Chapter 3 Wendigo
Authors Note: Hello! Sorry it has been a while. I got sick for a few days and really did not have the strength to do anything, but here it is! I hope you guys enjoy it! Thank you for your nice comments and follow and favorite to see more of Elizabeth Winchester :) I will try to get another chapter this week.
Disclaimer: I do not own Supernatural. I only own the fanfiction.
Spoiler alert of the show Supernatural.
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Sitting in the backseat of the Impala, Elizabeth read every word of her book with passion. When she first picked up this book at the library, one week ago, she did not think it would be that kind of story. However, she enjoys every second of it, making the time in the car less unpleasant, even though she was used to long car drive.
In the front seat, Dean was focused on the road, listening to his music moving his head to the beat. He glances once again at the back seat, curious to why his sister was so quiet. Elizabeth is always quiet, in comparison to other kids her age, she does not talk often. However, when she starts, it is hard to stop her, anyway, he enjoys it when she starts her long discussion.
He was brought out of his thoughts when his brother suddenly jolted awake beside him. Sam rubbed his eyes, glancing at Dean because of the feeling of being watched. Even Elizabeth was brought out of her book.
"You okay?" Dean asked.
"Yeah" Sam answered, looking out the window "I'm fine".
By the way he talked and the way he looked out of the Impala's window, Elizabeth knew he was lying. With everything that's happened recently, she could not blame him for not being okay. Only with her father missing, she was not okay, and if he died, she does not even want to think about how she would feel.
"Another nightmare?" Dean asked, seeing through the lie "you wanna drive for a while?"
"Dean, in your whole life you never once asked me that".
"Just thought you might want to, never mind".
Elizabeth leaned against the front seat giving her older brother a nice smile.
"Can I drive?" She asked.
"I don't think you could even touch the pedals, girly" Dean chuckled "anyway, you're too young".
Even though it was obvious, she was still a little mad. She wanted to learn how to drive, of course she is only ten years old, but in the line of work she is dragged into, it feels safer.
"You sure, Sam?" Dean asked, once again.
"Look, man" Sam sighed "you're worried about me. I get it, and thank you, but I'm perfectly okay".
Dean only hummed in response, he could see right in between the lines. Winchester's are good liars, especially when it comes to say 'I'm okay' and 'don't worry about me'. Even at a young age, Elizabeth had started to lie about this too.
"All right" Sam changed the subject "where are we?"
"We are just outside of Grand Junction".
"You know what?" Sam stated "maybe we shouldn't have left Stanford so soon".
"Sam" Dean sighed "we dug around for a week. We came up with nothing. If you wanna find the thing that killed Jessica-"
"We gotta find Dad first".
"Dad disappearing and this thing showing up again after ten years, it's no coincidence".
"Especially on November second" Elizabeth mumbled.
The little girl pushed herself back in the back seat, ignoring the two pair of eyes staring at her. It was scary to see a death repeating itself the same way after ten years, in the same family.
"Dad will have the answers" Dean told his siblings "he'll know what to do".
It made the eagerness to find their father even higher. Elizabeth could not stop worrying, not just about her father, but also for Sam, who had just lost his girl and Dean who is probably in a nerve-wracking state.
"It's weird" Sam said looking at the map "these coordinates he left us, this Blackwater Ridge?"
"What about it?" Dean asked.
"There's nothing there. It's just woods. Why is he sending us to the middle of nowhere?"
"Guess we'll find out soon" Dean said mentioning the sign in front of them.
"Welcome to Lost Creek Colorado National Forest" Elizabeth read out loud.
She smiled at the thought of going on a case in the forest, she always enjoyed quiet places with no human beings. There is also the beauty in the woods that can be breathtaking.
"Hey, what are you reading?"
Elizabeth looked up to Sam, her eyes grew wide, not knowing what to answer. She wanted to slap herself for reading this in front of her brothers.
"What book?" Dean asked, glancing at her in the review mirror.
Sam grabbed the book from his sister's hand, examining the light blue cover decorated with some sort of bubbles flowing into a tunnel of light.
"Isn't it the book you were reading at the library? When we were in Jericho".
"Uh, no?"
"Elizabeth Winchester" Dean sighed "did you steal it?"
Already knowing the answer, Dean smiled to himself. He was mad at her for stealing stuff, but could not blame her, he did it a few times too. Also, seeing that she was not answering to his question, keeping her eyes down, it confirmed it.
"You know what I think about this, Elie. I don't want you to steal".
"You stole that?" Sam exclaimed, surprised.
"Yeah, Sammy, your little sister is a little kleptomaniac".
"But I wanted it, and I know we don't have time to go to the sore" Elizabeth explained "I promise I won't steal anything else".
"Like you promised me last time?"
Elizabeth shrugged with a smile, she knew it was not good to steal, her father also scowled her about it. However, the way she grew up, in the credit card scams and lying she did not see what was bad about stealing a book.
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Their first stop was the Ranger's station to get to know the forest and too see if there was any weird reports. The three Winchesters got out of the car, walking towards the building.
"So" Sam said, as he closed the Impala's door "Blackwater Ridge is pretty remote".
"Dad sent us here, Sammy" Elizabeth told him "there's probably something".
To be sure, they enter the building, taking a look at everything. She followed Dean, getting distracted by the 3D map. Suddenly, she noticed Dean was not beside her anymore, she spotted him by the wall and she jogged to join him.
"Girly, check out the size of this freaking bear" he told her.
She looked at the photograph of a dead grizzly, something she has not thought about when she wanted to go to the woods.
"Damn" she mumbled.
"Hey, I heard that" Dean ruffled her hair "language".
"And a dozen or more grizzlies in the area" Sam stands beside his sister looking at the photograph, less impressed "it's no nature hike, that's for sure".
Elizabeth was disappointed, she thought she could go on a hunt with her brothers in the woods and have some fun. However, if they go and she knows there are grizzlies out there, it changed everything.
"You three aren't planning on going out near Blackwater Ridge by any chance?" Asked a man behind them.
The three Winchester turn around, facing the ranger.
"Oh no sir" Sam said "we're environmental study majors from Us Boulder, just working on a paper".
"Recycle, man" Dean raised his fist up.
"And the little one?"
Elizabeth shot the man a dirty look, she hated being called anything insinuating how young she is. She knows that ten years old is young, but she does not feel ten, she never really felt like other children of her age.
"Little sister" Dean answered, placing a hand on her shoulder "I have to babysit."
