The lonely forest
Life on the road was never going to be glamorous and both Peyton and Haley knew that in fact they accepted it.
They got used to staying in motels, with questionable sheets or having to sleep in a car.
It was the life they had chosen, so they had no right to complain and they never did.
Even when they found a motel, it would most often end with them alternating the sleeping arrangements if the motel could only offer one room with one bed they would alternate between Sam and Haley or Dean and Peyton getting to sleep in a bed.
They proved themselves very capable of getting the job done which Sam and Dean weren't exactly shocked by considering who their father was but it helped having them having when Dean's charm didn't get them far to have two girls who where able to sway the hardest person with the softest look in their eyes.
It was nearly three months since they graduated, three months since they left Tree Hill, Three months since John sent Dean the coordinates.
He had sent Dean a few coordinate messages but soon enough they started working there own cases.
It was one of those days when they weren't working a case, so they where in Las Cruces, New Mexico on what happened to be the the hottest week of the year.
With nothing to do but relax before the next job called and they where back on the road.
The water felt good against her skin, it was the first time in months that she had been able to enjoy the comfort of a shower, she ran her hands through her hair which had grown but a haircut wasn't on her list of priorities any-more.
She reached her arm out of the shower and took the towel from the side wrapping it tightly around her body as she stepped out of the shower.
She twisted her hair to the top of her head and kept it in place with a clip.
She opened the bathroom door to find that the hotel room she shared with Dean was empty, the bed they shared was unmade just like they had left it.
As she walked towards the bed and leaned down to pick up her bag, she spotted the note he had left her.
'Gone to that bar down the road, meet me when you finished being a girl'.
She screwed up the note and chucked into the trash can.
Even though she had got used to living motel to motel, the tension between Dean and Peyton was palpable.
While there older siblings where trying to avoid their obvious attraction, Haley and Sam where still going strong.
They had argued a few times during the beginning with Sam constantly worrying about Haley's safety but that argument was pretty much ended when she saved him from being attacked by Haakapanizi back in Atlanta.
While there relationship had been getting strong, there was also a lot of tension between the two of them that was at boiling point.
It was very hard when your constantly on the move finding time to be alone was always impossible with them never being alone expect for at night and then they where so tired from the day that sleep was the only thing on there minds.
But that didn't mean that it wasn't frustrating for Haley who had waited so long and now she was ready and had the most perfect guy in her world who had never pressured her into anything was waiting so calmly and she had no idea how he done it
She walked back towards there room, the heat was almost to much for her as she walked with the cold bucket of ice in her hands.
She opened the room door to find that he was in the process of getting dressed, he turned and looked at her and she just stared at his chest.
A warm breeze blew into the room through the open windows as he ran his hand up her leg.
'It's so hot'.
She gasped as he kissed her collarbone.
'I know, it's almost too hot'.
He murmured against her skin, it still amazed him how she reacted to his lips on her skin.
Her hands gripped the muscles of his back as he moved his lips slowly down from her collarbone.
Her breathing changed from slow breathes to soft pants as his body pressed against hers.
'Stop'.
He heard her say between kisses and he looked down at her before sitting up.
'Sorry'.
'No, I want to you know I do but something about this doesn't seem right'.
'Something about us?'.
'No, the heat wave, I know I may be reading into this but I think there maybe something going on here'.
'Haley, this is our first free day in months and you think that something is going on I think you've been working to hard'.
'I'm serious, I just need to make sure'.
He looked at her and reached for his t-shirt which was on the floor.
'Research'.
She nodded at how well he knew what she wanted to do before kissing him and putting her hands on his face.
'Research'.
When Peyton walked into the door, she knew exactly where to find Dean, she went to the bar first flashing the fake I.D Brooke had made her and then sat at the bar and turned in her seat and looked towards him where he was in the middle of hustling a man out of his money through a game of pool.
He winked at her and then went back to the game, she smiled as the bartender placed a drink in front of her and then turned as she heard a groan and the man was now handing Dean his money.
'So how much have you made so far?'.
