A/N: See I told you, I'd have this for you soon! ENJOY
Katie leaned against the side of the gas station, waiting for the guys so they could go. Currently she stood watching as cars passed by.
"Hey" A voice said startling her. She turned to see Sam standing next to her, holding a cup a coffee out to her.
"Thanks" she replied taking the cup gratefully. "So are we ready to go?"
"Uh, not yet" Sam said. "Dean's just now paying for the gas" Katie nodded as she took a sip of her coffee. "You know now that we have a moment, there's something I wanted to ask you"
"Sure" Katie replied.
"Back at the hospital" Sam replied. He looked down to his cup before back over to Katie. "When Dean woke up, and with Layla—"
"Sam, what are you trying to ask me?" Katie asked.
"It's just you uh—" Sam didn't know what he was doing. All he knew was what he was seeing, and what they refused to see. "You seemed upset" Katie shook her head.
"I wasn't upset" Katie replied taking another sip from her coffee. "You brother woke up, perfectly fine, so I'm good"
"You sure, you just uh" he tried to think of the right words. "Don't seem like yourself"
"You guys ready!" Dean said walking out of the gas station. He looked between Sam and Katie and could tell something was up. "What's up?" Sam looked over to Katie who just shook her head and headed for the car. "Did I miss something?"
"You could say that" Sam muttered before walking to the car as well.
For the most part the ride was silent. Katie sat in the back, her ear buds in her ears as she sat quietly listing to her IPod. It had been a whole week since Dean was released from the hospital and she found out the angels had ulterior motives for the brothers. So here she was, forcing herself to be where she really didn't want to be with feelings she didn't want to have. She silently cursed when her IPod died. She pulled the ear buds from her ears and tossed it into her bag, before turning back to the window.
Dean glanced up to his mirror to see Katie staring out of the window. She hadn't said much of anything to him since they left the hospital which was weird in itself. She was a talker, she liked to fill empty silences with jokes or stories or just plain conversation. This past week you couldn't get two words out of her. Something was wrong, he just didn't know what. Dean glanced over to Sam who was also just staring out the window. He had a feeling his brother knew more than what he was letting on.
"So, Sam" Dean said breaking the silence. Sam looked over to his brother. "Where are we headed?"
"Alton Maine" Sam replied reaching down into his bag for his laptop. "Bodies have been popping up all over the place without heads, and from the photos, it kind of looks like they were bitten off" Sam looked back over to his brother. "Papers are saying its wild animal attacks, but I'm not so sure"
"Why not?" Dean asked with a shrug. "I mean this could all just be some hungry bear gone nuts"
"It's just one victim alright, but four?" Sam asked. "If it's a bear, it's probably a supernatural one if it can get that man people in two months"
"Well I guess we're going to find out" Dean said. He glanced up to the mirror once again to see Katie still staring out the window. "No heads, sounds like fun, huh princess?" Witty response? No, all Dean got was silence. "Hello?" still nothing. Dean looked over to Sam who looked over his shoulder to Katie before looking back over to Dean and shrugging. "Ok, is it me or have you totally done a one eighty?" he shook his head. "I'm the one who had the near death experience, and I'm fine, better than ever, so what's your deal?" he looked back up to the mirror when Katie turned to him.
"Wait" Katie looked over to Dean confused. "Were you saying something?" Dean scoffed as he shook his head.
"I guess I was talking to myself?" Dean replied.
"Interesting conversation?" Katie replied and Dean shook his head.
"Not interesting enough I guess" he muttered "We're heading to Maine" Katie quirked an eyebrow. "Something's stealing heads"
"Well that's just groovy" Katie replied turning back to look out her window.
Once again the ride went silent until they'd arrived in Maine. But even then everything was business. They got a room, Sam and Dean got changed and then they headed to the morgue.
They looked up to the hospital before Dean turned to Katie.
"So Sam and I are gonna go in to see what's what and you—" Dean stopped because even now as he looked at her and was talking directly to her, she seemed to be somewhere else. "Hey are you listening princess?"
"It's Katie, not princess, and I think I know how this works out Dean." Katie says not even sparing him a glace as she looks out her window. "It's the same thing every time. You two go in, I stay in here. Am I missing anything?" Dean sat there for a moment totally confused before looking over to his brother who simply shook his head.
"Right" Dean sighed. "C'mon Sammy" and with Dean was getting out of the car. Sam cast one final glace to Katie before getting out as well. They were hallway to the entrance when Dean finally turned to Sam. "So I'm going to take a wild guess her, but something up with her?"
