Chapter 3

"Now isn't that the cutest thing I have ever seem!" Dean said as her entered Rain's hospital room to find his brother and sister still asleep in the bed. "Time to get up you two." He said as he smacked Sam in the arm. Sam's eyes flew open as he fell off the bed.

"What the hell man?" Sam asked from the floor.

"You two looked so cute I almost didn't want to wake you, but then again."

"Morning to you too Dean." Rain said as she looked at Sam. "You alright?"

"Just dandy." Sam said as he rubbed his ass. "So what's up that you had to wake us up at.." Sam looked at the clock and then back at Dean, "7:30 in the morning."

"Have a job." Dean looked over at Rain. "And I don't think your going to like it."

"Why? What is it?"

"Remember when we were five?" Dean asked as he pulled up a chair. "And you wanted to see if the 'candyman' was real?"

"Um...sorta. Why?"

"Read." He handed a paper to Rain and she read it outloud.

"Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Reports of strange murders around the town. At least five person's have been identified at this time. Word of these bizzar death's have spread throughout the state and so far no suspects have been named. Ok and I don't want to do this why?"

"The cause of the deaths are reactions to bee venom. Either that or their throats have been cut."

"Bee venom? So what are you thinking is doing this?" Rain asked as she gave the paper to Sam. Dean looked at her and then at Sam.

"You reallt don't remember do you?"

"Dean I was five man. I remember some stuff from that age, but not a hell of alot. Care to tell me what this is about?"

"The candyman." Dean said with a shrug. Rain held her breath and rubbed the small of her back. She remembered the 'candyman.' As much as she didn't want to. He had made sure she remembered him.

"Rain you ok over there?" Sam asked waving his hand in front of her face.

"Um yea. Dean I'm not doing this one."

"I figured that much out myself. So we'll check you out today and be on our way." Dean said as he handed her a bag of her clothes. She went to the bathroom and got dressed. They left for PA that night.

In the car

"So Rain."

"What is it Sammy?"

"Why don't you want to do this one?" Sam aske as he leaned up and rested his chin on the seat between her and Dean.

"Long story." Rain said as she pulled out her tape to put in.

"If that's what I think it is, you have a better chance of seeing a pig fly than putting it in. And no it's not a long story." Dean said as he raised an eyebrow to Rain.

"It's not what you think it is Dean, and yes, it IS a long story." Rain shot back as she attempted to put her tape in. Dean grabbed her hand. She looked at him. "You want something?"

"Tell him and let me see that tape." He grabbed the tape from her hand and gave her a nice smile. "Thank you."

"Ass."

"So what's the long, not so long story?"

"AHHH SAM YOUR ALIVE!" Rain screamed when she heard Sam speak. "Nice to know that."

"Your not listening to this you know that right." Rain looked over at Dean once she got done laughing at Sam.

"Why not? It's not like it's country. So Sam, you really wanna know?"

"He kinda has too. It's not country, it's Bob Seger and that's just as bad!"

"No it's not! Ok Sam so what happened was when Dean and I were five, he bet me that the candyman wasn't real. So to try it out I had to go into the bathroom ALONE and say 'candyman' five times in the mirror. Kinda like the bloody mary thing. Now Dean, put in my tape." She glared at Dean. Dean glared back.

"Dean truck." Sam calmly said from the back. Dean still stared at Rain. "DEAN TRUCK!" Sam yelled. Dean turned around just in time.

"That was close." Rain smacked Dean in the back of his head. "Watch the road ass. Feel free to kill yourself, but leave me and Sam out of it! And put in my tape!" Dean did as he was told and put in the tape.

"So about the candyman, did he show or no?"

"Not that I know of. Rain?" Rain hesatated before answering.

"I never saw him." Rain lied. Oh she saw him and much more. The small of her back hurt from where he touched her. She couldn't tell her brother though. She didn't want them to worry about her. She blocked the memory of that night so that Dean wouldn't know.

"We're here."

"Why is it that when I'm deep in thought you always say we are where ever we're going?" Rain asked as Dean pulled up to the first crime scene.

"What the hell did you just ask?" Dean gave her a confused look. Sam joined in a moment later.

Rain took in a deep breath, "Nevermind. Let's just go shall we."

"Your comming?" Both brother's asked. She looked at them with a raised brow.

"That was creepy! And yes I'm comming. This is only a crime scene. Not like Mr. Candyman is going to show up here again. Now let's go." She led the way into the house that the first murder took place in. The police were long gone by now.

"Now since it had been how long since the first murder, hopefully there are still some clues here."