Peyton asked as Dean came to the bat with a smirk on his face.
'$500'.
'Good the next rounds on you'.
'Fine, I tried calling Sammy but he's not answering'.
'I think him and Haley have plans to be alone for the day'.
Dean went to say something but Peyton gave him a stern look.
'Before you say anything remember that Haley is my sister and I can kick your ass'.
'Noted, you look relaxed'.
'Relaxed, is the right word it feels good not working a case but I'm sorry I thought we would have found your dad by now'.
He shrugged.
'I know he's out there and we'll find him when we find but this is good, working cases I mean you and Haley have been kick ass and taking names'.
'You sound so impressed'.
'I am, who knew back when we first met as kids, you would two would turn into this girls that on the surfaces seem perfectly normal but can actually handle themselves when it comes to it'.
'Were Singer girls'.
'Well here's too you being a singer girl'.
'Haley, I have no idea what I'm searching for nothing has happened that has caught my attention'.
'I'm not crazy, I know something's going on my dad worked a case like this back when I was a kid, I remember he went to New Mexico with Rufus and he came back and he and my mum where talking about how the job and I remember talking about the heat and I know it's connected'.
He looked at her, she had proven herself to be very handy when it came to facing unknown supernatural beings, in fact Dean had called her their own personal Encyclopedia of the supernatural.
'Wait, I think I found something'.
He got up from his place at the table and went to sit beside her on the bed to where she had her laptop open.
'10 years ago, in Santa Fe, there was a heatwave very much like the one today, anyway a few local men where founding wandering the woods, talking about losing their lives to the devil and they did literally lose their lives, wives left them with nothing, they lost there homes and jobs even their closest friends turned on them'.
'Why would that be news-worthy, just sounds like a run of bad luck'.
'It made the papers because all these events happened in a week, the same week that local children went missing and these men ended up taking their own lives, this must to have been the case my dad was working'.
She reached for her cell phone and dialled in Bobby's number, Bobby wasn't best pleased when he found out that his girls where hunting but he soon came around when he heard from other hunters who knew him, how well his girls where doing and that he should be proud of them.
'Haley, is everything okay?'.
'Yes, dad everything's fine, I need to ask you something remember back when me and Peyton where kids and you and Rufus worked that case in Santa Fe what where you hunting?'.
'Chullachaqui, why?'.
'I think something's going on here again, maybe it's just me being imagining a case where there isn't one but I found a old newspaper article online and maybe Sam is right and the heatwave is play with my head but it could be something'.
'Trust your instincts, me and Rufus thought it was nothing once but we where proved wrong'.
Dean was watching Peyton use her charm to while playing a game of darts with a couple of college boys that had strolled into the bar looking for some escape from the heat of the sun.
He watched her flick her hair, laugh at there jokes which must have been terrible from the volume of her faux laughter and then she would lightly touch there arms before looking in his direction, he knew what she was doing he was doing it himself he was hardly alone he was sitting with a couple of girls that had walked in with the college boys, this was just part of them avoiding the truth they made each other jealous, neither of them where game players but this was what it had come down to for them to avoid the obvious so while they spent most of there time together flirting or being snarky, they often found themselves needing that distraction from what was going on between them.
He watched as she smiled and walked away from the boys waving a few notes in his direction and then he looked towards the door as Sam and Haley walked in.
'Excuse me'.
He said to the very disappointed girls as he walked away.
'Finally come to join the party'.
'No, we're here to break the party we may have a serious problem on our hands'.
Peyton and Dean looked at each other
'What exactly is a Chullachaqui?'.
Peyton asked as her and Dean both looked at the laptop screen and read the article that Haley had found earlier.
'It's a devil of the of the jungle, in the case the surround forest, it lures men into the deepest darkest part of the forest, where it allows you to take a part in a challenger but if you refuse as in the case of these men that did so you'll lose everything, from your job to your family even your closes friends end up becoming your worst enemy'.
'What's about the missing children'.
Sam and Haley shared a uneasy look.