"Yeah, recycle" he scoffed "bull. You're friends with that Haley girl, right?"
"Yes. Yes, we are, Ranger Wilkinson" Dean lied.
"Well I will tell you exactly what he told her. Her brother filled out a backcountry permit saying he wouldn't be back from Blackwater until the twenty-fourth, so it's not exactly a missing persons now, is it?" The ranger asked "you tell that girl to quit worrying, I'm sure her brother's just fine".
"We will" Dean assured "well that Haley girl's quite a pistol, huh?"
"This is putting it mildly".
"Actually" Dean continued "you know what would help? Is if I could show her a copy of that backcountry permit. You know, so she could see her brother's return date".
The ranger sighs, but gives Dean what he wants. Elizabeth wondered how her brother did that, because she wanted to do the same with Sam to get gummy bears when she wants. She loves Sam, and she is very happy that he his back with them, not the way he came back, but that is another story. Though, he is always checking if she ate something good and if she did her homework. Sam was not happy when he learned that Dean homeschooled their little sister, he knew she needed a social life out of the Winchester's. But he could not say anything, he had left for four years.
The three Winchester's walked out of the station, Dean smiling proudly at himself for getting that certificate so easily.
"What, are you cruising for a hookup or something?" Sam asked Dean, annoyed.
"What do you mean?" Dean frowned, looking up at his brother.
"The coordinates point to Blackwater Ridge, so what are we waiting for? Let's just go find Dad. I mean, why even talk to this girl?"
Elizabeth opens the door, looking between her brothers. She did not know if she should go in the car or listen to their conversation. The little girl wanted to, but she knew she could get in trouble, once again, for this.
"I don't know" Dean sighed "maybe we should know what we're walking into before we actually walk into it".
It becomes silence, no one says a word, only Sam could feel his siblings' stares on him.
"What?"
"Since when are you all, shoot first ask question later?" Dean asked.
"Since now".
Leaving a stunned Dean and Elizabeth, Sam gets in the passenger seat without saying anything else. It did not really surprise Elizabeth to see her brother like that. It must not be easy to repeat the same horror story all over again. Yet, one thing she learned from her father, was to keep your head in the game, whatever happens.
"Really" Dean sighed nodding "come on, Elie, get in the car.
Elizabeth does as she is told, getting in the back seat of the Impala. She tries not to look at Sam, but the curiosity takes over. The hurt on his face makes her regret her decision, normally she would want to help him, but she knew he needed his space.
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The black Impala came to a stop in front of a small home, the siblings got out the car and walked to the front door. Dean knocked, and not long after a girl, who they all assumed to be Haley, answered.
"You must be Haley Collins. Dean, this is Sam, we're, ah, rangers with the Park Service. This is our little sister, Elizabeth, babysitting duty" he clears his throat "Ranger Wilkinson sent us over. He wanted us to ask a few questions about your brother Tommy".
Haley inspects them head to toe, especially when her eyes go on the little ten year old girl.
"Lemme see some ID".
In sync, Sam and Dean take out their fake ID's, letting the time for Hayley to read them before putting it back in their jackets.
"Come on in" Haley steps in to let them inside "that's yours?"
Elizabeth looked behind her at where Haley nodded, she was not surprised to see the Impala. It is a car that we don't see much on the roads anymore, something Elizabeth liked. They once passed through a suburban area, where all the houses looked the same, it was boring. For her, the Impala is like her home, and it is unique.
"Yeah" Dean answered, a proud smile on his face.
"Nice car".
Haley walks in, followed by the Winchester's. Dean mouths something that Elizabeth could not really catch, but she knew it was probably something like: she's awesome! I like her!
They follow her in the kitchen, where a boy, maybe fifteen years old is seated at the table staring at them. Haley walks back inside, carrying two bowls, she gives one to her brother Ben and places the other one beside.
"So" Sam starts "if Tommy's not due back for a while, how do you know something's wrong?"
"He checks in every day by cell. He emails, photos, stupid little videos. We haven't heard anything in over three days now" she answered, sadly.
"Well, maybe he can't get cell reception".
"He's got a satellite phone, too".
"Could it be he's just having fun and forgot to check in?" Dean suggested.
"He wouldn't do that" The boy said looking up angry.
"Our parents are gone" Haley explained "It's just my two brothers and me. We all keep pretty close tabs on each other".
Elizabeth understood, she and her brothers were in the same situation. For them, it's their brother, but for the Winchester's, their father.
"Can I see the pictures he sent you?" Sam asked her.
"Yeah" She nodded getting her laptop, showing some photographs "that's Tommy".
She presses play, Tommy started moving, smiling as he talked to the camera.
"Hey, Haley, day six, we're still out near Blackwater Ridge. We're fine, keeping safe, so don't worry, okay? Talk to you tomorrow".
Something catches Elizabeth's eyes in the video, as if she had seen something passing quickly behind Tommy. She glanced at Dean, who did not seem to have noticed. But, when she looked at Sam, he had seemed to have seen the weird shadow too.
"Well" Dean said "we'll find your brother. We're heading out to Blackwater Ridge first thing".
Elizabeth got excited, going out in the woods for the first time. She already went with her father, but it was no time to have fun. He had brought her a few times to train her, how to track, how to hide and how to run quickly.
"Then maybe I'll see you there" Haley said, surprising the Winchester's "look, I can't sit around here anymore. So I hired a guy. I'm heading out in the morning, and I'm gonna find Tommy myself".
"I think I know how you feel" Dean said looking at the ground.
Elizabeth bit her lip nervously, she knew how she felt too. She wished she could be older and she wished she could help, however, she felt like she was a little girl who could not do anything. Of course, it did not help having Dean reminding her age and that he does not want to teach her anything else.
"Hey, do you mind forwarding these to me?" Sam asked pointing at the laptop.
"Sure" she answered.
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When nighttime fell, Sam got confused when Dean pulled in a bar parking lot. He looked at his brother, frowning, if it was what he thought, he was up to another surprise.
"Dean, what are we doing here?" Sam asked, pointing at the bar "Elie can't go in there".
"If she doesn't drink" Dean smirked.
Elizabeth frowned, it was not the first time she went into a bar with Dean. It was not her favorite place, but sometimes it was fun. Depending on what day and what time, she could actually play pool with Dean, or darts.
"And" Dean continued "I am not leaving her in the car, not outside a bar with drunk men coming in and out".