"Well split up and look around. Yell if you find something." The three of them split up and went in search of clues. Sam went into the living room, Rain into the kitchen/dining room, and Dean took the bedrooms.

"HEY GUYS! COME HERE!" Sam yelled. Dean and Rain ran into the living room to see what Sam was screaming bloody murder about.

"What's up Sam? See a mouse or something?"

"You can be a real ass sometimes Rain and no. Look there." He pointed to a spot on the wall near the bottom left corner.

"And that is what?" Dean asked as Rain went and picked it up.

"It's a photo of a women. A really old women."

"How do you know she's old?" I looked at Dean and shook my head at him.

"Are you kidding me? IT'S A PHOTO! YOU CAN SEE THE PERSON IN IT AND SHE LOOKS OLD!"

"You don't have to yell. Let me see it." Rain handed him the picture and he studied it carefully. "Look at this guys. This mark on this womens back." Sam and I looked at the mark. "We have to see the bodies of the victims." Rain looked at Dean and smiled. "What Rain?"

"Nothing. Let's go." She left the room and Dean looked over at Sam.

"What is her deal?"

"Bodies of the victims. Would the victim be a body if it wasn't a victim first? A little stupid there Dean." Sam explained as he followed Rain out the door. Dean, who was still as lost as Amelia Earhart, followed his siblings out to the car. They went to the morgue and Dean waited in the car and Sam and Rain went in to see if what they were thinking was true.

"Can I help you?" A man behind the front desk asked as they entered.

"Yes. I'm Amanda Ackles and this is my partner Roger Padalecki. We're investigating the strange murders in town." Rain said as she and Sam showed him their badges. Sam gave her a look and mouthed, 'Roger?' Rain shrugged and turned back to the fat man behind the desk.

"Your with the FBI? A little young aren't you?"

"That is very kind of you, but we are in a hurry." Rain said. Sam just smiled.

"Humm. Right through there. Last door on the left."

"Thank you." Rain said as she passed through the door. She didn't notice the man checking out her ass, but Sam sure as hell did. He gave the man a death glare and followed Rain.

"He was checking you out ya know." Sam told her as soon as the door closed.

"Well I do have a hot ass!" She smiled at him. "Sam calm down will ya. I can handle myself against guys like that ok." Sam smiled and nodded as they reached the door. "Ready?"

"As ever." They went inside and spoke to the doctor. "So is there anything abnormal besides the bee stinks?"

"Well no. The only other think that we found a little odd was that all the victims had the same tattoo."

"Tattoo? What does it look like?"

"I'll show you." He walked over and pulled back the sheet revealing a young girl, probably early twenty's. "There. All of them are located on the lower back. All the same pattern and color." Sam looked at the tattoo on the young women's back.

"Hey Amanda, you ever see anything like this?" Sam asked Rain. She looked at the tattoo and then back at Sam.

"Is it possible to have a little alone time with miss tattoo?" Rain asked the doctor.

"Sure. Just leave when your done." The doctor turned and left them alone with the deceased young girl.

"What was that about?" Sam asked. Rain looked at him and turned around. She lifted up her shirt so that he could see the mark on her lower back. "What the hell Rain? When did you get that?" Sam asked as he looked at the mark more closley.

"Well twenty years ago." Rain looked up at Sam and she saw his fear.

"Soo when you played the game.."

"Yeah Sam. He came. Gave me this nice little girt before he left. I woke up screaming and woke Dean up. Guess the candyman didn't want to kill me with a crowd. He left when Dean opened his eyes."

"Dean doesn't know about this, does he?"

"No. I just told him I had a nightmare and he sat with me the rest of the night. Why he never tried to attack me after that I don't know." Sam fell silent as they left the morgue. They exited the building and were walking to the car when Rain grabbed his arm. "Don't tell him Sam. Not yet."

"Why not? You could be next Rain." Sam looked into his sister's eyes and saw nothing but fear.

"Please Sam. Not yet." She looked away and he agreed not to tell Dean.

"Fine, but you have to tell him sooner or later you know."

"So how'd it go?" Dean asked as soon as they were closed enough. Rain and Sam looked at one another.

"Fine. It turns out that all the victims have the same mark."

"The one in the photo." (http/ ) Dean asked.

"That would be the one." Sam answered as soon as he got in the car. Rain was quiet as a little tiny mouse.

"You ok Rain? Your a little quiet for my likeing." Dean asked as Sam checked them into the motel. She looked up at him and he knew something was off with her. "What is it?"

"Nothing. I'm just tired."

"You can stop lying now."

"I'm not lying! Like I said, I'.."

"I heard you, but that's not what's wrong. You worried about this job or something?"

"Maybe a little."

"But why? He didn't come then so why would he target you know?"

