Chapter 6

"Are you finding anything Sammy?" Dean asked as he sipped his tea and looked at the missing person reports Sam had printed out before leaving.

"I don't know. It seems like any other town we've been in but if you'll look at the map, there's not been a single person gone missing from this town. They have all been taken from surrounding towns."

"But why? And why are no bodies showing up?"

"So, what's located around or in the town?" Bobby asked. "Maybe something that wasn't here before the people went missing?"

"Well, there's farms surrounding the town, a couple were dairy farms. The usual stuff went on in town, building, new stores opening, old stores closing; I mean I'm not seeing anything that throws any red flags at me," Sam replied with an angry huff. He leaned back in his chair when a ringing startled him until he realized it was his cell. He dug it from his jacket pocket and answered it. "Hello…Mara are you okay…Where are you…I'll come get you, stay where you're at."

"What's going on?" Dean asked listening to the one sided conversation.

"Mara, I need to borrow the car," Sam told him getting up and holding out his hand.

"I'm coming with you," Dean stated firmly.

"Okay, but let me do the talking, and you stay in the car," Sam insisted. "She sounded scared and I don't want to upset her any more than she already is."

"Fine."

"I'll see if I can find anything else out," Bobby told them as he kept quiet while they talked.

"Okay Bobby, we'll be back shortly."

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"Where am I going Sammy?" Dean asked as they got in the Impala and pulled up to the road.

"Mara said she was at a church on Weaver Avenue. It's about four blocks from the diner. Go…" Sam started as he pulled the address up on his cell. "Right and take a left at the light. You'll run into Weaver in about five miles, go right on it and the church is about a mile down the road."

"Alright, let's go get your girlfriend."

"She's not…" Sam started but snorted when Dean laughed at him. "Jerk."

"Right back at ya bitch."

Dean followed Sam's directions and pulled to the curb in front of a church that was lit by outside lights. Sam looked around before getting out and heading for the church door. He went in the door and stopped at the back to look around before cautiously walking up the aisle, looking for Mara. Sam was almost to the altar when Mara stepped from an alcove and stared at him.

"Hey, shall we get out of here?" Sam asked her.

"I can't, they'll find me," she whispered.

"Who? Who are you afraid of Mara?"

"The ones who run the farm. They made a deal with some of the people in the town, some powerful people and now they run the town. They have people in the sheriff's department, city officials, mayor's office."

"Where is this farm?"

"It's an old dairy farm that had gone out of business. They took it over and I don't know what they do there now, but it's not a dairy business."

"Can you tell me where it's located?"

"It's north of town on a country road called Hooper Creek. It was called Miller Dairy Farm."

"Thanks Mara. Can I do anything for you? You can come with me and I'll protect you. My brother and I have a room at the motel with our adopted dad. You can come stay there if you like."

"No, I've got to go to work tomorrow, they watch all of us and won't let us leave. It's only some of the businesses that they control but they are expanding. And the thing is…" she started looking down at her wringing hands. "There's something not right about these people."

"What do you mean?" Sam questioned.

"You won't believe me," she sobbed.

"Try me, I'm pretty open minded."

"I saw one get stabbed and it didn't even faze him. The guy pulled the knife out and attacked the guy that stabbed him. I ran, but I thought I saw him bite him on the neck. They didn't see me; I don't' think. That's why I'm so scared. If they find out I did see them, I might disappear too," she told him. "There have been people disappearing from the town and it's not being investigated."

"Are you sure you don't want to come with me?"

"I can't, I have family I have to think about."

"If you need me, you have my number," Sam told her squeezing her hands in large, warm ones. "We'll figure this out and put a stop to it."

"Thank you," Mara told him, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Mara, why did you reach out to me?"

"Because I knew you didn't live around here, and, well, you had kind eyes."

"Stay safe Mara. Maybe I'll see at the diner again."

"Be careful. I think these are very dangerous people."

"Don't worry, we can take care of ourselves." Sam gave her a brief hug before stepping away and heading back outside to his brother.

"Where is she?" Dean asked when Sam dropped into the passenger seat and saw no one was with him.

"She's not coming but I got some information for us to check out," Sam told him. "I'm sure now this is our kind of thing from what she told me."

"Okay, we'll head back to the motel and see what you have." Dean pulled from the curb and did a U-turn to head back the way he came. He could tell the wheels were turning in Sam's head and wondered what he had found out.

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Dean let them back into the room and looked around for Bobby. They had gotten a suite with two bedrooms, one with a queen bed and one with two doubles. It seemed logical and made it easier to work the case being in the same room. He did not see Bobby and looked to the bathroom, but he was not there either.

"Wonder where Bobby went?" Dean asked seeing his bag was still in his bedroom.

"Don't know, maybe he…" Sam started when the door behind him started to open.

Dean pulled his gun and aimed it at the door, but dropped his arm when Bobby came into the room.

"Sorry Bobby," Dean huffed putting his gun away.

"It's okay son, I was talking to a couple of maids and found a few things out. Did the lass not come back with you?"

"No," Sam answered. "She was afraid to. She has to be at work tomorrow, but she did tell me some information that explains a few things."

"Who wants to go first?" Dean asked looking between his brother and their surrogate father.

"Go ahead Sam," Bobby told him. "I'll see if what I found out is the same."

"Mara said that there have been townspeople gone missing here too, but they are not reported so there would be no files on them. She said some people moved into an abandoned dairy farm outside of town called Miller Dairy Farm and they are doing something there that's shady. They have eyes and ears all over the town, include the cops. I don't think they're human. Mara said she saw one get stabbed and it didn't injure him."

"Bobby, your turn," Dean said.

"The maids are illegals and are afraid of being turned in, so they keep their mouths shut, but they said illegals have gone missing too and one said she saw 'El Diabo.'"

"The devil," Sam mumbled. "I'll see what I can find out about this Miller Farm and see if I can find some maps, so we'll know the lay of the land." Sam got his laptop out and turned it on to start searching.

"Any idea Bobby?" Dean asked him.

"Whoever or whatever it is, they look human, at least part of the time. There's a number of suspects that would fit that description."

"I say we scope it out after it gets dark and see what is going on around here." Dean turned to his brother waiting to see what he could find on the farm that hopefully would make their job easier for tonight. "Bobby, I know we don't know anything yet, but think we should send out an SOS to any hunters that are nearby to head this way? I'm thinking this might be more than we can handle."

"You know you may be right Dean. I'll call Ellen at the Roadhouse to start spreading the word and call a couple of hunters I trust and see if any of them are close. Maybe we'll find enough out tonight to know what we're up against and can get this handled before anyone else goes missing." Bobby stepped away and took out his cell to start making calls. He figured if he could get other hunters heading here now, they could get here by tomorrow to help.

A/N: They have more facts and now have a location to check out. Anyone have any ideas what this is going? Thank you for taking this journey with me. Only four more chapters to go. I do like reviews. NC