Sam sighed, his brother had a point. He prefers having her with them to keep an eye on her.
"It's not the first time, I go Sammy, and I know the rules" Elizabeth shrugged.
Sam's eyes went wide at his sister's words, there it was. He had thought that his brother would have already brought her in a place like that. He was not that surprised though, he knows that one of Dean's favorite place is a bar.
"Dad knows?"
"Are you crazy?" Dean exclaimed "he would have killed me".
Elizabeth chuckled, there is a lot of things Dean does for her that her father would not approve.
They walk in the bar, sitting at a table near the front door. Sam kept his sister seated on his lap, he really did not like having her in a place like that. Dean sat in front of them, feeling like a proud father, seeing Sam taking care of Elizabeth like that.
"So" Sam started "Blackwater Ridge doesn't get a lot of traffic. Local campers, mostly. But still, this past April, two hikers went missing out there. They were never found. Elie, can you pass me Dad's journal?"
Elizabeth stretches her arm to take the journal and hands it to her brother.
"Any before that?" Sam asked.
"Yeah" Sam answered pulling out a newspaper article "in 1982, eight different people all vanished in the same year. Authorities said it was a grizzly attack".
Elizabeth tried to read the article, but Dean took it to read it.
"And again in 1959 and again before that in 1936".
Sam opens his laptop to Tommy's video, Elizabeth watched what he was doing, trying to remember every movement he does.
"Every twenty-three years, just like clockwork" he pauses looking at the screen "okay, watch this. Here's a clincher. I downloaded that guy Tommy's video to the laptop. Check this out".
Sam clicks three frames on Tommy's video, which was way more interesting in Elizabeth's opinion. She wanted to know what she had seen. She clearly could see a shadow appear behind the tent. She wished her father could be there, so she could share the information, he would have been proud.
"Do it again" Dean asked, concentrated.
"That's three frames" Sam explained, replaying the video "that's a fraction of a second. Whatever that thing is, it can move".
"Very fast" Elizabeth added.
"Told you something weird was going on" Dean said, hitting Sam on the arm.
"Yeah. I got one more thing" he closes his laptop and hands Dean another newspaper article "in fifty-nine one camper survived this supposed grizzly attack. Just a kid. Barely crawled out of the woods alive".
"Is there a name?" Dean asked.
"Yep, come on".
Taking that as a cue that they are leaving, Elizabeth slides off Sam's lap. She lets him grab her hand and carry her out of the bar. She enjoyed having her other brother back, but she did not like having even more protectiveness on her.
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The man's house was scary, it was dark and looked abandoned everything to give a ten year old shivers. But Elizabeth did her best to ignore the fright, she knew that one day she will have to go to places like that to save people.
Sam, Dean and Elizabeth followed the man, named Mr. Shaw, in the even darker living room. At this point, Elizabeth wondered if the man had lights or if he was living life without electricity. She hid behind Sam, not liking the smoke and the smell coming from Mr. Shaw's cigarette. She could never get used to it, even after seeing many people smoking in bars.
"Look ranger" Mr. Shaw said "I don't know why you're asking me about this. It's public record. I was a kid. My parents got mauled by a-"
Grizzly?" Sam interrupted "That's what attacked them?"
Shaw takes a puff of his cigarette and shakes his head.
"The other people that went messing that year, those bear attacks too?" Dean asked.
The old man looks down at the ground, his face filled with sadness.
"What about all the people that went missing this year?" Dean continued "we knew what we were dealing with, we might be able to stop it".
"I seriously doubt that I don't see what difference it would make" Shaw said sitting down on the sofa "you wouldn't believe me. Nobody ever did".
"Mr. Shaw, what did you see?" Sam asked, sitting down on the couch in front of Shaw.
Elizabeth changed her position behind her brother, she wanted to sit beside Sam and be a part of the questioning, but she changed her mind. She decides to stay by her brother's side and watch, taking the time to learn.
"Nothing" the man said, after a long pause "it moved too fast to see. It hide too well. I heard it, though. A roar. Like… No man or animal I ever heard".
"It came at night?" Sam asked and Mr. Shaw nodded "got inside your tent?"
"It got inside our cabin. I was sleeping in front of the fireplace when it came in. It didn't smash a window or break the door. It unlocked it. Do you know of a bear that could do something like that? I didn't even wake up till I heard my parents screaming".
The little girl felt a shiver going through her, it must have been awful. When she first knew monsters existed, she had nightmares about her family getting caught and killed by a monster. Thinking about it really happening, made her want to throw up.
"It killed them?" Sam asked, all his attention on the story.
"Dragged them off into the night" Shaw shakes his head down "why it left me alive… Been asking myself that ever since. Did leave me this, though".
He slides down his collar, revealing scars, very deep claw marks. Elizabeth was not an animal specialist, but she knew this could not be a grizzly. She even had her idea about what it could be, remembering reading about a monster that fit the story, but she could not remember the name.
"There's something evil in those woods. It was some sort of a demon" Shaw concluded.
After thanking him, the Winchester's exited the place. Elizabeth was still trying to figure out the name of the monster. She usually had a good memory, but sometimes, like today, it played with her nerves.
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After getting only a few hours of sleep, Elizabeth got dragged out of the motel room early in the morning. She did not know what time it was, but she did not want to know, the sun was not even up yet.
"Spirits and demons don't have to unlock doors" Dean told the facts "they just go through walls".
"So it's probably something else, something corporeal" Sam said.
"Corporeal? Excuse me professor" Dean joked.
"Could it be like a Black Dog? Skinwalker?" Elizabeth suggested, looking up at her brothers "you know, the claws and the speed and the moves… and being copororal".
"Corporeal" Sam corrected her.
By now, they were a few feet's from the car where Dean stopped in his tracks, frowning at his sister. He gently grabbed her shoulder, a way he had found to get her full attention.
"How do you know about all those monsters?" He asked.
Elizabeth stared at him, punching herself inside that she talked about monsters. She knows her brother's feeling about her knowing a lot on monsters. Her father was all over her to teach her every monster in the book, but Dean managed to stop him.
"I taught myself" she answered honestly "I read a lot of books".
"Oh, I know who let you read these books" Dean shook his head "if I ever see that old man again, I'm not gonna let it slide".
Elizabeth chuckled, she knew exactly who he was talking about. She missed that old man a lot, and wished to be able to see him again.