"I don't know. Wanna go out tonight?"

"Ok. Complete one eighty there."

"Room sixty four."

"No Sam I don't want a cookie, but Dean does." Rain said as she walked to the room. Sam looked at his older brother who just shrugged and rolled his eyes. Sam was about to walk away, but Dean stopped him.

"Where's my cookie?"

"Your an ass." Dean smiled and they followed Rain to their room.

BAR

"Enjoying the senery there Sam?" Rain asked as she noticed her little brother staring at the bar tender. "SAM!"

"What?" Sam snapped at her.

"Nothing. No need to get angry man. I'm sorry." Rain appoligized with her head down. Dean was at the other end of the bar trying to hook up with a young lady of his own. "I'll be back." She was going to leave.

"Where you going?"

"Bathroom sir grumpinator. Wanna come?" He shook his head and she left to find the 'little hunters' room. She did what needed to be done and went to wash her hands. She looked at herself in the mirror and she looked bad. She had bags under her eyes from the sleepless nights. She splashed some water on her face and looked back in the mirror. There she came face to face with the candyman. At first she was in shock, but within seconds the shock faded and the fear took hold. She screamed as loud as she could as he reached out for her. Another women was in the room at the time and ran to see if she was ok. Rain was sitting backed into the far wall as the women spoke to her. She looked back to the mirror and he was gone. She looked up at the women that was standing over her. This women, who never met her before now, was looking at her with nothing but concern. "Um...uh yea. I'm fine. Just a um..bug. I have a fear of cockroaches. Sorry I worried you."

"It's no bother. Are you sure your going to be fine?"

"That is a very popular question when I'm around. Yes I'm fine really." Rain shook off the fear as this other women left the restroom. She left and went to join her brothers at their table. She sat down and took Dean's beer and downed it in one gulp. Sam and Dean just stared at her wide-eyed.

"You thirsty Rain?"

"A little" Rain answered as she ordered another round.

"I'd say your more than a little thirsty." Sam said as he sat in amazement at how much alcohol his older sister can consume.

"What? I went pee and now I'm dehydrated." She said as she downed another. Dean reached for one, but Rain slapped his hand, "Mine!"

"What has gotten into you?" Dean asked as he rubbed his hand.

"Beer."

"I know that smart ass. You have to stop."

"No stop! More beer! Rain like beer."

"Rain like caveman again." Sam said with a smile. Dean was looking at his sister and he was worried. Sure Rain liked to drink and she had her share of drunken nights since they found her, but this was out of hand. Dean grabbed the beer that Rain was about to drink and handed it to Sam.

"Your done."

"Your not my father Dean!"

"What's wrong with you? You've been acting strange ever since the morgue." Rain looked around the bar and saw the women that she met in the bathroom. For some reason she couldn't take her eyes of this womens. Then she saw a hand come out of the womens mouth. Rain gasped and stood up, knocking her chair over. Dean and Sam stood along with her.

"Rain, you ok?" Sam asked. Rain just looked at this women and slowly a form crawled from her mouth and onto the floor. When it's entire body was out, she dropped to the floor. Rain just backed up as the candyman walked on her direction. She kept shaking her head no.

"Rain! What is it?" Dean stepped infront of her and grabbed her shoulders. "Look at me! Rain!" Rain took her eyes off the candyman and looked at her twin.

"It's him Dean! It's him!" She said with tears in her eyes.

"Who?"

"The candyman! He's here."

"Where?"

"There." Rain pointed right at him, but it seemed as if Sam and Dean, along with everyone else that gathered around her, couldn't see him.

"There's no one there Rain." Sam said as he stood at her other side. Rain looked over at him.

"You can't see him?" Both her brother's shook their heads. "How can you not? He climbed out of her mouth!" She screamed as she pointed to the drunk women on the floor.

"Let's go Rain. I think you had a little too much to drink."

"I'm not drunk Dean...ok not that drunk! It's him! Just look!"

"Look at me Raindrop." She looked at him again. He shook his head. "There is no one there."

"But..." Rain looked to where the candyman was standing and sure enough he was gone.

"No one. Now come one. We'll take you back to the hotel so you can get some sleep."

"Dean. He was there." Dean looked over at Sam. Sam wouldn't look at him and Dean didn't want to know why. "I know he was there."

"Why would he be here?" Dean asked as soon as Rain was in bed. He looked down at his sister and she was asleep. He then looked over at Sam.

"What?"

"You know something." Dean said accuseingly. (Is that a word?) "I know you know something. Now spill it."

"I don't know anything. I sware." Sam said holding his hands up in defeat. Dean took another step twords him. Sam was backing up each time Dean took a step.