"You think?" Sam replied. "Are you just now noticing that" Sam shook his head at his brother.
"What?" Dean asked noticing the slight attitude in his brother's voice. "Is it something I did, because I don't know what I'm missing here"
"Nothing, it's nothing" Sam said shaking his head. "Just don't worry about it" Dean scoffed walking past Sam into the building.
Once Katie saw the brothers enter the hospital, she stepped out of the car to stretch her legs a bit. She stretched her arms above her head as her mind went to the case.
"Ok, so there's a lot of demons who like to steal heads" Katie muttered to herself as she began walking. "So how do we narrow this down?" She plopped down a park bench and closed her eyes releasing a frustrated sigh. Katie heard the sound of jingling, that seemed to get louder and the moment she opened her eyes to see a yellow lab as it jumped in her lap. "Whoa!" Katie let out of huff of air as the dog tried licking her. "Well, hi there" she grabbed his collar. "Where did you come from…Rex?"
"Rex!" someone call and Katie lifted her head to see a man running over to her a leash in his hands. "Rex" he looked over to Katie and smiled. "I'm so sorry about this" Katie smiled back over to the man. He was actually cute, and a she suddenly got a glimpse of hope that her life wouldn't be spent pining after Dean. "He really just got away from me"
"Oh, it's no problem" Katie said as she gave the dog a scratch behind the ears. "He's a good boy" she looked down to the dog who looked appreciative of the attention. "Aren't you boy?"
"I think he likes you" the man said and Katie smiled back over to him. "I'm Brad" He held out his hand for a shakes.
"And I'm Katie" she replied taking his hand. The moment she did she found herself not wanting to let go. Her eyes were glued to his as if there was nothing else she'd rather look at.
"I don't think I've seen you around here before" Brad said and even his voice seemed entrancing, making Katie smile even wider with every word he spoke.
"I'm not from—" Katie couldn't explain how attractive the man seemed to be getting as the spoke. "You have really pretty eyes" the man's grasp tightened around Katie's hand as he pulled her closer without her opposition.
"Thank you" he replied their faces so close they could feel each other's breath on their skin. "I have an idea, why don't you and I go somewhere" Katie smiled. Even his ideas were genius. Everything in her head was screaming for her to just do it, but then there was the smallest voice screaming as well. And to her own surprised, that little voice had more power than she thought.
"Wait" Katie said pulling her hand from his and even he seemed a little surprised. "You're trying to hypnotize me, aren't you?" His eye widened. She could tell from his expression that that this didn't happen that often.
"How did you—" he looked around suspiciously as he backed away. "Hey—" he pointed over her shoulder. "Look over there" Katie whipped her head around, but there was nothing there.
"What—" she turned back around but he was gone.
"Hey!" a voice called and Katie turned to see Dean and Sam standing by the car looking over to her. "You coming or what princess?" Katie scanned the area once more before walking over to the brothers.
"What were you doing over there?" Sam asked as she approached them.
"I uh, I was stretching my legs" Katie said still looking around. "I didn't expect you guys to be back so soon"
"What do you mean?" Sam asked and Katie turned to see him looking at his watch. "We were actually in there for a while, about an hour or so" he looked back over to Katie who looked just as confused as he did.
"I could've sworn—" Katie said looking down to her own watch to see that time did get away from her. She lifted her head back to the brothers. "Ok, so I think we may have a problem.
The ride back to the room was spent with Katie explaining in detail what happened when the guys left her. She felt as if she were repeating herself, and began to get annoyed by the questions she'd already answered.
"And so you're saying, that you don't remember anything?" Dean asked and Katie sighed in annoyance seeing as she could've sworn she said those exact words just moments before. She knows they're just as confused as she is and trying to figure this out, but she can't explain that at this moment everything out of Dean's mouth seems to make her just want to punch him in the face.
"Yeah, that's what I just said" Katie replied the annoyance clear in her voice.
"Hey, there's no need to get bitchy" Dean replied and Katie's fists clenched as she held onto whatever restraint she had. "I'm just trying to understand"
"Right, Dean, I forgot you're a little slower than the average bear" Katie said and he shook his head as true to her word, Katie recounted her story, a little slower. "So how about I slow it down for you, the last- thing I remember- is seeing the two of you go into the building—" she heard Dean mutter something under his breath. "Next thing I know you're walking out"
" Funny" Dean said.