"But!" She changed the subjects, following her brothers to the trunk of the Impala "if it's co-corporeal, you guys can kill it".
"Exactly" Dean agreed.
He opened the trunk and the weapons box, using a shotgun to prop it open. Under the eyes of his siblings, he starts digging through the stuff, putting some in a duffle bag.
"We cannot let that Haley girl out there" Sam sighed.
"Oh yeah?" Dean said, surprised "what are you gonna tell her? That she can't go into the woods because of a big scary monster?"
"Yeah".
Elizabeth wanted to hit him behind his head, hoping it would put his brain back into the right place. Since they arrived at Blackwater Ridge, he kept surprising her with a new behavior. Instead of being the soft and second thinker Sam, he was the harsh Sam.
"Sammy, she's gonna call you crazy" Elizabeth told him.
"Her brother's missing, Sam. She's not gonna just sit this out. Now we go with her, we protect her, and we keep our eyes peeled for our fuzzy predator friend" Dean picks up the duffel.
"Finding Dad not enough?" Sam asked angry, real angry. He slams the trunk shut and sighs "now we gotta babysit too?"
Dean and Elizabeth stare at him, both of them shocked by his words. They really did not recognize their brother, but they understood where this came from. Sam had just lost his girl, the love of his life, and wants revenge. The only way to get what he wants, is to find their missing father.
"What?" Sam snapped.
"Nothing" Dean answered.
He throws the duffle bag at Sam and gets in the driver's seat without a word. Elizabeth does the same, going to the backseat without giving a look to Sam. She did not want him to be angrier, letting him his space was the best she could do.
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Dean parks next to a black truck, Haley, her brother Ben and another man were gathered, looking at the newcomers. The Winchester's got out the car and joined the others.
"You guys got room for two more?" Dean asked.
"Wait, you want to come with us?" Haley asked him, surprised.
"Who are these people?" The man took a few steps towards them.
"Apparently this is all the park service could muster up for search and rescue" Haley answered, staring at the Winchester's.
No one could blame her, two men and a little girl coming to help saying they are rangers?
Sam walks pass everyone, pissed off. Elizabeth wanted to go after him, but once again, decided to let him be. She also knew that in the woods, Dean would not want her out of his sight.
"You're rangers?" The man questions, looking at Dean up and down.
"That's right" Dean nodded, confident.
"And even the little kid?"
"And you are?" Elizabeth snapped back, not liking being called a little kid.
"Roy, ranger".
Dean places a hand on his little sister's shoulder, squeezing it slightly to pass the message. She knew she was not allowed to talk when it came to these kinds of situation, but she did not like this man.
"She's my little sister, I'm on babysitting duty and she loves the woods".
Elizabeth forced a smile to support his point, even though he was half right. She was excited at first about going in the woods, but when she saw Mr. Shaw's claw marks, she realized she was going where the monster lives.
"And you're hiking out in biker boots and jeans?" Haley judged.
Elizabeth looked down at her outfit, frowning. She was wearing a black coat, green flannel, black combat boots, black jeans and a white T-shirt that was already dirty. Seeing what Haley was wearing, she found that she was not suited for the woods with beige short shorts and a small long sleeve blue shirt, at least she had the boots.
"Well, sweetheart" Dean smiled "I don't do shorts".
Dean walks pass her, dragging his sister with him by holding her hand. They join Sam who still had the hard face, still angry at the situation. Elizabeth was starting to agree with him, not liking Roy and Haley not accepting more help to find her brother. If they could get help find their father without asking, she would gladly accept.
"What, you think this is funny?" Roy asked "it's dangerous back country out there. Her brother might be hurt".
"Believe me" Dean stated "I know how dangerous it can be. We just wanna help them find their brother, that's all".
Roy sighs, giving a glance at Elizabeth, who took a step closer to Dean. She did not think Roy would be the type of person to hurt a little ten year old girl, or any person, but she did not trust people easily.
In a total silence, they started the hike. Elizabeth enjoyed the nature, she found it beautiful and cozy. She stayed behind with Sam, in front of them Haley, Ben and Dean and Roy leads the way. The little girl looked at her brother, sighed at how sad he looked.
"Are you okay?" She asked him, getting no answer "Sam? Sam?"
"What?" He looks up, annoyed "sorry, what is it?"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry about me".
"But I am worried".
"You're the kid" Sam ruffles his sister's hair "I am the one who should be worrying about you".
Elizabeth groaned replacing her hair with her hands, she hated it when her brothers did that. Yet, it made Sam smile, so she did not care.
"Roy" Dean says, gaining everyone's attention "you said you did a little hunting".
"Yeah, more than a little".
"Uh-huh. What kind of furry critters do you hunt?"
Wanting to face palm her forehead, Elizabeth knew that this was not going to end well.
"Mostly buck, sometimes bear" Roy answered.
"Tell me, uh, Bambi or Yogi ever hunt you back?" Dean joked.
The little girl rolled her eyes, she was discouraged that her brother was looking for trouble.
Roy suddenly grabbed Dean's arm, both of them stopping into place. The two other Winchester's were ready to jump in action if something went south.
"Watcha doing, Roy?" Dean asked with a rough voice.
Roy does not respond, he takes a stick, poking it to the ground. Elizabeth jumps when a bear trap closes its sharp points.
"You should watch where you're stepping, Ranger" Roy advised, saying Ranger like he didn't believe him.
"It's a bear trap" Dean laughed worriedly.
Elizabeth shakes her head, she knew he was looking for trouble.
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At first, it was fun, the nice temperature, the nice smell and calming silence. But now, Elizabeth's legs were hurting, she had to follow her long legged brothers, her small legs were getting tired.
"You didn't pack any provisions" Haley said to us "you guys are carrying a duffel bag. You're not rangers. So what the hell are you?"
Sam and Elizabeth stopped beside Haley and Dean, asking with only one look if he needed help with this, but Dean nodded them off. The two of them continued to walk in front.
"I have provisions" Elizabeth mumbled.
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked, looking down at his sister.
"She said that we don't have any provisions, I have my gummies in my bag".
"You seriously brought them?"
"Yeah, why not?"
Sam laughed, bringing a smile on Elizabeth's face. It was good to hear him laugh, an honest laugh. She was really starting to get worried, almost feeling like an older sister who wanted only his happiness.
"And you" Sam said "are you okay?"