'It tends to eat young children, sometimes not all of them but what it doesn't eat it turns'.
'Do we know how to kill it?'.
Sam nodded
'Yeah, according the legend a weapon made of wood and metal to the heart and fire but guns will injure it but that's all'
'Weapon made of wood and metal, an arrow, I don't think anyone is just going to hand over a crossbow to us'.
'They will if they don't know it's taken and it just so happens that there is a museum in the area full of native American weaponry'.
Peyton smiled at Haley it amazed her how willing Haley was to break the law when they needed to.
'Great so why me and Haley are off stealing Native American tools, you two have a visit to pay to the local police station, Agents'.
Can I help you?'.
Sam and Dean both looked up at the detective as he walked out of his office.
'We hope so, I'm Agent Carter and this is my colleague Agent Burke'.
The detective looked at both of there I.D's.
'Don't take this the wrong way agents but you two are bit young to be FBI'.
'Youngest in the bureau but we work hard and get the job done'.
'So, Detective Scott, what can you the kids that went missing'.
The detective looked at them completely stunned which made Dean stop with the question he was about to ask.
'How do you know about that we haven't even made it official yet'.
Sam and Dean looked at each other.
'Sorry, we're talking about this kids that went missing in Santa Fe in 1996, you used to work over there. you were the leading officer in that case'
He nodded.
'Yes, I was I don't really know what I can tell, 8 kids in all went missing, there was never sign of a struggle, most of the disappearances happened while the child was playing outside the family home, I didn't realise the FBI was still interested in this case'.
'The case never closed but we think we have new evidence but we still need information'.
The detective nodded at Sam and looked at Dean as he cleared his throat
'How many children have gone missing recently'.
'3 so far, in the last 48 hours, I've had officers out searching the forest but we've come up with nothing, it's just to similar'.
Sam nodded.
'What about the men that committed suicide what can you tell us about them?'.
The detective stood up and walked over to the filing cabinet and pulled a key out of his pocket and opened the cabinet and pulled out a file which he handed to Dean.
'Your going to need to see these'.
Peyton was standing outside leaning against the wall of the Santa Fe, museum of Native American history.
She was waiting for her moment to walk inside the museum, Haley had gone inside to find help with her car and who could refuse a pretty blonde who didn't know a thing about cars but in reality she knew more than people would expect,
She felt her phone vibrate and pulled it out of her pocket.
Security guard heading back to post.
Your On.
She closed the message and slipped the phone into her back pocket, before walking in behind a family.
As she walked in she clocked the first security camera as she walked through the main doors towards the payment desk, she spotted a security guard walking into the security room and followed after him, pulling out her cell phone as she pretended be on the phone as she casually walked into the room, much to the surprise of the security guard.
'Oh My God, I really have no sense of direction, well according to my ex boyfriend'.
She said in a strong southern accent as the security guard smiled at her.
'Can I help y sou?'.
'I hope so, I'm having car trouble and I'm totally lost, you don't know anything about cars do you'.
'Yeah, but I'm not exactly supposed to leave my post, I'm the only security guard on duty'.
She nodded.
'I understand but I have a job interview in a hour'.
He sighed and nodded at her.
'Let me see what I can do, wait here'.
She nodded at him as he walked out of the door, leaving her in the room in alone, she looked at the screen before pressing eject on the VCR.
While Peyton was stealing the video tape, Haley had spotted the security guard coming in her direction and opened the museum leaflet and held it to her face as she walked in his direction, with her view blocked she walked into him causing them both to fall down.
'I'm sorry, I should pay more attention to where I'm going'.
Haley said as he helped her up to her feet before slipping the keys she had just swiped from him into her pocket.
Sam and Dean where back at the hotel in Sam and Haley's room going through the cases files from the disappearances and suicides from 1996, when the door opened and Haley walked in followed by Peyton.
'How did it go at the museum'.
Sam asked as Haley put her bag on the bed.
'Good, we're going back to night'.
Peyton said as her she threw the security tape to Dean and Haley waved the keys in her hands.
