"No, no, I got it. Come on. I insist" Gordon said as they sat at a local pub having a few drinks.
"Another one bites the dust" Gordon said happily.
"That's right" Dean said before having a shot with Gordon.
"You gave that big-Ass fang one hell of a haircut, my friend. That was beautiful, absolutely beautiful" Gordon said chuckling.
"Yep. You all right, Sammy?" Dean asked Sam, who was being very quiet.
"Yeah, fine" Sam said sighing annoyed.
"Lighten up a little, Sammy" Gordon joked.
"He's the only one who gets to call me that" Sam said seriously.
"Okay. No offense meant. Just celebrating a little. Job well done" Gordon said half ass apologizing.
"Right. Well, um, decapitations aren't my idea of a good time, I guess" Sam muttered.
"Oh, come on, man, it's not like it was human. You got to have a little more fun in that job" Gordon explained.
"See, that's what I've been trying to tell him. You could learn a thing or two from this guy" Dean said.
"Yeah, I bet I could. Look, I'm not gonna bring you guys down. I'm just gonna go back to the motel" Sam said standing up.
"You sure?" Dean said sighing.
"Yeah" Sam said.
"Sammy... Remind me to beat that buzzkill out of you later, all right?" Dean joked before he threw Sam the hotel keys and left the bar.
"Something I said? No, no. He just gets that way sometimes. Tell you what, match quarters for the next round" Dean said while Sam drove back to the hotel room and put the keys on the table.
"So I picked up this crossbow, and I hit that ugly sucker. The silver-tipped arrow, right in his heart. Sammy's waiting in the car, and me and my dad take the thing into the woods, burn it to a crisp. I'm sitting there, and I'm looking into the fire, and I'm thinking to myself, I'm 16 years old kids my age are worried about pimples, prom dates. I'm seeing things that they'll never even know, never even dream of. So right then, I just sort of..." Dean explained.
"Embraced the life?" Gordon finished and Dean nodded.
"How'd you get started?" Dean asked.
"First time I saw a vampire, I was barely 18. Home alone with my sister. I hear the window break in her room. I grabbed my dad's gun, run in, try to get it off her. It was too late. So I shoot the damn thing, which, of course, is about as useful as snapping it with a rubber band. It rushes me, picks me up, flings me across the room, knocks me out cold. When I wake up, the vampire's gone... my sister's gone" Gordon explained sadly.
"And then?" Dean asked.
"Then... try explaining that one to your family. So I left home... and then bummed around looking for information. How you track them, how you kill them. And I found that fang. It was my first kill" Gordon explained.
"Sorry about your sister" Dean said genuinely.
"Yeah. She was beautiful. I can still see her, you know, the way she was. But, hey, that was a long time ago. I mean, your dad... It's got to be rough" Gordon said and Dean looked away thinking of his Dad and Kaylee.
"Yeah, you know, he was just one of those guys. Took some terrible beatings, just kept coming. So you're always saying to yourself, he's indestructible. He'll always be around. Nothing can kill my dad. And just like that... he's gone. I can't talk about this to Sammy. No, I got to keep my game face on. But, uh... truth is, I'm not handling it very well. I feel like I have this..." Dean explained softly, thinking not only about John but also Kaylee; the love of his life… his best friend.
"Hole inside you? And it just gets bigger and bigger and darker and darker? Good. You can use it. Keeps you hungry. Trust me, there's plenty out there needs killing, and this will help you do it. It's not a crime to need your job" Gordon explained.
"You know why I love this life? It's all black and white. There's no maybe. You find the bad thing, Kill it. Most people spend their lives in shades of gray. Is this right? Is that wrong? Not us" Gordon explained making Dean think of Kaylee.
"Not sure Sammy would agree with you, but, uh..." Dean said.
"Doesn't seem like your brother's much like us. I'm not saying he's wrong. Just different. You and me, we were born to do this. It's in our blood" Gordon explained making Dean think of Kaylee again.
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"Hardrails roadhouse" Ellen said picking up the phone at the Roadhouse.
"Hey, Ellen. Sam Winchester" Sam said on the phone as he sat in the hotel room.
"Sam, it's good to hear from you. You boys are okay, aren't you?" Ellen asked worried.
"Yeah, yeah, everything's fine. Got a question" Sam said.
"Yeah, shoot" Ellen said simply.
"You ever run across a guy named Gordon Walker?" Sam asked not being able to shake the feeling that something was wrong with him.
"I know Gordon" Ellen said simply.
"And?" Sam asked worried.
"He's a real good hunter. Why you're asking, sweetie?" Ellen asked curiously.