Elizabeth nodded, trying to forget the pain in her legs, she was also not used to walk for so long. She was not proud of herself, she was used to run miles in the woods when she was younger. It was part of her training, it was hell at the time, and she would have a hard time walking after.
"Want a piggy back ride?" Sam asked her.
"No" She shook her head "I'm fine".
Sam shook his head and crouched in front of her, giving her the look saying that she did not have a choice. So, she climbed on his back, throwing her arms around his neck. Only having her legs in the air felt like heaven, she could feel them pumping in pain.
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Elizabeth was dozing off, her face laying comfortably on Sam's shoulder. She had lost the notion of time, not knowing how much time they were still walking, but she knew it had to be maybe a few hours.
"This is it" Roy announced "Blackwater Ridge".
"What coordinates are we at?" Sam asked.
The little girl looked up, everything looked the same and nothing looked abnormal. She wondered if her father had sent them those coordinates only to have a safe place to go and talk. When Dean had received the message, her father looked scared, not something he was used to. He would always tell Dean to take care of her, but this time it was different. He said they were all in danger.
She pushed herself off her brother's back looking around again. It was so silent, it was actually weird. She pulled on Sam's sleeve, her eyes searching the trees.
"You hear that?" She whispered.
"Yeah" Sam nodded, as Dean joined them "not a sound".
"I'm gonna take a look around" Roy said to everyone.
"You shouldn't go off by yourself" Sam stopped him.
Elizabeth sighed, first Dean is looking for trouble with Roy and now Sam? She knows that the man is only doing his job to find Ben and Haley's brother, but he did not know what was really out there.
"That's sweet. Don't worry about me" Roy replied, taking his gun and walks away.
"Alright" Dean stepped in "everybody stays together, let's go".
Dean grabbed his sister's arm, a way to tell her to stay by his side. He did not know what they were dealing with yet, but he was not letting anything happen to his sister, or his brother.
"Haley!"
Alerted by Roy's shout, Haley ran towards the ranger, followed by her brother and the three Winchester's. Elizabeth now understood why her father had sent those coordinates, there was really a job, and the story Mr. Shaw had told them was now confirmed.
In front of them, a camp was set up, but the tents were ripped, blood all over the place and supplies scattered all over the ground.
"Oh my God…" Haley sighed.
"Looks like a grizzly" Roy said.
Elizabeth walked around, making sure to still be in Dean's sight, she did not want to lose sight of him and she knew he did not want to. She bent down next to a trail as if someone had been dragged, definitely not a grizzly.
"Tommy? Tommy!" Haley called out.
Sam caught her in his arm, hushing her looking around as if he was waiting for something to come and attack him.
"Tommy!"
"Sh!" Sam insisted.
"Why?"
"Something might still be out there".
"Sam, Dean!" Elizabeth called out, her eyes still on the trail.
Her brother's hurried to her, crouching each other at one side.
"The bodies were dragged" she said pointing at the tracks "but here, the tracks just vanish. That's weird".
She stands us with her brothers, the three of them still examining the tracks on the floor. Elizabeth tried to think of anything that could do this, but no monsters came into her mind.
"I'll tell you what" Dean told his siblings "that's no Skinwalker or Black Dog".
"Than what is it?" Elizabeth asked.
"Don't know" Dean shrugged.
The three of them walk back to camp, joining a stressed out Haley as she looks around the tents. Elizabeth felt bad for her, it must be horrible to lose a sibling, she lost Sam and knew where he was for four years and she was devastated. She could not imagine what it would be like if one of her brothers would just vanish.
"Got me impressed back there, kiddo" Sam told her.
Elizabeth frowned, why would he be impressed? She did what she had to do, if she was as good as her father, she would have probably already guessed what monster they were hunting down. She could hear her father's voice telling her to keep searching.
"I mean, at your age, I don't think I would have been able to face all those things" he mentioned the camp "and even when I started hunting, it was small. And by what I heard, you probably know way more than me".
"Yeah, well I'm a badass" she forced a smile.
She wanted to be honest, and tell her brother that she was scared. Each time she learned of a new monster, she could not go to her father like normal children. Instead of saying there is no such things as monsters, he would tell her how to kill it.
"Help! Help!"
Elizabeth jumped at the sudden screams, taking a step closer to Sam.
"Help! Somebody!"
They ran towards the screams, but there was no one, and no more screams. Everyone looked at each other, wondering if someone knew what just happened.
"It seemed like it was coming from around here, didn't it?" Haley asked.
"Everybody back to camp" Sam ordered.
Everyone listened and followed Sam back to camp, where everyone panicked seeing all their supplies gone.
"Our packs!" Haley exclaimed.
"So much for my GPS and my satellite phone" Roy sighed.
"What the hell is going on?" Haley asked.
"It's smart. It wants us to cut us off so we can't call for help" Sam ignored Haley's question.
"You mean someone, some nutjob out there just stole all our gear" Roy told Sam.
Sam ignored Roy's comment, he was starting to be over this guy who thought he knew everything. It was hard to work with someone who did not know the truth.
"I need to speak with you. In private" Sam said leading them farther "good, let me see Dad's journal".
Dean went to get it, but Elizabeth took it out of her bag and handed it to Sam, ignoring her eldest brother's glare.
"Did you steal it from me?" He asked, surprised.
"Uhm, maybe?" She looked down at the floor.
"I swear, after this we need to talk about your little kleptomaniac habits".
Sighing, Elizabeth shrugged, she already had this talk, but she just kept stealing, but not for fun. She would only steal things she really needed, or sometimes really want.
"All right" Sam said bringing them back in the case "check that out".
He points to a page talking about Wendigo's, Elizabeth had read all about them. She put every piece together, understanding that they were dealing with a Wendigo. She felt angry at herself for not thinking about this once, she was supposed to know these things.
"Oh come on, Wendigo's are in the Minnesota woods or, or northern Michigan. I've never even heard of one this far west" Dean said.
"But Sam's right" Elizabeth supported "there's the claws and the way it mimic a human voice, like five minutes ago".
"Well then this is useless" Dean sighed taking out his pistol".
"We gotta get these people to safety" Sam said giving Dean back the journal.
Dean and Elizabeth followed behind, watching Sam as he spoke up to the group.
"All right, listen up, it's time to go. Things have gotten… more complicated".
"What?" Haley asked.
"Kid, don't worry. Whatever's out there, I think I can handle it" Roy said offended.
"It's not me I'm worried about. If you shoot this thing, you're just gonna make it mad. We have to leave" Sam explains, angrily "now".