'Wow, I've said it once and I'll say it again you Singer girls are sneaky'.
'Thank you, what about you what did you find out?'.
Dean held up a file which Peyton took out of his hands as she sat beside him at the table and opened the file.
'You've got to be kidding me, the children that went missing and the men that killed themselves where related, so if a man a refuses not only does it turn your bad but it will take your child and what bigger punishment is there for refusing a devil than losing a child, it's a good thing no children have gone missing yet'.
'Don't speak to soon'.
Sam's voice cut in.
'Four children have gone missing over the last two days, they just haven't made it official yet because there still hoping they find the kids and here's the kicker we visited there family homes and there when we asked the mother's about the father's they told us they where no longer in the picture'.
'That doesn't mean there dead though right I mean we have a chance of finding the kids before there father's kill themselves'.
'Well, now we know what we are dealing with we can end this now before anyone ends up dead'.
'Well the museum will be closed to the public at 7 but it's doors won't close until 10 after the cleaners leave but you won't need to worry, so you'll just have to go back then'.
'What about the alarm'.
Dean asked with a amused tone which Haley ignored as she handed Sam a piece of paper.
Which he looked at and then looked at her.
'Do I even want to know how you've got this'.
'No but thank Peyton, she will be distracting the security guard while you borrow the crossbow'.
'Well I'm hot blooded, check it and see'.
Peyton turned her hand and glared at Dean as she slipped the sunglasses down her nose.
'Rise and shine sleepy head'.
'Seriously, Dean'.
'Sorry princess but we have a Chullachaqui to hunt and Haley thinks the best way to hunt it is to head out into the woods and set up camp'.
'I understand that but your singing I don't understand'.
He chuckled as he threw a quick glance in her direction.
'Don't act like you don't love my singing'.
'No I love when your not singing'.
'Well I'm hot blooded,check it and see,I got fever of a hundred and three'.
Haley and Sam, where unloading the comet when the impala pulled up behind them, they could both hear Dean's attempt at singing.
As soon as the car came to a stop Peyton launched herself from the car.
'Oh Thank god, I couldn't take another minute of his singing'.
'You loved it and you know it'.
Dean said as he got out of the car and threw her bag at her which she caught.
'So, the heart of the forest is here'.
Haley tapped her index finger on the map.
'So we're going be setting up camp here'.
She tapped on another part of the map.
'Okay, let's rock and roll'.
They all turned and looked at Dean before gathering up there things and heading of into the woods.
The heat of the sun was beating down on them through the shade of the trees, they had been walking for a couple of hours.
Before they finally came to a stop, where they al dropped there stuff and started to set up camp, well Sam and Dean set up camp while Peyton and Haley went to set up there own personal Chullachaqui alarm by adding charms to the bushes that surrounded there camp sight.
'So how was your drink with Chris?'.
Haley asked as they collected wood for a fire.
'It was just a drink, I don't see wedding bells in our future, why the interest in my drinking companions'.
'No interest in them but your my sister and I have a interest in your life'.
'Well, there is no need for interest in my love life or lack of one'.
'You do know, it doesn't have to be that way'.
'Ending this conversation now'.
Peyton looked at Haley as they approached the sight to find that the tents where all ready set up, Sam appeared from inside a tent and smiled towards them both as they dumped the wood they had collected on the floor.
Sam crawled out of the tent and brushed the grass of his legs as he stood up and as Haley came over to inspect the tent.
'Good job'.
She said as he leaned into kiss her.
'Glad you approve, Dean's gone to get us food, there was a store a few miles back'.
Peyton nodded and then yawned.
'Well, I'm going to grab a quick nap after I was rudely interrupted earlier, wake me when foods here'.
She got into a tent and zipped it up behind her, leaving Sam and Haley alone in the blistering heat.
'So'
He said as he stroked her hair and she looked at him and smiled.
'So, I'm sorry about the other day'.
'It's okay, we don't need to rush this'.
'How do you do that?'.
'Do what?'.
