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Hey ppl, this is my second fic. It's a crossover of Supernatural, Smallville and Veronica Mars. I got this idea when I thought about how Chloe and Veronica would be good friends if they knew each other. Anyways I don't own anything or anyone from Supernatural, Smallville or Veronica Mars even though owning the Winchester boys would be my dream. Lol. Hope you like it, and plz plz review.

Danger Brings Us Closer

Chapter Three

Dean looked at his brother and shrugged his shoulders. What were they going to tell these girls now? Sam sighed and moved over one of the single beds in the motel room. He sat down and Dean followed suit. The girls were still standing and they had a serious expression on their faces. They knew what had happened to them was not something that was normal, although these guys seemed to be expecting it. But if the Winchester boys knew something about this creature, they also had a right to know about it; it had tried to kill them right?

Sam looked at Veronica and spoke quietly but with a firm tone. "Okay, Dean and I hunt evil supernatural beings." He looked around at the girls' faces and found a shocked expression on them. "Evil supernatural beings? But that makes it sounds like this thing is a-a ghost." Veronica said skeptically. She really wasn't one who believed in ghosts and stuff. Dean looked at her, "They aren't ghosts, that thing that attacked you was a demon. And you can't pretend it wasn't, because you just got attacked by it." He said glancing at Chloe. He was surprised to see her looking quite calm about it, in fact she looked like she had been expecting this.

Sam looked at Veronica carefully; she still looked confused so he explained. "You've heard of demons and evil creatures like vampires, werewolves and things like that right?" he asked. She looked at him wide eyed but nodded. Yeah she'd heard of them, but she'd never been attacked by anything which her father used to tell her lived in fairy tales. "But I never thought these things were real, or that anyone hunted these things." She said in a fearful voice. Sam smiled grimly. Yup they had the lovely job of hunting evil and killing it. Chloe looked at them and smiled, "A bit like Van Helsing." She noted. Dean smiled at her, "Yeah but we look better." He said. Veronica swallowed and thought about the thing that had tried to kill her. It hadn't been human but it had been talking to her in English, she shook her head. "Maybe it was a human experiment or something the Luthors were doing in their company?" she said in an unsure voice remembering what Chloe had told her about the twisted Luthors. Dean shook his head at her and Chloe muttered a no, "I would have recognized a Luthor experiment. And that was not a human experiment gone wrong. It was a demon. The things it talked about and the way it acted, it wasn't human, nowhere near it." She said looking at her friend.

Veronica's lip trembled, "That-that thing tried to. It touched me, it was going to kill me." She felt sick. Suddenly this was too much. She'd been a nosy but happy investigator up until know. True she'd experienced a lot of weird things but this one took the cake. Now here she was stuck with two strangers who were telling her she'd been attacked by a demon? "Um I think I'm going to lie down for a while. I don't feel too good." She whispered trudging to the other bed in the room and lying down on it. She faced the wall but could still feel everyone's eyes on her, the atmosphere filling with worry.

She was grateful when she heard Chloe say to the guys, "Um, could you guys give us a minute or two." The boys didn't need to be told twice. Veronica heard the door close behind her and she turned around on the bed to face Chloe who sat on the edge of it examining her friend's tired and sick features. "Am I the only one who's finding this weird?" she asked closing her eyes for a few seconds, she was so tired. She opened them and found an equally tired Chloe looking back at her.

"No, trust me, I'm finding this weird as well. But maybe I'm not that surprised about supernatural stuff going on because it's happened to me, I was possessed twice." Chloe said smiling bitterly. Wasn't it great the way she seemed to attract weird evil things? Veronica raised her eyebrows in surprise but didn't say anything. She didn't know if she had enough energy in her to sit and listen as much as she wanted to. She just had to sleep and lose the sick feeling in her. Her eyelids began to droop but she kept them open.

"Chloe, how can you sit there without falling unconscious? You've been through more than I have, and I'm the one feeling like I'm about to pass out." She whispered closing her eyes again. Chloe grinned at her. "Maybe after staying in Smallville, I can withstand some levels of torture." Veronica smiled grimly. After all the tales she'd heard about Chloe and her life in Smallville she wasn't surprised. "Yeah well I'm going to sleep for a few hours; I can't stay awake like this. We almost got ourselves killed today Chloe." She said her smiling sliding off her face. Chloe nodded quietly. "I'm so sorry, Veronica. I shouldn't have taken you there." She said quietly. Veronica sighed, "It wasn't your fault it was mine. You didn't even want to go this late at night but me being the stupid nosy investigator thought there wasn't any better way then finding out more about Smallville then sneaking through an unknown territory. Especially since it obviously belongs to a demon of all things." She couldn't believe the turn of events.