"One, you're talking nonsense. Two, you're in no position to give anybody orders" Roy advances closer to Sam.
"Relax" Dean ordered Roy.
"We never should have let you come out here in the first place, all right? I'm trying to protect you" Sam almost shouted.
"You protect me?" Roy laughed at Sam "I was hunting in these woods when your mommy was still kissing you good night".
"Yeah? It's a damn near perfect hunter. It's smarter than you, and it's gonna hunt you down and eat you alive unless we get your stupid ass out of here".
"You know, you're crazy right?"
"Yeah? You ever hunt a Wen-"
Before he could finish his word, Elizabeth runs to her brother, pulling him away while Dean does the same with Roy.
"Chill out" Dean ordered with a deep voice.
"Stop. Stop it" Haley intervenes "everybody just stop. Look. Tommy might still be alive and I'm not leaving here without him".
"It's getting late" Dean breaks the silent "this thing is a good hunter in the day, but an unbelievable hunter at night. We'll never beat it, not in the dark. We need to settle in and protect ourselves".
"How?"
SPN
It was now dark outside, they had set up a campfire where Elizabeth was seated trying to get herself warm. With the sun hidden and the tiredness she felt, she was freezing as if it was snowing. She watched her brother, Dean, drawing symbols on the ground, she wanted to help him, but he insisted that she stays seated.
"One more time, that's-" Haley starts.
"Anasazi symbols" Elizabeth answered "it's for protection, Wendigo's can't pass through them".
Dean smirks and continues tracing the symbols, he was proud of his sister for being so smart. However, each time she talks about monsters as if it was a normal thing, it broke something inside him. He wanted her to live a normal childhood, even with knowing everything about the supernatural. But, his father missing was not planned.
His smile leaves when he hears Roy laugh, he stands straight, his eyes attacking the man. As Dean is about to reply at him, he is beaten by his little sister.
"You shouldn't be skeptic, Roy" she said, calmly.
He only laughs again, getting on Elizabeth's nerves. She got up, not knowing what she was going to do, but Dean stops her. He gives a little pressure on her shoulder so she can sit back down on a rock.
"Hey, calm down, okay?" Dean said, getting down on one knee.
"I'm calm" she snapped, folding her arms against her chest.
Dean only smiles, even though she acted way older as her age, she still had those little things she did that made her look like a ten year old. He walked away to join his little brother, seated apart from the others.
Seeing her brother walking away, Elizabeth got up, giving a death glare at Roy before going to sit with her brothers. She sits between Sam and Dean, resting her chin on her knees.
"You wanna tell me what's going on in that freaky head of yours?" Dean asked.
"Dean-"
"No, you're not fine-" he cut him off "you're like a powder keg, man, it's not like you. I'm supposed to be the belligerent one, remember?"
"Dad's not here" Sam sighed "I mean, that much we know for sure, right? He would have left us a message, a sign right?"
"Yeah, you're probably right" Dean admits "tell you the truth, I don't think Dad's ever been to Lost Creek".
The little girl felt tears in her eyes, she had wished so hard that her father wanted to meet up. Now, she knew that it was once again her imagination, a perfect situation playing in her head.
"Then let's get these people back to town and let's hit the road. Go find Dad. I mean, why are we still even here?"
"That is why" Dean gets up and sit in front of Sam and takes out Dad's journal "this book. This is Dad's single most valuable possession-everything he know about every evil thing is in here. And he's passed it on to us. I think he wants us to pick up where he left off. You know, saving people, hunting things. The family business".
Elizabeth smiled to herself, it was a nice way to motivate someone. All of a sudden, she wanted to be part of this business, and save people. This is what she had always wanted, but she could not get herself to do it. She felt weak each time, but the fear just keeps getting in the way.
"That makes no sense" Sam sighed "why doesn't he just-call us? Why doesn't he-tell us what he wants, tell us where he is?"
"I dunno. But the way I see it, Dad's giving us a job to do, and I intend to do it".
"You know Dad was always a mystery" Elizabeth said, looking up at Sam "guess that's never gonna change…"
"Elie…no. I gotta find Dad. I gotta find Jessica's killer. It's the only thing I can think about".
"Okay" Dean nods "all right, Sam, we'll find them, I promise. Listen to me. You've gotta prepare yourself. I mean, this search could take a while, and all that anger, you can't keep it burning over the long haul. It's gonna kill you. You gotta have patience, man".
"How do you do it? How does Dad do it?"
"Well for one, them" Dean points Haley and Ben who are by the campfire. "I mean, I figure our family's so screwed to hell, maybe we can help some others. Makes things a little bit more bearable. I'll tell you what else helps. Killing as much evil sons of bitches as I possibly can".
It was supposed to be a way to cheer up, for Sam it did, but Elizabeth felt the chills. The word 'killing' hit her hard, she knows that the monsters her family hunts down are bad, and they are called monsters. However, some of them look human, and she thinks that she will never be able to hurt something looking like a human.
"Help me! Please!"
The three Winchester's got up, all in alert. It was the same voice as earlier, screaming for help.
"Help!"
Sam shines his flashlight on the forest, looking around to see if he could see the Wendigo. Seeing that there was nothing, they took a few steps back to join the group by the campfire. Haley, Ben and Roy were also stood up, alerted by the shouts.
"He's trying to draw us out. Just stay cool, stay put" Dean ordered.
"Inside the magic circle?" Roy scoffed.
Elizabeth forced herself to not snap back at him. She knew better than to talk back to a man who probably hates her and has a gun in his hands.
"Help! Help me!" The shouts continued, followed by a growl.
"Okay, that's no grizzly" Roy admitted.
"It's okay" Haley coaxed her brother "you'll be all right, I promise".
Elizabeth took the words in, imagining Dean saying these words to her. She knew she was safe inside the circle, but the shouts still got her scared. The monster was probably watching them, finding them appetizing.
She jumped a little, sticking close to Dean as she sees a shadow passing quickly beside them. Behind her, Haley also let out a shout.
"It's here" Sam whispered.
Roy shots in the woods, causing a hurt growl coming from the monster. Elizabeth frowned, it was not normal, normal bullets cannot hurt a Wendigo.
"I hit it!" Roy exclaimed, running into the woods.
"Roy! No! Roy!" Dean called out, then turned towards everyone "don't move".