'Be so patient, I mean if I was you I would be losing my mind a little bit'.
'Well maybe I am but your worth me losing my mind over'.
He smiled down at her, stroking her cheek as he leaned into kiss her, she seemed to have no resistant to his kiss, even now when they where supposed to be focused on the task at hand, she felt her resistant slipping away as he held her close.
He felt her hands resting against his chest as she gently pushed him back.
'Stop'.
He said and she nodded.
'Yes, I think Peyton has the right idea'.
He looked at her and then turned to the tent.
'Ladies first'.
She got into the tent and he followed behind her, zipping it behind him and then turning to look back at her, she was planning to take a rest but he was calling to her and she moved towards him and kissed him, her body falling victim to him all over again.
The moon was high in the sky, the animals where all asleep the only sound that could be heard was that of the insects of the night and the low breathing of Sam and Dean as they moved through the forest slowly as they looked for the creature.
They hadn't come across any sign of the creature until Sam had found a discarded teddy bear and now they where heading back to camp after no sign of the Chullachaqui.
The light from the fire lit up the sky as they headed back.
'So that was a bust'.
Dean commented as they walked through the darkness.
'Or maybe this thing is smarter than we thought'.
She woke up in sweat and needed to cool herself down and unzipped the tent to find that the fire was dying there was no sign that Sam or Dean had returned.
She threw some more wood on the fire and looked over to where her sister lay outside her tent with her sleeping bag open and gun tucked carefully under her shirt.
She headed towards the stream that flowed just next to the camp, she leaned down in front of the steam and cupped her hands as she collected water before splashing her face the water felt good against her skin.
The sound of chiming made her stir from her sleep, she sat up automatically and grasped her gun in her hands, she looked around and noticed that tent was now unzipped.
'Haley'.
She called out as she got to her feet, the sound of movement seemed closer to the camp and then she heard the muffled sound of screaming.
'Haley'.
She yelled as she ran in the direction of the screaming, her heart beat furiously against her chest.
The sound of screaming suddenly stopped as she reached the stream to find herself standing alone, with no sign of Haley anywhere.
'Where are they?',
Sam asked as they entered the camp to find it deserted, the sound of a branch snapping made the both turn round guns cocked and raised as Peyton returned.
'Peyton, what happened, where's Haley?'.
She couldn't look Sam in the eye.
'She's gone, I didn't even know she had gotten up, why wasn't I listening out for her'.,
'Hey, it's going to be okay, we'll get her back'.
Dean said as he looked at her and then at his brother.
'What are we waiting for, we need to find her now'.
Peyton looked at Sam and nodded.
She wasn't alone that she was certain of as she looked around the dark cave and found herself face to face with a girl who cowered in the corner.
'Where is it?'.
She asked but the girl didn't speak but just stared at her, a smell caught her attention it wasn't pleasant but putrid enough to make her stomach turn.
She turned her head and found the reason for the smell and felt the bile burn in her throat, there was a pile of rotting flesh and she didn't want to know who it belonged to either.
The girl started to whimper and she found herself face to face with the Chullachaqui, it looked human but she knew looks could be deceiving, it studied her closely as it raised it's hand to her face and touched her cheek and she cringed away from it's rough,scaly touch.
It then turned it's attention away from her and looked back at the girl and motioned for her to come to it, the child resisted but this angered the creature as it moved over to them with deadly speed and pulled the girl out, she couldn't have been older than 10 as it pulled her by her hair and struck her one, the force of the blow knocking her out.
She felt guilty, she was supposed be watching out for Haley, she had let her down and now she had no idea where she was.
'Sammy, we are going to find her?'.
Dean was trying his best to calm Sam down but without success, they where back in the woods, searching for any sign of the creature and Haley's passing but where coming up empty.
The sky was turning from dark to light they had no idea how long they had been searching for Haley but the chirping of birds made Peyton look up as the first rays of the sun, broke through the sky.
'Haley where are you?'.
She whispered as she came to a stop, how would she tell her dad that she lost Haley, how could she look Sam in the eyes knowing that if she had been on guard that Haley would still be with them.