"Your lying."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not now can you stop please."

"As soon as you tell me what is going on, I'll stop."

"Fine. Sit and I'll tell you."

"Tell me and I'll sit."

"She has the mark too."

"Wait! What? Since when?" Dean asked as he sat down. Sam sat across from him.

"Since the day she said it."

"And she never told me?"

"Guess not Dean."

"Look at her Sam. Now she thinks he's after her. What the hell do we do?"

"I don't know yet." Dean put his head in his hands. "We'll figure it out dude, don't worry. She'll be ok."

"I know Sam. I know."

"So..." Dean said as he sat up. "What do we do then?"

"Kill him!" Both boys turned to Rain. "I know it was him wether you believe me or not. Now the only way to stop him is to kill him."

"But Rain. There was no one there."

"The how do you explain this." She rolled up her sleeves to show them the deep cuts going up both her arms. Dean and Sam ran to her as soon as they saw them.

"When the hell did you do this?" Dean yelled. Rain looked at him, shocked that he would think she did this to herself. "I mean I know you had a shitty life, but hurting yourself."

"I didn't do this to myself jackass. The candyman did!" Rain yelled.

"So what, he thought it would be funny to slash away at your arms!" Dean yelled back.

"It's not just my arms!" Dean and Sam both stepped back at how angry she sounded.

"Where else then?" Sam asked as he sat next to her. She rolled up her pant legs and lifted her shirt so that they could see just how bad it is.

"When were you going to tell us?" Dean asked as he traced one of the older cuts with his finger.

"Never."

"What? Why?"

"This whole time, since the first murder he's been in my dreams. If the dream woke me up, he'd be in the room. All this time he's been with me. Ever since that day."

"Soo the candyman is stalking you?"

"I don't know. Maybe. It never got as bad as it did in the bar."

"Didn't get that bad? Have you seen these?"

"Yes Dean I have. It's just.."

"Just what?"

"Well he showed me what he would do. What he WILL do to both of you." Rain explained with her head down.

"Rain, this thing isn't going to do anything to us."

"You don't know that Sam. You don't know what he could do." Rain said as she stood up. "I'm going for a walk." Dean grabbed her arm as she made it to the door.

"Your not leaving this room."

"Why not?"

"Well, if the candyman is after you like you said and you DO have the mark, chances are he wants to kill you. You'll just be safer here with us to look out for you."

"That's sweet Dean, but I need air ok. I'll be fine and if anything happens I'll call you ok." Dean looked at her and finally caved.

"Fine, but if anything..."

"I'll call. I'll be back later." They watched Rain leave the room.

"This is unreal!" Dean said as he layed back on the bed. "How can she not tell us?"

"Look at it through her eyes. I mean we didn't believe her at first. And you had to go and accuse her of cutting herself."

Dean looked at Sam and finally got up and headed for the bathroom, "I'm taking a shower. Look for anything on how to kill this guy will ya?" Sam nodded and Dean closed the door. Sam looked up information for a half hour and Dean was still in the shower. Normally Sam wouldn't mind, but he really had to go.

"Dean man, you almost done?" He knocked on the door and got no answer. "Dean you ok?" Still he got nothing so he did what any kind brother would do...he kicked in the door. Sure enough no Dean, but he did reconize the mark that was on the foggy mirror. "Shit!"

Rain's POV

I had to get out of there. "I can't believe he would think I cut myself! I thought he knew me somewhat better than that!" I was walking past the store on my way back to the room when my phone rang. "What's up Sam?"

"How far away are you?"

"Comming back now. What's wrong?"

"Well we have a small problem."

"He has Dean."

"How'd you.."

"I'll be there in a couple minutes. Tell me you found out how to kill him?"

"Um...Yea."

"Good." She ran through the door. "I'm back." Both of us hung up our phones and I looked at Sam. "Are you alright? Wow!"

"Fine and what's the 'wow' for?"

"Did you ever notice how much we all ask each other that since you found me?" Sam looked at me like I was fricken crazy.

"Sorry. So about the candyman?"

"He got Dean in the bathroom."

"I know that already. Pulled him through the mirror." Again with the 'Rain's crazy' look. "Telepathy remember? Plus he want us to find him."

"Why?" Sam ask as I looked for Dean's keys.

"Simple, he want's me. Where the hell are his keys?"

"He keeps them with him. Why does he want you?"

"He didn't kill me then, he wants to do it now. He know's I'll come for Dean. DAMN IT! Let's go."

"Where are we going?" Sam asked as we left the room.

"To get Dean back. Were you sleeping through our whole conversation?"