"We ran into him on a job. We're kind of working with him" Sam explained and Ellen's whole demeanour changed.
"Don't do that, Sam" Ellen warned.
"I... I thought you said he was a good hunter" Sam asked worried.
"Yeah, and Hannibal Lecter's a good psychiatrist. He is dangerous to everyone and everything around him. If he's working on a job, you boys just let him handle it and you move on" Ellen said firmly.
"Ellen..." Sam started to say.
"No, Sam, you just listen to what I'm telling you, okay?" Ellen asked.
"Right, okay" Sam said confused before hanging up and going outside to get a soda from the vending machine. Sam felt like he was being watched so he quickly moved back into the house before being attacked from behind and a hood was put over his head. He was tied up and carried to a car which drove him to a house outside of town. He was then put inside and tied to a chair. The hood was removed and when his eyes cleared up he saw the bartender from the first bar they went too earlier on in the night. He revealed his fangs and leant forward until someone stopped him.
"Wait. Step back, Eli. My name's Lenore. I'm not gonna hurt you. We just need to talk" Lenore explained as she walked into the room.
"Talk? Yeah, okay. But I might have a tough time paying attention to much besides Eli's teeth" Sam said sarcastically.
"He won't hurt you, either. You have my word" Lenore said simply.
"Your word? Oh, yeah, great, thanks. Listen, lady, no offense, but you're not the first vampire I've met" Sam scoffed.
"We're not like the others. We don't kill humans, and we don't drink their blood. We haven't for a long time" Lenore explained.
"What is this? Some kinda joke?" Sam asked.
"Notice you're still alive" Lenore said simply.
"Okay, uh, correct me if I'm wrong here, but shouldn't you be starving to death?" Sam asked suspiously.
"We found other ways" Lenore stated.
"Cattle blood. You're telling me you're responsible for all the..." Sam asked.
"It's not ideal. In fact, it's disgusting. But it allows us to get by" Lenore explained.
"Okay. Uh, why?" Sam asked.
"Survival. No deaths, no missing locals, no reason for people like you to come looking for people like us. And we blend in. Our kind is practically extinct. It turns out we weren't as high up the food chain as we imagined" Lenore explained.
"Why are we explaining ourselves to this killer?" Eli spat.
"Eli" Lenore warned.
"We choke on cow's blood so that none of them suffer. Tonight, they murdered Conrad, and they celebrated" Eli continued angrily.
"Eli, that's enough" Lenore said firmly.
"Yeah, Eli, that's enough" Sam mocked.
"What's done is done. We're leaving this town tonight" Lenore explained.
"Then, why did you bring me here? Why are you even talking to me?" Sam asked confused and angry.
"Believe me, I'd rather not. But a mutual… friend of ours convinced me it would be better for us this way" Lenore explained making Sam frown even more confused.
"What mutual friend?" Sam snapped. Lenore looked at the doorway she walked in from and Sam looked over and his heart stopped at what he saw.
"Kaylee" Sam breathed out shocked. Kaylee looked at Sam sadly. She wore a dark purple tank top, dark black jeans and black doc martins. Her hair was cut short at the back and slightly longer at the front so it went down to her shoulders. She was wearing dark blue contacts to cover her white eyes.
"Hello Sammy" Kaylee said sadly before walking over to him and pulling out a pocket knife. Eli tensed dramatically when he realized that Kaylee was going to cut Sam loose. Kaylee paused and looked at Eli.
"He won't hurt you. Will you Sam?" Kaylee asked turning her attention back to Sam. Sam look at Kaylee still in shock but nodded, agreeing with her statement. Kaylee cut Sam loose and Sam stood up, reached out and placed a hand on her cheek.
"Is it really you?" Sam whispered and Kaylee nodded before being pulled in by a tight hug.
"But how? We saw you get shot and pushed off the cliff" Sam asked confused.
"We can talk about that later. Right now, we need to convince Dean and Gordon not to hunt these guys. Sam, you know how much I hate Vampires but these two aren't like them. They aren't evil. They aren't hunting humans. They deserve to live in peace, like me" Kaylee begged and Sam sighed nodded.
"It's not going to be easy, Kaylee. Dean's changed since Dad and you died… well since we thought you died" Sam said and Kaylee paused.
"John is dead?" Kaylee asked and Sam nodded sadly.
"I'm sorry Sam, truly" Kaylee said sincerely before turning to Lenore and Eli.
"Get packed and leave. I'll do my best to stop them both and if I can't then I'll do my best to delay them" Kaylee said walking over to Lenore.
"Thank you and good luck" Lenore said hugging Kaylee and Eli nodded to her before Sam and Kaylee left the house.
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