That was when something caught her eye, it was something she recognised, something that told her Haley was nearby.
She had closed her eyes,not so she could sleep but so didn't have to see the creature return, she didn't need to know what it done to that girl.
She couldn't hear it moving around her but she refused to open, her eyes, the smell of rotting flesh, was too much for to take at this point was enough to make her heave and the contents of her stomach onto the ground.
She felt something moving beside her and opened her eyes slightly to find the young girl standing near her, a large bruise covered her right cheek but apart from that she seemed to be fine, well from what Haley could see she seemed to be fine.
'Is it here?'.
She whispered.
'No, it left'.
'Okay, are you hurt'.
'No, I just want to go home'.
'I know, I'm here to help, do you know how you got here?'.
'Yes'.
'Okay, show me'.
Haley pushed herself to her feet and took the small child's hand as it led her through a maze of small caves, as they moved the sound of loud growl filled the air and they moved faster than they had before, the girl pulling Haley along but the growling seemed to get closer and Haley at the girl.
'Listen to me, I need you to take this and run, my sister is out there looking for me'
The girl went to refuse but screamed as the creature appeared behind Haley throwing her against the wall.
She looked at the girl as the creature towered over her with it's fist raised.
'Run'.
Darkness was all she could see but she could hear something, it was the sound of fear, her head pounded against her skull, she opened her eyes and found her hands bound tightly.
She tried to cut through the ropes using the sharp rock but without success, her eyes darted all around the darkness, there across from her it watched her again, liked it did before but it was different.
It got up slowly to it's feet but this time it was more crouched down and she finally could see how disfigured it truly was as it stalked towards her.
This was when she realised that she wasn't alone, as the creature was coming towards her but just passed her.
She tried to turn herself around to see who was behind her but she didn't need to as a a body landed in front of her, it was a boy he couldn't have been older than 12, he looked at her, eyes wide with fear and then he looked back at the cause of his fear.
'Please, I want to go home'.
He pleaded but the creature growled as it started to circle the boy.
'Your father refused me, your my prize'.
It replied before it lunged at the boy and his eyes landed on her as he tried to fight the creature but he wasn't strong enough and was easily overpowered and she closed her eyes as his screams filled the air.
She opened her eyes slightly focusing on the creature, it was still hunched over the boy with it's back turned to her, she shifted her body the ropes pulling on her arms, she caught sight of two more people just like her there arms where bound but they where motionless but they where alive for now.
Sam and Dean where looking at the map, while Peyton rested against a tree.
'We'll find her Sammy'.
Dean wasn't just saying this for Sam but for Peyton, she was beating herself up for Haley going missing the first place.
As they looked at the map, something made Peyton open her eyes and she got to her feet slowly before running into the forest.
'Peyton'.
They both called out after her as they ran after her.
She kept running until she came to a sudden stop and found herself looking at the girl, who was crying and shaking.
The girl opened her hand and placed the silver necklace in Peyton's palm, just as Sam and Dean caught up with her.
'Did this girl, give you this?'.
Peyton showed the girl a picture of Haley and she nodded.
'Yes, she told me to run'.
Sam looked at the girl who was still visibly shaken.
'Can you show us where she is?'.
The girl nodded at him as Peyton took her hand and looked at her comfortingly.
'Your okay, your safe now'.
The creature continued to feed and her eyes remained close, she had heard the boy last breath escape her lips, tears rolled down her cheeks, she had joined her sister on this quest to help people and she had listened to a boy with a life to live die in front of her.
The bile was burning her throat as she listened to flesh tear and bones snap.
She tried to block it out, she figure out how she was going to get herself out of this or she was even going to get out of this alive.
She didn't want to die, knowing that she hadn't bonded herself to Sam in every way possible, she didn't want to leave Peyton or her dad, she didn't want Dean to have to put back together the lives of the people she left behind.
The girl led them back to the start of the underground caverns, she started to tremble again and Peyton squeezed her hand to reassure her.