Sam and Dean run off into the woods after Roy, leaving Elizabeth, Haley and Ben alone. The youngest Winchester turned her attention to the siblings, forcing a smile on her face. Her job was to save people, and making them better while they are scared was part of it.
"It's okay, we just gotta stay in the circle" she told them.
"How, how can you be so calm?" Haley asked with a shaky voice.
Elizabeth shrugged in response, inside, she could feel her heart wanting to get out of her chest. But she decided to ignore it and keep her eyes on the trees, waiting impatiently for her brothers to come back.
She was not surprised to see Sam and Dean come back without Roy. By the way he acted, she had a feeling that he was going to get himself killed. Even though she hated him, she still felt sad, it was a human being. Roy maybe had a family? Maybe kids who he was sweet too, and a wife who he loved?
SPN
Everyone stayed awake most of the night, no one could really sleep because of the thought of a monster probably walking around them. The only one who really slept was Dean, Elizabeth could not understand how her brother could even close his eyes.
She had stayed wide awake in Sam's arms all night, not wanting to close one eye in case she gets attacked. She knows that she is safe in the circle, however, her mind went into so many case scenarios.
In the morning, Sam and Dean took the time to answer Haley's questions. She was so shaken up the night before, they promised her to explain everything once they had some sleep.
"I don't… I mean, these things, they aren't supposed to be real" Haley said, shaking her head.
"I wish I could tell you different" Dean admitted.
"How do we know it's not out there watching us?"
Elizabeth looked around her, she had asked herself this question all night. She did not think it was there in the middle of the day, but the monster was probably waiting for them somewhere.
"We don't" Dean answered "but we're safe for now".
"How do you know about this stuff?"
"Kind of runs in the family".
"That's why you were calm last night" Haley said looking at Elizabeth "do you do that too? You're so young…"
"I don't hunt, but I know a lot about it" Elizabeth shrugged.
It was weird for her to talk about this with people she does not know a lot. The second she knew about this world, her father drilled in her head the notion to not talk to anyone about this, excepted family.
"Hey" Sam joined everyone "so we've got half a chance in the daylight. And I, for one, want to kill this evil son of a bitch".
"Well, hell you know I'm in" Dean smirked.
Sam nodded, opening his father's journal he had in his hands, going to the Wendigo page.
"Wendigo is Cree Indian word" Sam explained "it means 'evil that devours'".
"They're hundreds of years old" Dean continues "each one was once a man. Sometimes an Indian, or other times a frontiersman or a miner or hunter".
"How's a man turn into one of those things" asked Haley.
"Well" Dean said picking up some things on the ground "it's always the same. During some harsh winter a guy finds himself starving" he looks at us "cut off from supplies or help. Becomes a cannibal to survive, eating other members of his tribe or camp".
"Like the Donner Party" Ben whispers.
Elizabeth snapped her head towards the teenager, since the beginning he hadn't said a word. It was probably because he was a shy guy or he was probably scared, but it was weird seeing him talk.
"Cultures all over the world believe that eating human flesh gives a person certain abilities. Speed, strength, immortality" Sam said.
"If you eat enough of it, over the years, you become this less than human thing. You're always hungry" Dean added.
"So if that's true, how can Tommy still be alive?" Haley asked.
"You're not gonna like it".
Dean glanced at his brother, asking silently who was going to tell her about the Wendigo's way. He sighed and decided to continue.
"More than anything, a Wendigo knows how to last long winters without food. It hibernates for years at a time, but when it's awake it keeps its victims alive. It, uh, it stores them, so it can feed whenever it wants. If your brother's alive, it's keeping him somewhere dark, hidden, and safe. We gotta track it back there".
"And then, how do we stop it?" Haley asked.
"Well, guns are useless, so are knives. Basically…"
Dean goes through his back taking out a Molotov cocktail with a grin that showed how excited he was to use this.
"You have to burn them alive" Elizabeth finished, pointing at the weapon in her brother's hand.
"Dean, Elie".
The two of them joined Sam, who had walked further from the group. Elizabeth looked up at where he was staring, she was not surprised to see claw marks on the tree trunks. However, it was high, it could most likely climb trees.
"You know" Sam stated "I was thinking, those claw prints, so clear and distinct. They were almost too easy to follow".
A growl resonated through the trees, Dean's first reaction was to pull his sister closer to him. Suddenly, Haley's screams caught the Winchester's attention. They ran towards her to find the corpse of Roy on top of her, she struggled to get him off, but was not able to. Sam and Dean helped her out, tossing Roy at the side and helping the girl onto her feet.
Elizabeth bent down in front of the corpse, it was the first time she was seeing a dead body. She reached out a hand and poked his cheek, his neck was clearly broken. She did not know how to feel about this, it was weird, but sad at the same time.
"Elie, don't look at this" Dean said, forcing her sister up.
"His neck is broken" she said, pointing at Roy.
"I know, but don't look" he told her, firmly.
Another growl echoed, and it was much louder. Elizabeth knew it was close, way too close for her liking.
"Okay, run, run, run, run, run, go, go, go!" Dean shouted.
Elizabeth did not have the time to react, her brother grabbed her hand, pulling her with him on his run. She did her best to follow, but her legs could not go any faster and she fell down on the ground. Dean did not lose a second, grabbing her by her elbows to get her up. She realised that Sam and Ben were not following, Haley was with them panting.
When they turned around, a tall, no hair, thin monster with grey disgusting skin stood in front of them growling.
"Elie, run!" Dean shouted.
Just before she could do anything, Haley screamed, freezing Elizabeth into the ground. Her brain told her to run as far as she could, but her limbs wouldn't listen once again. The last thing she saw was Dean fall on the ground and she felt something hit her head sending her into the blackness.
SPN
The pain is what woke Elizabeth up, her wrists were hurting and her arms felt numb. She tried to look around, but her vision was blurry and every movement hurt her even more. She recognized the symptoms of a concussion, she had never had one, but her brother came home with some small ones frequently.
After a few minutes, her vision cleared up, beside her was her older brother, hanging from the ceiling by his wrists. She looked up, seeing that it was the same for her.
"De… De… Dean?" She called out, shakily.
Her brother did not respond, for a second she thought he was dead, but told herself it was impossible. Not her brother, he was her invincible superhero.
Suddenly, a giant form appeared at the entrance of the cave. Elizabeth recognized it as the Wendigo, making her panicked. She did not want it to see her awake, it would only catch his attention. She closed her eyes, trying to look unconscious, but her hard breathing took it away.