"You think this has something to do with our case?" Sam asks trying to get back on point. He expected the tensions to start getting high soon, but right now he didn't want everyone to explode, which seemed like it was going to happen soon.
"It could be" Dean replied before glancing up to the mirror. "Only question is, why does our favorite witch here still have her head"
"You almost sound disappointed" Katie commented.
"Well your words not mine" Dean replied and Katie scoffed.
"How about my foot your—"
"Guys enough!" Sam interrupted. "Let's save the bickering for when we don't have something eating people's heads" he shook his head. "Or erasing their memory" he looked between Katie and Dean. "So for the sake of the case we're gonna at least pretend to be adults, deal?"
"Fine" Dean muttered.
"Yeah, whatever" Katie said leaning back in her seat and turning her head out the window. The moment they arrived back to their rooms, they all hopped out of the car.
"Hey!" Sam called after Katie who was making a b line for her room. "You want to meet back in our room so we can try to figure this out"
"Sure" Katie called as she continued to her room. Once inside Katie collapsed against the door. "Get it together" she told herself before heading off to the bathroom to get cleaned up. An hour later she held a couple of books in her hand as she stood outside their door. She took a deep breath before using a free hand to knock on the door. It didn't take long for the door to swing and of course Dean would be the one to open the door.
"Let me help—" Dean reached forward to help her with the books.
"No thanks, I got it" Katie replied moving past him into the room. She spotted Sam sitting at a table in their room, his laptop in front of him. Katie walked over and dumped the books on his bed before grabbing one and silently sitting down and beginning to read. Dean closed the door before glancing over to her and then to his brother who looked over to him before looking back down to his computer. Dean only shook his head before walking over and sitting back at the table to read over their father's journal. After a while of silent research Sam lifts his head to see his brother's eyes no longer on the journal in front of him, but on the woman sitting on the bed. Sam shakes his head before looking back to his computer.
"Ok, so this is useless" Katie said closing her last book. Sam and Dean look over to her. "There's nothing here" she shakes her head.
"Yeah, I've got nothing." Dean replies closing his dad's journal.
"Me either" Sam says leaning back in his seat. "So what do we do now?" Katie sighed.
"I guess we're going to have to visit the scene of the crime" Katie says gathering her books into her arms. "Maybe then I'll be able to pick up something"
"Like what?" Dean asks and Katie sighs before turning back to him.
"No idea, but I'm sure we'll see when we get there" she retorted harshly as she made her way out of their room. Dean stood to his feet.
"Dean—" Sam warned but Dean ignored him and was already following after Katie.
"Hey!" Dean called and Katie stopped and turned back to him. "If there is something you want to say, then say it, because I have to tell you this attitude is confusing the hell out of me"
"Dean, look I'm tired, and I'm not up for this" Katie replied turning and opening her door, but before she knew it Dean was reaching over to close it. Katie dropped the books from her hands and turned back to him, finding him a little too close for comfort, but she was strong.
"Well how about you get up to this" Dean snapped and Katie folded her arms over her chest.
"Ok, Dean, what?" She replied coldly their bodies so close that, just an inch or two and they'd be touching.
"That's what I want to know" Dean replied throwing his hands in the air. "For the past week you've been in this mood, and you've been bitchy and it all seems to be directed toward me" Katie turned away from him and shook her head. "So tell me, what did I do to deserve your little wrath here" Katie turned back to him.
"You're a jackass" Katie replied simply. "No scratch that, you're a self-absorbed jackass" she shook her head. "So how about I solve this issue, do not worry yourself with my attitude or my bitchiness" with a wave of her hand, she popped open her door and sent her books inside. "How about you go in your room, I go in mines, tomorrow we're gonna find whatever is doing this and then that will be the end of this" Those last words made Dean nervous for some strange reason, and he couldn't help but ask the question that immediately popped into his head.
"The end of what?" Dean asked. Katie's eyes went to his for a moment before she turned, went inside her room, leaving Dean with a question he found himself desperately wanting answered.
Finding the last incident wasn't that hard. All they had to do was find a newspaper, which lead them to an alley in the middle of time.
"Walking by and finding a chick with no head, had to suck big time" Dean said as they crossed the yellow tape that was still up. They could see the dried blood spatter still on the wall where they figured the body was found. Katie took a deep breath before walking over and kneeling in front of the splatter. She held out her hands and closed her eyes.
"Anything?" Dean blurts out after a few moments of silence.
"Shss" Katie replies trying to stay focused. "Just wait" Sam and Dean share a look before looking back down to the woman.
