Chapoter Three – A Camping We Go

In the van, twenty minutes later, Alana was snoozing already, oblivious to the little pranks her brothers would do to her as the week passed. God only knew what Dean and Sam had up their sleeves, better yet, in their bags they packed.

Sam raised an eyebrow as he placed a water balloon on Alana's white tank top. Her chest rose then fell and then he popped the balloon, soaking her shirt right through.

"SAM!" she yelled and jumped up, glaring at him, "That is so unfair!"

Dean just high-fived his brother and Alana sat up, glaring at both her brothers. She was going to get them back and then some.

"Just you wait, you two, I'm going to get you back."

"Ohhh…we're scared." They said in unison.

She crossed her arms; she was so fed up with them sometimes.

"Oh come on Alana, lighten up." Dean said as their parents got in the car. Her mother raised an eyebrow to her wet shirt.

"Problem Alana?"

"Yeah two piss ant brothers."

She laughed, "You got all week to torment one another."

"Oh lord." Was all that was said.

John pulled away from their rented house, luggage and bags in tow. A trip to Morgan Hills was going to be an adventure of a lifetime.

"You three ready for a week of camping?" he asked.

They all grunted, "Yeah ok."

"Oh give it up you three, you're not getting out of the trip nor are you going to torment one another all week. We're going to have fun."

"Fun is a mall." Alana muttered.

Dean and Sam rolled their eyes, "Oh please!"

She slapped both of them in the back of their heads, "Shut up!"

The rest of the morning continued that way, it only stopped briefly at a rest stop where Alana was nearly blown over. Sam had been worried but she got to her feet and laughed, running around in the windy weather.

Once back on the road, it was back to squabbling, but something else was brewing. The ever-growing attraction between Alana and Dean. And that was something that had to be dealt with soon otherwise Alana would lose her family for good.

8pm

John pulled up to their camping resort and parked. He was going to rent their camping spots for the week, and with reservations he'd be back in the van in no time.

Alana sat back, closing her eyes briefly, but they snapped open as she heard her brothers' move. "Don't even think about it."

They grinned cheekily, their mother was sleeping in the front seat and if they were quiet enough, they could aggravate their sister yet again.

"Come on boys, can we give it a break?"

They shook their heads.

Alana rolled her eyes, "Well here comes dad, so behave or he's going to make us three sleep in one tent."

Dean grinned evilly and Alana groaned quietly that would be such a bad thing.

John got back into the car, waking Majestic in the process. She sat up, rubbing her eyes. "We're here?"

"Yeah and we got two spots for our tents. The kids can stay in the large one and we can have ours to ourselves."

Dean and Sam looked at one another and grinned, Alana was in BIG trouble.

A few minutes later John pulled the van into a lot, there was a grill and a picnic table, and also it had a great lake scene. Alana knew she was going to get thrown into that lake eventually. But she also realized that their lot was the only one out here and she wondered why the seclusion?

"Dad, why are we by ourselves?"

He raked his hair, "There is another reason why we're here."

They all looked at him with mock shock.

"Stop with the stupid looks. There was an incident a few days ago, a young woman and her sister disappeared not far from here. The park has closed all the spots except for a few like the one we have. I was told to keep a look out for anything strange by the ranger. But I have a feeling something is killing young girls."

Sam raised his eyebrow, "So we're on a hunt as well as camping?"

"Yes we are."

"So what do we do now?" Alana asked.

"You and your mother are going to guard the camp site while we dig for information in town."

Alana looked to her mom, "We're a family now dad, we can help."

"I rather you two stayed out of it."

Majestic was about to open her mouth when Dean intervened, "I'm sorry dad, but I rather we all stick together. They could be in danger out here alone."

"Who's going to look after the tents and such?"

"We'll put them up when we get back, but I don't think they're going to go anywhere if we do put them up."

John was unsure, "We can do that but everything else remains in the van at all times. I don't trust anybody or anything."

So the boys put the tents up while Alana and Majestic watched. John was placing salt about the ground, protecting what was his.

"We done?" he asked.

Dean nodded, "Then let's get dinner and learn some of the local gossip. Early morning we go to the library."

So they all scrambled back into the van, on their way into town where they would feast on seafood and wine, even Alana would with her fake ID.