The ten year old felt his hot, smelly breath against her skin. She felt tears fall down her cheeks as she thought it was the end, the monster was going to eat her.
However, when she thought it was the end, she felt herself fall onto the floor. Her wrists were still tied together, so she did not try to move, anyway, she would not have been able too. She let herself dragged like a puppy, via the rope, by the monster. She bit her lip, trying to ignore the pain to her back scraping against the rocks underneath her.
As if she was a rag doll, Elizabeth got thrown into a corner. She felt her head hit something hard, sending her once again in the darkness.
SPN
Sam had panicked when he could not find his brother and sister anywhere. He had been held farther because Ben had fallen on the ground. He heard Haley's scream and knew something had happened. Yet, when he saw that they had disappeared, he freaked out, but tried to keep calm for Ben. The teenager was also scared, he had already lost his brother and now his sister too.
They followed a trail of M&M, Sam knew it was his brother who left it there. It brought them to an abandoned mine, where they finally found them. Sam spotted Dean first, he ran to his brother, tapping a few times on his cheeks, calling his name, until he opened his eyes.
"Are you okay?" Sam asked.
Dean groaned in his response, feeling his head spinning. Sam helped him down as he looked around, there was Haley and Ben, but not who he was looking for.
"Dean, Dean, where's Elie?"
Dean's eyes went wide, forgetting the pain, he got up, running around like a maniac to find his sister. But she was not in the room with them. He felt his heart drop, thinking about what the Wendigo could have done to her.
"Where is he?" Dean asked.
"Gone for now".
Near them, Haley and Ben had found their lost brother, he was also hanging from the ceiling unconscious. She called his name a few times, having no response, she touched the side of his face. At the contact, Tommy jerked awake, making his siblings jump, but soon happy to see him alive.
"Cut him down!"
Sam went to help them, letting lose Tommy who fell down in his sister's arms.
"We're gonna get you home" Haley whispered softly.
Seeing everything was okay for them, Sam returned to his brother who had guns in his hands.
"Check it out".
"Flare guns. Those'll work".
The growling brought everyone back to seriousness, Dean thought of his sister alone somewhere in this mine. He hoped she was okay and not hurt.
"Looks like someone's home for supper" Dean stated.
"We'll never outrun it" Haley said.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Dean asked his brother.
"Yeah, I think so".
"All right" Dean turned to the three others "stay with Sam. He's gonna get you out of here".
"What are you gonna do?" Haley asked.
"Chow time, you freaky bastard!" Dean shouted walking away "yeah, that' right, bring it on baby, I taste good!"
Dean walks around, his flare gun raised in front of him ready to shoot at any seconds. He kept an eye open for his sister, he wanted to get the Wendigo away so that his brother could get everyone out safe. But his main mission was to find Elizabeth, and bring her out safe.
"Hey, you want some white meat, bitch! I'm right here!"
He turned a corner, his eyes landing directly on the little girl he was looking for. She was lying unconscious on a pile of bones, her face was hidden by her blond hair. Dean hurried to her, throwing himself on his knees. He took her by her shoulders, lifting her up in his arms.
"Hey, hey, hey, Elie" he tapped on her cheek a few time "wake up girly, come on".
As if she had been under water for ages, Elizabeth woke up taking a deep breath. She felt the presence with her, instantly recognising Dean's strong arms holding her. Seeing the bones beside her, she let out a small scream and threw herself against her brother.
Dean sighed, relieved that his little sister was finally in his arms, alive. He had been so scared to find… he did not even want to think about it. He took her in his arms, trying his best not to hurt her, but he felt her go rigid and heard her groan in pain.
"It's okay, girly, I got you".
He carried her towards the exit, he had to get his sister out before he could kill the Wendigo. When they arrived towards the exit, he saw it, getting closer to Sam, who had Haley, Ben and Tommy behind him, protectively.
Dean gently puts Elizabeth on the ground, making sure she was well rested against the rock before going to help his brother. Elizabeth watched, she was not scared, she knew Dean had a weapon and that he would kill the monster.
"Hey!" Dean yelled.
The Wendigo turned around, roaring at Dean. The hunter took the chance and pressed the trigger, shooting right into the monster's stomach. The Wendigo growled in pain, burning into ashes.
"Not bad, huh?" Dean smiles.
Sam grins, enjoying the sight of this monster dead. However, when he looked up, he saw the little girl he was worried about, trying to stand up, but fail falling back down on the floor. He ran to her, beaten by his brother, and gently checked for her wounds, cringing at each one.
"Come on" Dean said, lifting Elizabeth in his arms "let's get out of here".
SPN
After helping Hayley and her brothers, they went to the ranger's station to call the police. Tommy needed to go into a hospital, after being held for days in this mine, he needed to be treated.
Elizabeth had already been checked out, the paramedic took care of her scratched back, her bleeding forehead and sore wrists. All this time, Dean stayed by her side, comforting her, but she did not need it. She felt like she had faced her fears, and seeing her brother kill a monster, it made her want to do it. The word killing finally made sense to her, it was not killing to take a life, but to save lives, innocents one.
She sat on the hood of the Impala with Dean's coat over her shoulders. She could not wait to get in the backseat and back on the road. Sam was still talking to the police with Ben and Dean had taken two minutes to give a word to Haley. Elizabeth smiled when Haley kissed Dean's cheek. It almost felt like a movie where the hero saves the girl and she falls for him.
Both brother's joined their little sister, Sam checked her again, making sure all her wounds were really okay. He had been so scared when he saw her in the mine, bruised and barely able to get up.
"You sure you're okay?" Sam asked, for the millionth time.
"Yeah, I just really want to sleep" Elizabeth answered "and please don't bring me back to the woods".
"Don't worry" Dean agreed "I hate camping".
"Me too" Sam smiled, looking at the ground.
The police and ambulance drives away, leaving only the Winchester's in the parking lot.
"Sam, you know we're gonna find Dad, right?" Dean told him.
"Yeah, I know. But in the meantime? I'm driving".
Dean tosses the keys to Sam and goes to the passenger side of the Impala. Elizabeth did not have to ask him, he already knew she wanted to be seated in front with them. He let her inside and got in after, letting her get comfortable against him.
Elizabeth thought that the second she would close her eyes, she would see the Wendigo attack her, but nothing. She was so tired that all her thoughts went away. Also, feeling her brother's hand playing with her hair as always worked to make her fall asleep.