Ch. 9:
"Okay, turn off here." Dean, Sam, and Jenny had been driving for twenty minutes. Right now, they had just turned off the road onto a grassy patch. Jenny grabbed the flashlights and got out of the back seat. "Here." She handed both Sam and Dean a flashlight. "There's a small network of tunnels to get to his cave. So, everyone ready?" Sam and Dean nodded. Both were equipped with tranquilizer guns that were guaranteed to knock out elephants. Other than that, both had three guns, loaded with silver bullets, as well as extra rounds.
Despite her wishes, Jenny had also been given a gun. She also carried the antidote for her brother.
The trio headed into the cave, Jenny in the lead, with Sam behind her, and Dean bringing up the rear. After a good ten minutes, the tunnel expanded, allowing even Sam to stand up right. The tunnel branched, and Jenny took the left tunnel. Then, the group came to a dead-end.
"Jenny, there's nothing here." She turned, grinned, and pointed her flashlight to the right. There was a small passage, barely big enough for a person to squeeze through. They entered one by one, to find themselves in a small cavern. It was dim inside, but there was a small fire going in the center, sending shadows dancing along the walls. In one corner there was a pile of blankets and in the opposite corner, there was a pile of picked-clean bones.
"Don't worry, he assures me that none of them are human."
"Where is he?" Dean asked.
"Where he always is on a full moon." She went over to the pile of bones, and kicked them out of the way. Then she pulled away a mat that looked like it was made out of grass. Below there was a dark hole. "The day before the full moon, he eats everything he can, then slides down in there while still in human form. But when he turns into a werewolf, he's too big to get out."
"Okay, I'll go first." Dean strode towards the hole.
"No, he knows me, I'll go in first. If he's still human, I can reason with him." Sam started to protest, but Jenny stopped him. "No, Sam. I'm going first, deal with it." Dean grinned.
"I like this girl. She's not easy to push around."
Jenny dropped down into the hole. It was dark and she had trouble seeing her hand in front of her face. She turned on her flashlight, and shined around before letting the beam rest on the far wall. Her brother was there, huddled against the wall. Hair was already starting to form on his arms and back.
"Jenny?" His gruff voice enquired.
"Yeah, it's me, I'm going to help you."
"Are you crazy? It's a full moon out! You could get hurt!"
"Come on, you would never hurt me." Jenny turned to see Sam and Dean dropping down the hole.
"Who are these two?" Her brother asked, instantly suspicious.
"They're here to help." She put a soothing hand on his arm, and felt the coarse hairs growing longer. She stood up and backed away, knowing that he would soon change. "Okay, it'll happen soon, we need to be ready." She pulled a needle and syringe out of her bag, followed by a vial of dark red liquid.
"What the hell is that?"
"Just a little something Dad whipped up. It'll cure you."
"How do you know?"
"I've seen it work." Sam wasn't quite sure how Jenny knew this, but he decided it was better not to ask questions. Suddenly, Jenny's brother began to convulse, and everyone took a step back.
"Well, this was smart, getting ourselves trapped in with a man rapidly turning into a werewolf. Now what do we do?" Dean asked, tranquilizer gun raised and pointing at Jenny's brother.
"We wait until he has changed completely, then you guys tranquilize him, and I'll cure him." Jenny's brother was growing. His face broke out in coarse, dark fur and his eyes turned yellow. Claws extended where his fingernails had once been, and his hands became paws. A snout grew from the front of is face, and his mouth opened slightly to reveal inch-long teeth hanging down from the roof of his mouth. Finally, he opened his mouth wide and let out a howl.
"Now!" Jenny said. Dean shot and it struck Jenny's brother in the shoulder. He snarled, but it died off as the tranquilizer began to take effect. He lumbered around slightly before dropping down.
"It worked." Dean was clearly surprised as he already had his gun with the silver bullets in it out and ready. Jenny ran over to her brother and stuck the needle in his side, drawing out blood. She took the stopper from the vial and very carefully added three drops of her brother's blood. She put the stopper back and shook to vial, letting his blood mix with the chemicals. Then she pulled out the knife.
