunted him. Maria was identical to Talia, but even more unsettling was a caption that read: The Chosen One.
"So the chosen one was Maria?" Dean asked as they drove back to the motel.
"And Talia too, apparently." Sam added.
Dean had already told of Talia's ex who wasn't as crazy as they had thought.
"Do you think what killed Maria also killed mom and Jess?" Sam asked.
"Possibly, I want to talk to Talia's mother again." Dean said as they pulled up to the motel.
That night Sam slept soundly, but Dean felt something wrong and slept fitfully. Around one he woke up to find a pair of green eyes looking into his own.
He tried to jump but she held him down sitting on his stomach.
"Stop looking for me." She hissed quietly.
"We want to help you." She grinned revealing sharp fangs. "Help yourself."
Dean knew what she meant but with the silkiness she'd uttered the words, it was almost mistaken for something else.
"And if I don't?" He questioned.
"Then," She ran a finger across his jugular. "I might get thirsty."
"If you wanted to kill me, then you would've." He snapped.
"Ooh, smart boy, maybe I wouldn't kill you, but that brother of yours looks awfully tasty."
Dean's anger grew and he managed to throw her.
Chuckling, she disappeared into the shadows.
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