After a moment of silently waiting, Katie could feel it when it happened. The moment she opened her eyes she found herself in the same alley, except there was no sun. It was suddenly night time the, alley now completely dark except for a street lamp that seemed to illuminate just a small part. Katie stood up straight when she heard a jingling sound coming from somewhere. She followed the sound until she was on the sidewalk in front of the alley. As soon as she came out, she watch as a yellow lab seemed to run up to a woman.
"Where did you come from?" the woman said smiling as she knelt down in front of the dog. "What a good doggy" Katie didn't know why all of this seemed familiar.
"Rex!" Katie lifted her head to see a man running toward the woman. The moment Katie saw his face, his eyes, she recognized his eyes. "There you are Rex" the woman stood to her feet. "I'm sorry, he just-"
"Got away from me" Katie said along with the man.
"Don't worry about it" the woman replied with a wide smile. "I had a dog like him when I was a kid, I was always chasing him"
"Hi I'm Nick." The man said holding out his hand to the woman.
"Of course Brad isn't you real name" Katie replied as she watched the woman shake his hand.
"Are you from around here?" Nick asked.
"I'm Jane" the woman cheerfully greeted as she shook his hand. "And no, I just moved here for my job—" she stopped mid-sentence as she leans closer into the man. "Wow, has anyone ever told you how beautiful your eyes are?"
"Well maybe a few times" Nick replied with a smirk. "How about we go somewhere"
"Sure, I'll go anywhere with you" the woman said and Katie could tell from the woman's eyes that she was gone. She was totally and completely under the man's spell. The man grabbed the woman's hand and led her into the dark alley. Katie followed even though she knew what was coming. With the small illumination of light from the street lamp, Katie could make out the man's face contorting as his teeth bite into her head. Katie turned away, the sight even too much for her.
"Katie." She heard her name alone with a hand on her shoulder. She opened her eyes and found herself back in the present. "Katie hey are you alright"
"Yeah I'm fine" Katie replied with a deep breath. She looked over to Dean and then to his hand on her shoulder. He must have realized the awkwardness of the situation because he soon removed it.
"What did you see?" Sam asked and Katie looked over to him.
"Well I saw who's eating head kabobs and erasing memories" Katie replied looking between the brothers before looking back down to the blood stained wall.
"What are we dealing with exactly?" Dean asked and Katie looked over to him.
"From what I saw, I would say I was looking at a Drakoff demon" Katie replied and both brothers looked over to her confused.
"Never heard of it" Dean replied.
"That's because they're usually more subtle than snatching people right off the streets" Katie said shaking her head. "I think in my entire life I've only come across one, and that one I wasn't really hunting, just along for the ride sort of thing, other than that all I know is things I've heard from others" she looked back over to the brothers. "They have the ability to hypnotize their victims to make them more malleable" she sighed. "They prefer the heads because of the brains as a source of energy and all that crap"
"So how do we kill it?" Sam asked.
"Well that's just it, kill it, that's the easy part" Katie replied. "Shoot it with one you your salt filled bullets should put the bastard down"
"What's going to be the hard part?" Dean asks and Katie turns to him.
"Finding him" she replied. "Drackoff, have this defense mechanism, they're kind of like a very distant cousin to the shape shifter, they can't change their face, they just don't shed its skin or anything like that" she shook her head. "All it has to do is see the form it wants to take and bibity bobity boo"
"So there's a demon walking around eating people's heads, and it can be anyone it wants?" Dean asks as they head back to the car. Katie nods. "That's just great"
"There's got to be something we can do to catch this thing" Sam says when Katie stops.
"You're right" Katie says and they look over to her. "I have an idea"
"Of course you do" Dean says leaning over the impala looking over to her. "what is it?"
"We lure him out" Katie says looking between Sam and Dean.
"How—" Dean starts when it hits him, what she's suggesting exactly. "Wait—" he looks over to her and knows he's right. "No way! Find a new way"
"Uh will someone please fill me in?" Sam asked looking between the pair confused.
"She wants to be demon bait" Dean snaps before getting into the car. Katie growls lowly before she and Sam get in as well.
"There is no other way." Katie says. "And if there is we don't have time to find it. He obviously wanted my head or whatever and its probably upsetting him that he didn't get it." She shook her head. "He'll probably jump at the chance to try and get me again."