'Listen I'm going to stay with you and keep you safe'.
'Are you sure?'.
Peyton looked at Sam and nodded.
'Yeah, I'll protect her'.
'Your going to need this then'.
Dean handed her the bag that contained the crossbow.
'Get my sister out of there'.
He nodded.
'We will and you make that shot count'.
'I will, you two be careful'.
They both looked at her and nodded before walking into the cavern both of them moving slowly guns, raised as they walked inside slowly the light from Sam's flash-light faded away and Peyton turned to look at the girl and leading her to a tree that was a few metres away from the entrance of the cavern.
'You know how to climb a tree right'.
The smell of rotting flesh was all Sam and Dean could smell as they crept through the cavern.
The deeper the got the worse the smell, seemed to be which was a sign that they where heading in the right direction.
You ready to do this?'.
Dean asked as they came to a stop and Sam nodded.
'Yes'.
'Okay they, HERE BEASTY BEASTY'.
She opened her eyes as the sound of that voice she knew echoed through the cave.
She watched as the creature turned it's attention away from it's meal and let out a sound that made her cringe as it disappeared from her sight.
They could hear the angry sounds it made as it came out of the darkness.
Sam moved through the shadows as it passed them.
'Hey ugly, I'm right here'.
It snarled as Dean appeared from another cavern and aimed his gun at it shooting it in the shoulder, this distraction made gave Sam the perfect opportunity to run.
He ran back in the direction that it had come from.
The sound of fast moving footsteps had her on alert as she tried to cut herself free, she could feel the ropes loosening but the footsteps where getting close.
'Haley'.
She looked at him, as he ran into the opening and sighed.
'Help me'.
He came up to her and looked at her, before reaching avoid her and cutting her free.
She rubbed her wrists before turning around and going to the other two that remained bounded.
She used Sam's knife to cut down a boy, who looked at Haley
'Thank you'.
He murmured as Sam helped him stand up straight but as Haley went to free the other girl, she noticed that she wasn't breathing at all and she looked at Sam who was supporting the boy.
'She's dead'.
He looked down at as she cut the girl free.
'She deserves more than this'.
He nodded and went to take the girl's body in his arms.
'Come on'.
Dean had no idea where he was running to but he could see the opening of the cavern just a few feet away from him where Peyton was waiting, the Chullachaqui.
was right behind him moving faster than Dean would have expected.
'Hey'.
Dean looked up as Peyton stood at the opening with the crossbow in her hands, aimed directly at the Chullachaqui.
It growled deeply as it spotted Peyton and then raced towards her knocking Dean out of the way as it charged at her.
She started to run as it broke into daylight and charged towards her but she stopped in her tracks and turned and with one movement of her hand, the arrow when flying towards it and struck it directly in the chest.
It screamed out in pain making her cover her ears as it staggered backwards before falling to the ground.
She walked over to it and looked down into it's dark red eyes as they closed and then looked up at the girl who was sitting in the tree.
'It's okay, it won't hurt you again'.
She was sitting crossed legged on the bed, when the door opened and Sam walked back inside.
'How are you feeling?'.
He asked as he sat beside her and looked at her.
'I've been better, I guess I have to get used to not being able to save everyone'.
'Don't beat yourself up over what happened today, it wasn't your fault'.
'I know, did you get the kids home okay?'.
'Yeah, looks like when Peyton killed the Chullachaqui, it's curse of bad luck ended because the family unit was back together'.
'At least something good came out of this day'.
She said to herself before looking at him, with a look that puzzled him.
'Are you okay?'.
She nodded as she took his hands in hers and smiled.
''You almost lost me today'.
'I'll never lose you'.
'I'll hold you too that'.
Sorry the delay & the length of this chapter I made quite a few changes to this chapter before I was finally happy with how it ended.
This was my own spin on Wendigo, so I hope you all enjoyed.
Each chapter will focus on a certain character or relationship, so the next chapter is going to follow the storyline of Skin (106) and will focus on Dean/Peyton.