Chloe frowned slightly and bit her bottom lip. Veronica saw this and asked, "What's wrong Chloe?" Chloe shook her head. "It's nothing….Veronica; do you really think it's just a coincidence that we were there and that the demon was there too? I mean that can't really be its humble abode, I mean that house, even if it's a bit dilapidated it's still pretty open to anyone. People still go there and I don't think demons hang around places where there are humans." She said slowly. She looked at Veronica and saw her nod her head. "I know what you mean, I was thinking along the same lines when we were in the car looking for you. Dean and Sam said that they found clues that the demon was here. They said that they've been looking for this demon for a long time. Why would a demon attack us for no reason and bring attention to itself when these guys are hunting it?"

Chloe nodded, "Yeah, and the way it was talking to me. The things it was saying, like, it needed to purify me and that it's job was almost done….it was, well weird." She admitted. Veronica nodded and stared at the ground numbly. They'd been talking for a while and she was still feeling tired. Chloe stared at her friend's pale and tired face and mentally scolded herself for giving her something else to worry about.

"Look, you need to rest, you're drained and I think I could use some sleep too. Don't worry about what's happened, because we're both alive and even though we've got a few scratches and wounds we're alright. And these guys aren't bad. I feel safe around them, I know they won't hurt us and they'll protect us no matter what." She said hugging her friend. Veronica smiled, "You sound like you like them already." She said grinning. Chloe rolled her eyes but smiled back, "Well, they are cute." They both laughed and Chloe said goodnight before walking out of the room.

She found Sam and Dean's room and knocked quickly. She just wanted to know what was going to happen now and say goodnight for the evening. The door opened and Dean smiled at her. "Hey Chloe, is Veronica okay?" he asked with concern. She smiled softly, "Yeah she's alright but I think she's really shaken up over this. And I think she's got a really bad scratch on her back." She said remembering the heavy blood stains on her friend's shirt. Dean nodded and let her in. Their room was the same as the girls' and Sam was propped on one with his laptop and was, by the looks of it, deep into whatever it was he was looking up. "Hey Sam" she greeted.

Sam looked up in surprise, "Oh hey Chloe, I didn't see you." He said smiling slightly. Dean rolled his eyes, "Yeah he was too busy making love to his computer." He muttered. Chloe grinned but didn't say anything while Sam shot his brother a look and turned back to Chloe. "Is Veronica okay? I saw some pretty bad wounds on her and she looks really weak." He said his eyebrows knitted with concern. Chloe nodded, "Yeah, she is pretty badly scarred and stuff, but she won't show it. I think she should clean it up tomorrow before it turns septic. She's been through a lot in this trip to Smallville." Chloe said in a low tone.

Dean looked over at her. "Isn't she from around here?" he asked. Chloe shook her head, "Nope, Veronica's from California, she was here on a workshop seminar on journalism like me but we got sidetracked and ended up being ambushed by a yellow eyed monster." She sighed. Dean corrected her, "Demon." She grinned back at him and said again, "Sorry, demon." Sam looked on with the slightest hint of interest, although his brother chatting up or flirting with a girl he'd only met for a few minutes wasn't a new sight for him.

Dean saw his brother from the corner of his eye and knew that he would give him the 'chatting-up-a-girl-who's-had-a-traumatic-experience-isn't-right' speech later but he didn't really care. This girl had won his respect hands down. She had managed to find something that freaked the Yellow Eyed Demon out in a second while he and Sammy had been on a treacherous journey trying to find something apart from the silver bullet to ward him off. Plus, the girl had survived an encounter and made it out onto the highway without any serious wounds. She was good.

"Are you from around here?" Sam asked, not wanting to miss the opportunity to find out more about the girls. Chloe nodded, "Yeah, this is my lovely 'normal,' quiet town. Smallville." She said smiling slightly. Dean grinned, "Normal?" he asked. She laughed, "Well normal as it could be with all these weird things happening. But I didn't expect to get kidnapped by a demon of all things. And why it was there anyways is a mystery to me." She said sitting down on one of the single beds. Sam and Dean exchanged a glance. "Are you and Veronica related any way?" Sam asked. Chloe shook her head. "No in fact we just met a few days ago. But we're really good friends. Why?" she asked. Dean spoke before Sam could say anything. "Well, we thought that if you and Veronica were related and we could trace back your family tree and see if there was any demonic activity or relation." Chloe looked at him scrutinizing. "So we're demons?" she asked. Sam quickly saved his brother, even though he wouldn't have minded seeing him get kicked in the head for the stupid things his mouth spilled out.