"I think I'm with Dean on this one" Sam says looking over to Katie who glares over to him. "You have to admit that this seems dangerous"
"It doesn't seem dangerous" Dean adds. "It is dangerous, and we're not doing it" Sam shook his head at his brother's words. He was starting to sound like dad, barking orders and Katie was definitely someone who didn't do well with taking orders.
"Guys, ok have you forgotten who I am?" Katie asked looking between the two of them. She hated when they did this. When they treated her like she wasn't capable of taking care of herself. "I am a very powerful witch, who majors in kicking ass in tough situations" she turns back to Dean who's still shaking his head. "I will be fine, plus as soon as he shows his face you two come out and shoot it" Both brothers are silent for a moment, thinking over the plan.
"Well" Sam says and Dean glances over to him. "It does sound simple enough, and if it's the only idea we have—"
"Aw c'mon Sam" Dean snaps at his brother's flip flopping between arguments. "There's no such thing as a simple plan, there's risks and this one just happens to be your life, so no I'm not letting you be demon bait, we'll find another way to kill this thing, and that's the end of this" Sam shook his head. Those last words were not just gonna slip by unnoticed.
"No, it's not the end of this Dean!" Katie replied. "And let me?" she shook her head. "Did you really just say you're not gonna let me, I mean who the hell do you think you are?"
"Hey, you're the one who joined us, decided to hunt with us as a team, and guess what if the team doesn't agree with the plan, then the plan doesn't happen" Dean replied right back.
"Is that what we are Dean, a team because I have to tell you this doesn't feel like much of a team" Katie snapped. "Especially since part of the job description is wait in the car" she shook her head. "I mean I've been here for a little over a year and the moment I look like I'm going to sit in the front seat, I get looks"
"Hey, you want to sit up here, be my guest" Dean replied glancing over to her. "But you want to be demon bait, then the answer is still going to be no"
"Alright, Dean I'm going to need you to stop the car" Katie said her voice low. Dean looked over to Sam before glancing over his shoulder.
"What?" Dean asked. "Why?"
"Look, why don't we just calm down" Sam said glancing over to Katie, but he could see all the anger she was keeping a lid on in her eyes. "I'm sure there's something we can do to figure this out"
"There is Sam" Katie replied before turning to Dean. "Stop this car or I promise you I will stop it for you" It wasn't a threat, they knew it. It was the truth, and that lead Dean to do the only thing he could.
"Fine" Dean replied and they felt the impala slowing down as he pulled over to the side of the road. The moment the car stopped Katie grabbed her bag and got out of the car, Sam quickly did as well.
"Katie!" Sam said and she looked over to him. "I get you're upset, but you don't have to do this"
"Yes I do" Katie replied. She glanced over to the car, a part of her wondering why Sam was the brother telling her not to leave, but she shook the thought away before turning back. "Plus, c'mon this has been coming for a long time, I mean there was no way the three of us would be doing this weird team thing forever" she glanced over to the car again, this time Sam followed her eyes.
"Katie—"
"Maybe Dean was right from the beginning" Katie said turning back to Sam. "You're good at what you do, you don't need me and I just—" she closed her eyes and released a frustrated breath. She opened her eyes and looked right over to Sam. "I can't do this anymore Sam" and that's when he knew the real reason she had to leave.
"Alright" Sam said with a nod. "Just be careful"
"You too" Katie replied. "Be safe Sammy" He nodded once more before she turned and walked away, seamlessly out of their lives for good. Once she was out of his sights, Sam turned and got back into the car. He looked over to his brother whose eyes were hard as the stared out in front of him, his hands still gripping the steering wheel.
"Dean—"
"Look we need to find out where this demon is and kill it before she goes off and gets herself killed" Dean said shifting the car and pulling off.
"You think she's gonna try and kill it herself?" Sam asked looking over to his brother who snorted in response.
"Please, I know this woman" Dean replied glancing over to his brother. "Of course she is, she's one stubborn bitch"
Katie had been walking for quite a while, but she didn't even notice. The voices in her head were arguing. She was debating if what she just did was the right thing to do. She was still reeling from him barking orders as if he could really tell her what to do. She stopped when she remembered that they were on demon and angels wanted list. She shook her head as the light from the motel came into view. If she was going to find and kill this demon, she would have to dress the part. Once inside her room, Katie dug around her duffle for something to wear.
She decided on a pair of blue jean shorts that were shorter than shorts and a white tank top that stopped above her belly button. She walked over to look at herself in the mirror and sighed at herself.