"You might want to be ready, in case he wakes up." She raised the knife and made a small cut, but she made it deep enough for the potion to get into.
"Well, well, isn't this a charming little reunion." All three heads snapped towards the voice on the other side of the room. A tall man dressed in black stepped from the shadows, casting a glance at Dean and Sam before looking down at Jenny. "Trying to save your brother? Don't bother, I'm just going to kill you all anyway." Dean and Sam brought their guns up, aiming them strait at the man's heart.
"Who the hell are you, and what are you doing here?" Dean asked, his gun still pointed at the man's chest.
"Oh, where are my manners? All me to introduce myself: Lucas Mason, hunter of all humans that are supernatural. And I thought I made my purpose clear, I intend to kill you all." There was silence for a moment, then Dean spoke.
'That's funny, seeing as how you're the one with the guns pointed at your chest." Lucas merely chuckled, though it was a cold, harsh sound.
"Do you truly think those little toys can stop me? You obviously don't, or I would already be dead. No, boys, don't even bother." His eyes flashed black, and Dean flew across the room, hitting the wall and landing next to Jenny's brother, both were unconscious. Jenny stood up and backed up towards Sam, who still had his gun pointed at Lucas' chest.
"Oh come now, Sam, don't be like that, I'd hate for you to end up like your brother." Sam's gun flew out of his hands and into Lucas' outstretched one. With a single flash of his eyes, Lucas sent Sam and Jenny flying to opposite sides of the cave, leaving them laying in the dirt. Sam managed to sit up, but his hands felt bound and, turning his head, he could make up the rope that was holding him. On the other side of the cave, Jenny was in much the same position.
"Ah, much better. Now it shall be easy to kill you and get your powers."
"What are you talking about? What powers?" Jenny asked. She had managed to find a sharp rock and was sawing away at her ropes. She hoped that she could buy some time by talking to Lucas.
"Don't act stupid, Jenny, it's highly unbecoming. I'm talking about your powers of course, and my goodness, you have some firepower in you. But I consider this a fair trade, although, you aren't as powerful as I once was."
"Once was?" Sam inquired. He had slipped his knife out and was cutting through his ropes slowly.
"Oh, yes, once I was quite a powerful psychic, the envy of all. But one day, a man, relative of poor little Jenny over here, came to me and stole my powers as I slept. I tried to stop him, but he got away. Next time we met, he had learned how to use my powers, and I couldn't defeat him, even though I had been gathering powers by myself He then used them to make himself rich. Anyway, they have been passed on down to you, and I plan to take them back." Lucas turned to Sam. "You're just an added bonus." He lifted Sam's gun and pointed it at Jenny. "Better get started hadn't we? I'd hate for that fellow to wake up." He nodded at Jenny's brother.
Lucas advanced on Jenny and looked down at her. "I've been waiting for this down for a long time. He pointed the gun at Jenny's head…
"No!" Sam yelled, just as Lucas pulled the trigger. A gun shot sounded, and it echoed loudly through the cave and Lucas whirled and stared at Sam.
"Ah, now your true powers come out. You've been hiding them from me, but see, you're very powerful, compared to you, this girl is nothing." Lucas raised the gun again. "Let's see if you can do that again."
"Hey," Lucas turned his head around, to find Dean pointing gun at his head. " Get away from my brother." Dean shot. The sound echoed through the cave again, but this time it had hit it's mark. Lucas crumpled to the floor, dead before he hit the ground.
"So…if you ever come back to Indiana…"
"I'll be sure to look you up." Sam leaned in and kissed her, before pulling back and getting in the Impala. Jenny's brother, returned fully to his human form, waved from the porch. Jenny backed up to stand next to her brother, a sad look on her face. Looking over, Dean saw the same expression on Sam's face.
"You know, Sam, Indiana's not that bad…" Sam smiled.
"Don't kid yourself, Dean, you would go crazy around here." They passed a house where a pretty blonde was watering flowers. She waved as they drove.
"I don't know, Sam. This place could grow on me…"
The End
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