"What he means, is that maybe the Demon wants something from you guys. Maybe you guys might have a history with him way back, like your ancestors or something." Sam explained quickly. Chloe nodded understandingly, "I don't think our family has any scores to settle with a demon. Maybe I should find out about this more, I'll call my father and ask him." She said thoughtfully. Dean looked at her and asked, "Wouldn't your family want to know where you are?" he asked. Sam nodded, "Yeah and Veronica's parents, they think she's safe at a journalism seminar when actually she was being attacked by a demon, she should call them and tell them she's….. well as alright as you can be when a demon attacks you." He said sheepishly.

Chloe gave a small smile. "Well, I've only got to call dad, he's in New York right now for work so he doesn't have to know the details because he'd drag me home and lock me in my room. But apart from that, I'm fine." Dean nodded, so she lived with her father. "So you guys don't have to explain where you are to your parents?" She asked smiling slightly. She wondered how you hid the fact that you killed evil spirits from your parents. The boys exchanged a look and Chloe regretted what she said immediately. Dean's voice was emotionless when he said, "Our parents are dead the demon killed them." Chloe's mouth opened slightly, she didn't know what she would have done if an evil demon had killed her only parent, her dad and was after her.

"Is he after you guys as well?" she asked slightly shocked. Dean turned heavily to his brother, who turned away from him. "Well, we're trying to kill it to avenge our parents' death. So tomorrow we'll drop you guys off at the hospital and we'll be off, trying to find it. It shouldn't be too hard if he wants us to find him." Dean said grinning darkly. Chloe's eyebrows narrowed slightly. "What do you mean you'll drop us and be off? You're not thinking of taking off without us are you?" she asked. Sam looked at her surprised and asked gently, "Why would you guys want to come with us? You nearly got killed." He added. Dean nodded his head vigorously, "Exactly, what are you, crazy?" he asked.

She looked at him coldly, "Just as much as you guys are. I don't know about you guys but I don't let people or demons get away with trying to kill me, especially if it plans on getting other people too. I want to find it and kill it." She said in a loud and clear tone. Sam was looking at her like he didn't know what to make of it, but Dean was staring at her in a skeptical way, "You can't do anything to help." He said flatly.

He couldn't help but let the admiration creep into his eyes even when he was criticizing her. She noticed it and said simply, "If I can get away from that demon after being tortured by it and make it out of there without any broken limbs then I can handle it, and you know that." Sam smiled at the way she was standing up to his brother but knew where Dean was going with his protesting against the girls coming with them.

Sam spoke up, "Chloe, this isn't something you can pull out of when you're in it. You guys were lucky the demon didn't come after you, if he had you might not have been here with us. I think he used you guys to bait us but if you and Veronica get into this deeper than you already are, he won't spare you. We've been after it for years, but we've got no one to lose. Our parents are both dead and we've got no one else to worry about. But you guys have your families and friends to think about. He could go after them as well. That's what he did to our parents." He didn't like talking about his mum and dad but she had to understand how serious this was.

Chloe shook her head, "You guys don't know much about me yet, but if you did you'd realize how much I've gotten out of without hurting my family. I know what I'm doing and what I'm getting myself into and that's why I'm really serious about this too. That demon said things that make me think he wanted me for something too. And if we really were just bait he would have killed us straightaway. He wouldn't have let us get away. This doesn't have to do with just you guys, me and Veronica have a part in this too. And when Veronica gets up I'm going to ask her about this and then we're going to join you guys too. Because we need to know what it wants with us." She said before glancing at both of them and walking out of the room and back to the one Veronica and her were sharing.

The two boys stared at the open doorway where she had stalked out of and looked at each other in awe. "Uhh, what do we do now?" Sam asked. "Maybe we could try talking them out of this when Veronica wakes up. Maybe she'll change her mind then?" Dean said uncertainly. Sam stared at Dean and said quietly, "For some weird reason I don't think so. In fact I won't be surprised if Veronica's all for this joining us thing as well." He said slightly amused. Dean shook his head. "Man, these girls are gonna end up getting us killed or themselves. We should have dropped them at the hospital when we had the chance." He mumbled. Sam found himself agreeing with his brother. "Yeah, it's a bit too late for that now." Dean glared at his brother, "This wouldn't have happened if we had just lied to Veronica and we could have left her at the hospital after we found Chloe." He said annoyed.

Sam glared back at him. "Yeah? And what exactly were we supposed to say happened, to the doctors and nurses while the girls would be screaming and yelling about us kidnapping them?" he asked wondering why Dean seemed to be so ready to go to jail over stupid mistakes like this. Dean growled in frustration, "Whatever Sam, I'm not gonna try persuading Veronica to go home, so you can do it, anyways she likes you way better." Dean grinned at this and Sam rolled his eyes. He wasn't looking forward to trying to beg Veronica to go back home and act like she'd never been ambushed by a demon. If she was like Chloe then this was going to be hard.