"The things I do for the world" Katie muttered to herself. "Something's missing" she continued to look at herself when she knew exactly what would top off the whole disguise. "I know… A new look is what I desire, change my hair, I've handled the attire" Katie watched as her dark locks suddenly turned golden. "I hope my IQ doesn't drop because of this" (A/N: No offense to blondes). She gave herself one more look over before grabbing her bag and heading out the door. As she was walking she looked up to see Sam and Dean walking toward her. They were talking so they didn't notice her right away. She began to wonder why they were just now returning to their room.
"Where have you two been?" she thought. She got nervous when they got closer. "Please don't notice me" she muttered as she turned her head away as she walked passed them.
Dean turned glancing back at the woman who'd just passed them and Sam looked over to him.
"Dude, really?" Sam asked and Dean turned to him. "Is now really the time?"
"Hey, I'm sorry" Dean replied holding his hands up as they made it to their door.
"So do you think this is going to work?" Sam asked as they walked into their room.
"Of course it is Sammy" Dean replied walking over to his bag. "If I know Katie, she's probably headed to find that demon, as we speak"
"She's going to be pissed, you know that right?" Sam asks digging through his bag as well.
"Well she's just gonna have to deal with it. " Dean said once he found what he was looking for. "You ready?"
"Yep" Sam sighed before following his brother out the room.
"Alright, let's go bag ourselves a demon" Dean said with a clap of his hands. Sam just looked over and shook his head.
As it would seem the Drackoff stayed in a general area for his attacks. Right in the heart of the city. That's where Katie started her search. She felt like a fool walking around, looking like a hooker. But she looked easily manipulative, which she assumed was a quality the demon looked for when choosing his next victim.
"Alright, Mr. Drackoff demon" Katie muttered to herself as she scanned the area. "Come and get it" She continued her search, walking along the dark streets, about to give up when suddenly she heard the sound of screaming. "Damnit!" she took off toward the screaming hoping she wasn't too late. She followed the screaming to behind a nearby building. She stopped trying to get a look at what was happening, but it was dark, all she heard was screaming. "Hey!" Katie ran inside hoping that she would be able to see once she got closer. Suddenly she realized that everything wasn't as it seemed as she stepped on something. Katie reached down to pick up a tape recorder. "What the hell?" She hit a button to stop the screaming. "Those bastards" she took a step, but found after a couple of inches she couldn't move. It was as if some invisible force just wouldn't let her. She looked around and then down to her feet before reaching into her bag and pulling out a flashlight. As she thought, there it was. She was standing above a witch's trap. Katie closed her eyes and dropped her head back. "Son of a bitch"
Dean and Sam, following the same logic as Katie arrived in the area where most of the murders occurred. They both stepped out of the car, scanning the area for anyone who looked the slightest bit suspicious.
"Now what?" Sam asks as they begin walking down the street. "This thing can be anybody?"
"I know" Dean replies when he see a guy. "Wait, look, guy with a dog
"Ok guy with a dog doesn't really scream demon" Sam says looking over to the guy as well.
"Yeah, well right now guy with dog is the only thing we know for sure" Dean replies. "So we're going to go check it out" Sam only sighed before following after his brother. "Hey there fella" Dean said kneeling down to pet the dog. He glanced over to the dog collar. "Rex is it?" Dean looks up to the man. "What an awesome dog"
"Yeah, thanks" the man says backing away a bit. "He's like my best friend"
"Must be a ladies magnet too" Dean says standing up straight. This time he looks the man right in the eyes.
"Well he does help." The man says noticing the strange look in Dean eyes. " Look I have to go if you don't-" the man's attempt to leave was thwarted by Dean not letting him.
"We know what you are" Dean says taking a step toward the man.
"I don't know what you're talking about" the man replied clearly frightened as he looked between Sam and Dean.
"Dean" Sam whispers over to his brother. "I'm not sure this is the guy" Dean glances over to Sam and then back to the man.
"So you like to eat people's head's, huh?" Dean asks and the man looks even more confused. "You know you almost got a friend of ours, but they were lucky enough to get away"
"Ok, guy, I don't know what you're talking about" The man said shaking his head. "I mean eating people's heads, who does that" he tries to back away. "As for your friend, I've never even met her" Dean smiled looking over to Sam before turning back to the man and taking another step toward the man.
"And who exactly said my friend was a woman?" Dean asked with a quirked eyebrow.
"Well, uh—" the man stammered looking between the brother who looked at him as if he were guilty. "I just assumed because uh—" the man closed his eyes and sighed and after a moment he opened his eyes and calmly spoke again. "You know what, I think we can work something out" He looked between Sam and Dean and saw the anger leaving their faces and was replaced with calmness. "Why do you two just come with me?"
