Chapter 4: The Theory
We went to the library to do more research. My house was built back in the 1800's, so an old, dead, angry spirit was definitely an option. But after hours of looking, we still hadn't found anything that followed that.
"Hey Gabi, how long have you been in town?" I asked.
"About three weeks, ever since I got out of school. Why?" She asked from the computer next to me. I have to say she as being a huge help. And she and Sam had been getting along very well.
"Did any weird things happen before? Or did my dad mention anything when you got there?" I asked. I had a hunch, but it was a long shot.
"No, I mean everything was fine until this afternoon. Now there had been some strange things happening in town, but nothing specific until now." She said. This increased my hunch.
"K thanks, um will you do some research on my dad for me? You know things about maybe some of his past cases see if he lost one, maybe that client died and is angry? I don't know. Just something." I told her before getting up and walking to the newspaper section.
Dean was over there, digging through some old stuff about my house.
"Don't bother, it has nothing to do with the house." I told him. He looked up and sighed.
"Well what does it have something to do with?" He asked.
"I don't know. I have a few ideas. But it isn't the house. Gabi said that weird things have been happening around town, but nothing serious until today. Whatever that this is, I think it is looking for my family." I said.
"But this isn't a very big town. If it wanted to find your family it could have done that by now. Spirits may not be the smartest things but they know how to find what they are looking for." He told me.
"I know which is why I think it is more specifically, looking for me." I said hesitantly. He looked extremely taken back.
"Whoa, run that by me again?" He asked. I took a deep breath.
"For the past couple years I have been fighting all this stuff, but most of the time instead of chasing it, it ends up chasing me. I just get lucky and win the fights. It never really crossed my mind until I started hunting with you and Sam and things were different." I paused. "See, because of my mother, and because of me, these things automatically know who and what I am. Since I didn't lose my gift that night in San Francisco, and I killed a demon that powerful, they are definitely going to be after me. And remember when I met you in Pennsylvania? I hadn't even started anything on the spirit. All I had done was research it and talk to Valerie's friend. And then it just finds me, that same day. You can't say this doesn't sound strange to you." I told him.
"Yea it's a little weird, but how do you know that these things can sense you?" He asked.
"I don't think it's that though." I said my brain hurting from all of this thinking.
"Then what?" He asked. The next part was a long shot. But I just had a hunch that it was true.
"I think that, ok this is going to sound so dumb…" I said trailing off a bit. "But I think the Enchantress that cursed my mother and me, is sending these things after me."
He just looked at me.
"What?" Ok he had totally lost all of his smart points now. I rolled my eyes and gave him the whole thing.
"Ok she was an Enchantress of power; she could manipulate even the most set minds ever. And she could kill a demon by just practically thinking about it! But she was obsessed with my father, so instead of just killing my mother, she cursed me and killed him! That was she could practically destroy any chance that my mom could have at happiness! But when my mom found a way around it, she had lost. I was still alive. I was the product of what she so greatly despised! And she can control the demons and spirits and everything else! She can threaten them and kill them if they don't do as they tell her." I finished breathlessly.
"You have thought about this a lot haven't you?" He asked. I shrugged.
"Well yea. God I want to kill that bitch." I said as I rested my head against a book shelf. "Even if my theory is wrong, I still want to kill her."
Dean laughed at me and put his arm around my waist.
"So even if your theory is true, we still have to find out who this spirit is and torch it." He told me. I nodded.
Just then I heard Gabi.
"Annie, I think I found something." She whispered. I let out a deep breath and walked over to her.
"K what is it Gab?" I asked.
"Remember that guy back in middle school and high school, um, Derek Lane I think. Who used to send us flowers and stuff on our birthday and valentines and all that stuff.
"Yea, that poor kid. He was like the definition of anti social." I said, remembering my high school days.
"Yea and remember how we both kind of rejected him, and how Ryan James humiliated him when he tried to talk to us at a football game?" Gabi said.
"Yes, like I said, poor kid." I told her.
"Well he is dead." She said bluntly. "Car crash, about six months ago."
"So you think that he has been terrorizing the town and waiting for us to be together again so he can pay us back?" I asked.
"Yep, I bet he would have done it to Ryan, but seeing as he is in Europe right now kind of nicks that theory out of the way." She told me.
"Wait, how positive are you that it is this guy?" The recently arrived Sam asked.
"Pretty positive, but I'm kind of new at this whole supernatural gig so I don't know how to find out for sure." Gabi said. We all laughed at her some.
"We could be bait." I suggested to Gabi. She shrugged and nodded.
"Uh or you could not be bait and we could just torch the grave and see if it goes away." Dean said. I rolled my eyes.
"Ok big brother." I said. He just looked at me seriously. "Dean, I am a big girl. All Gabi and I have to do is get him to unintentionally give us some kind of sign."
"Dean she is right, otherwise we might never find out for sure if Gabi is right." Sam said.
"How come in the past month I get over ruled almost every time?" Dean said. Sam and I laughed, Gabi really didn't get it.
I tip toed up and kissed him.
"Because you can't resist me." I told him. He tried to play it off but I saw him smiling.
"And like you said bro, you may have gotten the looks but I got the brains." Sam joked. Dean rolled his eyes. Gabi laughed and came up to whisper something in my ear.
"I think they both got the looks actually." She whispered. I was the only one that heard.
"Gabi!" I said laughing with her. Sam and Dean just stared at us.
"Chicks…" They said in unison.
"Ok, so how are we going to do this whole bait thing?" Dean asked.