"This is the best pattern I can establish. It's sketchy, at best" Gordon explained to Dean as they sat back at the hotel room looking at a map.
"Looks like it's all coming from this side of town, which means the nest would be around here someplace, right?" Dean asked.
"Yep, that's what I'm thinking. Problem is, there's 35, 40 farms out there. I searched about half of them already but nothing yet. They're covering their tracks real good" Gordon explained.
"I guess we'll just have to search the other half. What time is it? Where is Sam?" Dean asked worried as he looked outside.
"Car's parked outside. Probably went for a walk. Seems like the take-A-Walk type" Gordon suggested.
"Yeah, he is, but... where you been?" Dean asked just as Sam walked into the hotel room.
"Can I talk to you alone?" Sam asked firmly.
"You mind chilling out for a couple of minutes?" Dean asked Gordon who shrugged. Dean followed Sam outside and over to the car where Kaylee was waiting in the shadows. Her heart ached when she saw Dean for the first time.
"Dean, maybe we got to rethink this hunt" Sam said looking around for Kaylee but couldn't see her so he started the conversation without her.
"What are you talking about? Where were you?" Dean asked worried.
"In the nest" Sam said sighing.
"You found it?" Dean asked shocked.
"They found me, man" Sam explained.
"How did you get out? How many did you kill?" Dean asked quickly.
"None" Sam said simply.
"Sam, they didn't just let you go" Dean said confused.
"That's exactly what they did" Sam admitted.
"All right, well, where is it?" Dean asked.
"I was blindfolded. I don't know" Sam lied.
"You got to know something" Dean said annoyed and Sam sighed and looked into the bushed where he guessed Kaylee was hiding.
"I don't know anything except that we went over that bridge outside of town, but… I know someone who does" Sam said worried about how Dean will react to Kaylee.
"Great! Who?" Dean asked.
"She won't tell you unless you promise not to hunt them" Sam explained and Dean frowned.
"She?" Dean asked confused before hearing a noise behind him. He spun around knife out ready to attack but dropped it when he saw who was standing there.
"It's not possible" Dean whispered and Kaylee walked over to them watching Dean carefully.
"Hello Dean…" Kaylee said softly and Dean opened and closed his mouth a few times, at a loss for words.
"How?" Dean asked shocked and Kaylee bit her lip nervously.
"We can talk about that later, right now we need to stop Gordon from hunting these…." Kaylee started to say but was interrupted.
"No! No, you were dead! I saw you get shot and fall of a damn cliff! And now you are alive and didn't bother coming to tell us?! Where have you been? How did you survive?" Dean demanded angrily and Sam looked at Kaylee curiously and Kaylee sighed knowing she had no chance of talking to Dean rationally until she answered his questions.
"I fell of the cliff and landed in a river. Kane found and patched up my wounds while I drifted in and out of consciousness for a week. By the time, I became coherent enough to realize what was going on you, Sam and John were gone. Not even Kane could track you. It took me another week before I was about to move again because the bullet I was shot with was silver so it took me forever to heal. When I could move properly again, I went into town and tried to call your mobiles but got no answer from any one. Kane thought he had a lead on the Alpha Vamp that killed our mates so I stayed with him and that led us to here" Kaylee explained while Dean and Sam listened silently.
"Now that you got your answers we can continue with my conversation. You can't hunt these vampires" Kaylee said firmly.
"Why not? I thought you hated vampires" Dean asked confused.
"They aren't like other vampires. They aren't killing humans. They are living off animal blood and they gave me a good lead on the Alpha that Kane is following up on right now" Kaylee explained.
"And you believed them?" Dean asked curiously.
"I've been here the past few weeks with them. I believe them" Kaylee said honestly.
"No man, it's supernatural so we kill it. That's our job" Dean said ignorantly.
"No, Dean, that is not our job. Our job is hunting evil. And if these things aren't killing people, they're not evil" Sam argued.
"Of course, they're killing people. That's what they do" Dean snapped.
"They're not human, okay? We have to exterminate every last one of them" Dean added making Kaylee get in Dean's face.
"What the hell is wrong with you?! Have you forgotten that I'm not human! Are you going exterminate me as well Dean? Huh?" Kaylee spat hatefully and shoved Dean making him cringe at the tone of her voice and the force in her push.
"Gordon's been on those vamps for a year. He knows" Dean said softly.
"Gordon? You're taking his word for it? Ellen says he's bad news" Sam said making Dean look at him.
"You called Ellen? And I'm supposed to listen to her? We barely know her, Sam. No thanks. I'll go with Gordon" Dean said simply.
"Right, because Gordon's such an old friend" Sam said sarcastically.
"Boys! Have you forgotten I'm here already? Fuck Gordon. I'm family, Dean… or at least I used to be… You used to trust me… when did that not become enough?" Kaylee asked hurt making Dean look away.
"You don't think I can see what this is?" Sam said to Dean.
"What are you talking about?" Dean asked.
"He's a substitute for dad. A poor one" Sam said.
"Shut up, Sam. He's not even close, Dean, not on his best day. You slap on this fake smile, but I can see right through it because I know how you feel, Dean. Dad's dead. And he left a hole, and it hurts so bad you can't take it. But you can't just fill up that hole with whoever you want to. It's an insult to his memory" Sam said before Dean punched him in the face. Kaylee stepped forward and punched Dean in the face knocking him to the ground. He looked up at her shocked as he held his cheek. Even Sam looked at Kaylee shocked by the situation. She glared at both brothers before turning to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Dean asked successfully keeping the desperation out of his voice. Kaylee spun out her eyes staring daggers at Dean.
"While we were fighting, your good friend Gordon has taken off most likely to find Lenore. I'm going to go stop him from killing an innocent woman… because that's what our job is. You used to know that" Kaylee said numbly before walking away.
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