"Ok" Dean said with a nod and a smile. "We'll go anywhere with you" The man smiled and turned and the brothers followed. They weren't walking long before the man lead them inside of a nearby building.
Once inside the demon turned to the brothers and shook his head.
"You know everything was going great for me until you hunters decided to screw it all up" the demon said. " I mean this was the perfect location, filled with stupid woman who lose all common sense just because a dog is licking their face" the demon turned back to the brothers. "But your friend, I could smell her before I even met her, and I tell you she smelled delicious. I should've known something was up, but then she broke my trance" the demon threw his hands in the air in frustration. "I was this close to finally getting a witch" he smiled as he lifted his eyes back to Sam and Dean. "Don't worry I caught that sweet smell earlier, so once I'm done with you, I'll go find her and finish what I started" The demon took a step forward his face beginning to distort as his teeth get sharper and bigger.
"Dude, has anyone ever told you how pretty your eyes are?" Dean asks reaching behind his back and pulling out his gun. The demon stares in shock as Sam does the same.
"Impossible!" the demon yells. "How—" he steps back as Sam and Dean walk toward them. Dean reaches around his neck to show the demon the talismans they'd picked up earlier from their rooms.
"It's the damndest thing, we called this friend of ours and he told us these necklaces he gave us will protect us against bastards like you that try to get in our head" Dean said with a smile. "Bobby's the best I tell you"
"Oh crap" the demon says before a bullet hits him right in the head. Dean and Sam walk over to make sure he's really dead.
"Oh crap is right my dead friend" Dean says before kicking the demon's foot. He smiles and looks over to his brother. "Hey Sammy, looks like he won't be getting anymore head anytime soon huh?" Sam looks over to his brother shaking his head before turning and just walking away. "C'mon, now that was funny" Dean glanced back down to the demon before leaving as well.
Dean wanted to postpone the inevitable as long as possible, but knew that would only make Katie angrier. They pulled up to the building and got out, both looking warily as they did.
"Alright" Dean said walking around the car to his brother. "Go get her Sammy" Sam turned to his brother and shook his head.
"Oh no Dean, this was your idea, now you get the consequences" Sam replied leaning back on the impala. "You're going to get her"
"You know there's only one way we're going to decide this" Dean said holding out a fist to his brother for a game of rock, paper scissors.
"Dude, you're an adult, just go get her" Sam says shaking his head. Dean shakes his head before turning to the building.
"Fine, but if I'm not back in fifteen minutes, I'm probably dead, and expect me to haunt your ass" Dean said before making his way around the building . He took out his flashlight as he walked and the first thing he noticed was a woman with blonde hair sitting on the ground. For a moment he thought maybe it wasn't Katie, but then she lifted her head and familiar brown eyes looked back to him. "Katie?" Dean walked closer. "Is that you?" Katie silently stood to her feet brushing off her clothes. "New look huh" Dean looked her over. "I like it, it's nice" he tried lightening the mood but even he knew it wasn't working. "And the whole blonde look suits you" Katie glared at him before running her fingers through her hair, changing it back to it's original color. "Oh, neat trick" Dean took another step but kept some distance between him and the clearly angry woman. "Look I get you're pissed but hey me and Sam killed the demon, so that she put a smile back on that face" It didn't. She was still shooting a death glare in his direction and the silence was making him nervous.
"Dean" she finally spoke. Her voice different. "Just get me out of this damn circle" Dean nodded before rubbing his foot on part of the circle finally breaking it. The moment he did he figure she'd hit him or kick him, or just yell at him. What he didn't expect was for her to silently move past him.
Sam looked up as Katie walked from behind the building clutching her bag to her chest. She only glanced over to him as she continued walking down the street. He turned as his brother was walking over.
"So I'm going to take a wild guess and say she wasn't happy" Sam said and he and Dean watched the woman getting further and further away.
"No, she wasn't" Dean replied. Sam looked over to his brother and saw an emotion in his brother that he'd been seeing a lot lately.
"What did she say?" Sam asked.
"Get me out of this damn circle" Dean replied finally looking over to his brother when Katie had turned a corner.
"Well you made it out alive" Sam said with a shrug. "That's got to be good, right? I mean she can't be mad forever"
"Yeah, I hope that's true Sammy" Dean said as they turned and got back into the car.
