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Dean discovered a diner claiming that they serve the country's best bacon cheeseburgers and announced that they had to stay and have one. Sam told him that every diner would say this, but his brother was giving up, so he surrendered.
They spent the morning in their motel room, Sam researching the Apocalypse and not wanting to know what Dean was doing on his laptop. They called Bobby and he too said that everything was quiet. They relaxed a bit and then for dinner, they had bacon cheeseburgers. At least, Dean did. Sam had a salad.
They were heading back to their motel when they saw an ambulance speeding down the road. This couldn't be good. They checked that they had their badges with them and, despite not wearing their suits, followed the ambulance. It stopped in front of a four storey building. A sign hung from the third floor's balcony reading 'Dance School'.
"Excuse me," Dean asked one of the people coming out of the ambulance and showing him his badge "What is happening?"
"A dance teacher was attacked," he explained "But luckily she's still alive and called the police. They sent us too."
The brothers couldn't help but think that this was weird. Kelly had been attacked by a ghost and killed, and now another person had been attacked. Could it be that the case wasn't solved as they thought? It was a good thing Dean had insisted on the burgers, otherwise they wouldn't have stayed long enough to hear about this.
They followed the men up to the third floor. They entered a room with mirrors and barres on the walls. A woman was sitting down on the floor, leaning against the wall and a man was tending to a cut on her shoulder while a female police officer was sitting next to her and asking her questions.
Sam and Dean walked up to her and pulled their badges out. "Excuse me," Sam said to the officer "I'm special agent Ulrich, this is special agent Page. We'd like to ask the victim some questions."
"Of course," the officer said and got up "But how would the FBI know about this? The call only just came in."
"We were in town working another case and saw the ambulance," Dean explained "We thought we should check this out."
"Of course," said the officer "I'm Cindy Wood. Call me if you need information on any of your cases." She gave them her card and left.
The Winchester brothers crouched down in front of the woman. The man who was tending to her left as the bleeding had already stopped and he had wrapped her shoulder in a bandage. She looked at them. She was in her thirties and had short black hair and brown eyes.
"Miss," Dean said to her "We'd like to ask you about your attack. First of all, could you tell us your name?"
"Ellie Murphy," she answered.
"Alright," Dean continued "Would you tell us what happened?"
"I was getting ready to go home," said Miss Ellie "All the classes were finished and the girls had left. I was just putting my things in my bag, when I cut my shoulder. And then, the classroom seemed to grow cold, very cold. And my cut hurt and it started bleeding faster than it should. I took the first thing I found closest to me, which happened to be my napkin and put pressure on it. And then the bleeding stopped and everything went back to normal."
"Did you see anything," Sam asked "As weird as you think it might sound. Just please tell us."
"I," Miss Ellie started but then she stopped "It's nothing. It must have been a trick of the light."
"Just tell us," Sam pressed her "We want to know."
"I… I thought I saw something," the ballet teacher confessed "A person. But not fully. Blurry, almost as if they were forming but they disappeared when my bleeding stopped."
"Did you recognise it as someone you know?" Dean asked.
"No," she answered "I didn't have time to."
"This may seem like a strange question," Sam said "But did you know Kelly Williams or Oliver Brown?"
"No," she said "I've never heard these names before."
Sam sighed as he and Dean got up. So they hadn't gotten rid of the right ghost. And now they couldn't link the two victims. It was a very good thing Dean had insisted on the burgers.
Just then, before they could ask any more questions, a girl of seventeen pushed past the officers and ran into the classroom heading for Miss Ellie. She had light brown hair which was pulled into a ponytail and green eyes. "Miss Ellie," she cried "Are you alright?"
"Becca," the teacher said and stood up "Why did you come?"
"I heard the police cars and the ambulance and looked out my window and saw them stopping here," the girl, Becca, explained "And I thought maybe something was wrong. I asked the officer at the door and he said that a dance teacher was attacked and I wanted to make sure you were alright." She looked up and saw Dean and Sam.
"Who are you?" she asked them.
"FBI," Sam said and showed her the badge "May I ask what your connection the victim is?"
"She's my ballet teacher," Becca answered "I live just across the street."
"Miss," Officer Wood interrupted them and grabbed Becca's arm "You're not allowed to be here."
Becca apologised and let the officer lead her to the door. Before leaving, she asked Miss Ellie if they will have their class the next day and the teacher told her that with this situation it would be difficult. However, she told Becca to contact some other girls and tell them to go to her house so that they could do their rehearsal. Becca told her that she would and left.
When she was gone, Miss Ellie told Sam and Dean that she had been talking about their performance, The Wizard of Oz. Becca played Toto and her and the other four leads had to rehearse because the performance was in less than a week.
And then Sam thought they should resume their previous conversation. "Could we continue with our questions?" he asked. Miss Ellie said that she had no problem doing that.
"Do you know anyone who would have a grudge against you?" he asked.
"No, I don't think so," she said.
"Did anyone you know die a strange death recently?" Sam asked. He knew that it was most likely a ghost they were hunting, but they would have to be prepared for everything.
"Strange death?" Miss Ellie asked as if it seemed like a strange question.
"Brutally murdered, committed suicide for no reason," Dean explained.
"No," the dance teacher answered. But soon after she said that, her face darkened. She almost looked as if this had triggered something. The two brothers had hoped for something like this. It meant that she might know who their ghost was.
"Joyce Meadows," Ellie muttered.
The plot thickens. Let me know what you though. Have a nice day!