"Well one, we don't know where he is and two, how do we get where ever there is?"

"We're taking the car and I know how to find him." I said getting into the drivers seat. Sam got in as well.

"Rain you don't have the keys." He asked as I hot wired the Impala. "You do realize he's going to kill you for that right?"

"I know, but right now the only thing I care about is getting him back...alive so that he has the chance to kill me."

"So where are we going?"

I threw him a map, "Second crime scene. Where is it?" Sam took his sweet time finding it.

"Up here take a left and then the second right. After that it's the third house on the left." He folded the map up and put it back in my bag.

"Ok so it's left, right, left. Right?"

"Um...right. So why are we going to the second crime scene again?"

"Simple. He has to get his next victim and that's where he's going to get him."

"And the next victim is?" I looked over at him and smiled. "What? Are you kidding me Rain?"

"Sorry Sammy, but it's the only way to get to him."

"So he takes me and you follow?"

"That's the plan. I would do it, but if he see's me he'll know it's a trap. So Sam, how do we kill him?" After he got over the shock that I was going to hand him over to a dead killer he told me how to end him. "So what your saying is that I have do is burn a painting?"

"That's about right. Why? Something wrong with that?"

"Just thought it was going to be harder than that. Guess we do get breaks every now and then. We're here." We pulled up to the home of the second victim.

"So what am I supposed to do?"

"See that lake, go there"

"Into the lake?"

"Yup."

"You sure?"

"Yup. He'll come and I'll follow." Sam looked into my eyes and I saw his fear. "Nothing's going to happen to you Sam. I'll be here the whole time and less we forgot I have some demon powers."

"Fine. Just be careful."

"I will now go." I watched Sam walk down to the lake. It was only a matter of time before the candyman would take him. IT didn't take long. Sure enough, not five minutes we were there, he showed and took Sam. I quickly followed and landed flat on my ass. "Oww!" I said as I rubbed my brused behind. I was hiding behing a pillar and could see Dean. 'Dean cna you hear me?'

'Rain?'

'Who else would risk her ass to save you?'

'Where's Sam?'

'You'll see.' Right after I though that, here come the candyman to tie Sam up right by Dean. 'There he is.'

"I know your here. Come out now!" Mr. Candyman ordered.

"I don't do orders well." I said as I moved around so he couldn't pinpoint where I was.

"Fine." He lifted his shirt and cut open his chest with his stupid hook. Thousands of bees flew out and were swarming around my brothers. "They would only survive a certain amount of stings. Now stop playing and come out."

"I like playing. Before I come out, let me ask you something."

"So be it."

"Why didn't you kill me back then? You gave me this stupid mark, but then left. Why?"

"I wanted to save you for now."

"Right? You lost me." Still moving. See what Mr. Beeman doesn't know is that I located his stupid painting and was making my way to it as we talked.

"Not to smart are we? To make you my bride."

"That's just wrong."

"Now come out before I kill them." The swarm of bees got closer to them and I knew he was right. They wouldn't survive many stings. "Hey!" I yelled as I got next to the painting. He turned to me as I lit my lighter and the painting went up in flames. He screamed as he too burned. After a couple minutes into his drawn out death he was gone. I went over and untied Dean and Sam. "You two ok? See what I mean Sam?"

"Sadly I do and we're fine."

"So how do we get back?" Dean asked.

"Here." I handed him the coat I was wearing. "Just be happy I stole it off Sam."

"I thought that looked familar!"

"I don't need..."

"Um...your naked Dean." He looked down and quickly grabbed the coat.

"Thanks. Now how do we get out?"

"There." I pointed at where the painting was and we could see the Impala.

"My baby!" Dean almost screamed. I looked over and Sam and he gave me a evil smile. I knew I was in trouble for hot wiring the car, but at the same time I knew I could kick Dean's ass any day of the week. We got out and into the car. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE CAR?"

"Um..."

"RAIN!"

"What? If you didn't ALWAYS have the keys on you then I wouldn't of had to do that!"

"Your fixing this and your helping!" He said pointing to Sam.

"Why me? I didn't do it!"

"But you let her so your partley to blame too!"

"Can we just go? I have another job for us." I said from the back. For how pissed off Dean was about his car I was safer here. Twin or not if he saw a opening for a cheap shot, he'd take it in a heartbeat.

"What?"

"Well. I don't know. It's came as a text message and didn't you say you get them from dad?"

"Let me see." I handed Dean my phone and brased myself to have it thrown at me when he was done looking at it.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Right on cue. I wasn't pissed that he threw it, I was pissed he broke it.

"Now we're even."

"I hate you. So where are we headed?"

"Tulsa."