The next morning Dean stood outside her door, debating if he should even go inside. He didn't know what to say. He knew he wasn't going to apologize, because the fact was he wasn't sorry. The last thing he was going to do was let her voluntarily put herself in a dangerous situation. And yeah he knew she was a witch with powers and all that, but the thought of her life on the line just seemed to upset him more than even he was sometimes willing to accept. It seemed the woman who wormed her way into their lives was somehow worming her way into his heart. He liked her, cared about her…but only as a friend. At least that's what he told himself when he would catch himself just staring at her.
"Might as well get this over with" Dean said finally finding the courage to walk over and knock on the door. He stood there and waited until the door finally swung open, but to his dismay it wasn't the woman he expected.
"Can I help you?" the housekeeper asked looking over to Dean. Dean looked around the woman into the room to see it completely empty.
"The woman that was in this room" Dean said looking back down to the woman. "where is she?"
"Oh, she checked out this morning" The maid replied. The words hit Dean like a punch to the stomach. "Sir, is everything alright?" Dean simply nodded before turning and heading back to his own room.
Sam looked up as Dean walked into their room nearly slamming the door as he entered.
"I take it she's still upset?" Sam asked and Dean looked over to him and there was that look again. "What's wrong?"
"She's gone" Dean replied. "Checked out this morning"
"Oh" Sam said slowly sitting down on the end of the bed. He looked over to his brother and could see the emotions just reeling, but knew Dean wouldn't dare let them out. "Dean—"
"You hungry?" Dean asked and Sam looked at him confused. "I'm hungry, let's go find something to eat" And with that Dean turned and was already out the door. Sam stood to his feet and went to catch up.
In a nearby diner, Sam looked over to his brother who was picking at the pancakes on his plate.
"Dean" Sam said and Dean lifted his head to his brother. "Hey man, are you ok?"
"Yeah" Dean said with a reassuring nod as he dropped his fork. "I guess I wasn't as hungry as I thought"
"Dean" Sam said in that tone that always annoyed his older brother. "Call her"
"Call who?" Dean asked and Sam shook his head.
"Call who?" Sam repeated. "Call Katie" Dean shook his head and turned away from his brother. "You and I both know that's why you're in a funk"
"I'm not in a funk" Dean replied turning to his brother. "I'm fine, perfectly fine"
"No you're not, you want her here" Sam said and Dean turned away again. That's how Sam knew what he was saying was true. "You miss her and you want her to come back, so call her and tell her"
"She's the one who left" Dean snapped turning back to Sam. "I didn't tell her to leave" Dean shook his head as he sat back in his seat. "So if she doesn't want to be here, then I'm not going to beg her"
"How can you be so blind Dean" Sam said. "Dude, she left because she felt she had to" Dean continued to look over to his brother confused. "Because she's—" Sam stopped himself. This wasn't his place to get in the middle of this. He hoped that over time they would just figure it out, but they weren't and it was just getting plain annoying. But she'd probably kill him if he told Dean what he was just about to tell him.
"Because she's what, Sammy?" Dean asked looking over to his brother.
"Nothing." Sam replies just shaking his head. "I don't know why she left" Sam looked back down to his food and began picking away at it as well.
"And there it is" Dean says and Sam looks back up to him. "This big secret that everyone knows, but won't say anything to me about it"
"It's not that big of a secret Dean" Sam replied dropping his fork. "How about you call her and get the real reason to why she left"
"You know what, I'll pass" Dean said before picking at his breakfast. Sam just looked at him and shook his head.
Katie sat on the opposite side of the diner watching as Sam and Dean ate their breakfast. She looked down to her cup of coffee and sighed. This is how it should've been. Getting involved in their lives was always a mistake and she knew that. She would watch out for them, make sure they really were safe until finally she would leave the Winchester brothers back to their lives. Back to their lives before she crashed in them anyway. She looked over to see the man standing to their feet and toss a couple of bills on the table.
Katie sighed standing to her feet tossing a couple dollars on the table and heading out as well, keeping her distance of course. She watched as they climbed into the impala and pulled off. She made her way quickly to the old beat up crap she'd bought.
"Looks like stalker witch is back" Katie replied getting into the car and hitting the gas, following after the impala.
A/N: These were my GUURRRR chapters. I hated that they both had these feelings but they were both just too afraid to act on them. Hope you like it, and would love to hear from you guys.
NEXT CHAPTER: She thought she had the who protection situation handled, but she should've anticipated a kink. A very annoying kink.
