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Secrets

Chapter 16 – Unexpected Ally

Sam groaned as awareness came back slowly to him. He struggled to open his eyes as he realized that he was no longer on the bed. The strain on his already sore body was almost unbearable. Once again he heard a soft whimper from across the room. He forced his eyes open and focused on where the sound was coming from.

"Hey…who are you?" Sam croaked, his voice a mere whisper. Sam watched as the young woman looked around the room fearfully before coming out of the shadows. Sam gasped at the condition of the young woman. She was painfully thin and her skin was almost translucent. She was wearing a pair of torn blue jeans and a faded T-shirt that was 2 sized too big for her. But her eyes were large pools of misery. He watched as tears fell down her cheeks.

"What is your name?" Sam asked again, trying to reach the traumatized girl.

"Melissa….my name is Melissa." The girl jumped back at the sound of her voice as if she wasn't used to hearing it.

"Well Melissa my name is Sam. Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Sam tried to reassure the girl as she began to pace frantically wringing her hands.

"No, but I have been hurting you Sam…I'm…..I'm…sorry…I just wish…" Melissa looked down at the ground before raising her eyes to meet Sam's once more. "I wish that I could stop…but I can't…she won't let me. The things she has made me do…Oh God…I can't take this anymore…there's only one way to stop this!"

Sam watched as the girl glanced at the front door before closing her eyes. He saw a large knife floating in the air past him and heading for the young girl. "Melissa…NO! NO!...wait, this isn't the answer!"

The knife paused in the air as Melissa looked up at him. "Sam, if I don't do this, she'll make me hurt you again and again until you die…I can't go through that…not any more. I've tried to get away and she always finds me…she punishes me…she's just too strong!"

"Melissa, listen to me…help me down and I can help you get away…we need to get to my brother, he'll protect you from Trisha." Sam watched the conflicting emotions flowing over the woman's face. "Melissa, if you kill yourself, Trisha will win. She'll still kill me and she will have killed you too…"

Melissa straightened and once again checking the front door made her decision. "Ok, I'll try, but if she catches us…we will both be in trouble." Melissa closed her eyes once more and concentrated. Sam felt himself being lifted gently from the hook; his feet hitting the ground caused him to cry in pain. But he knew that if they wanted to get away, he had to move fast.

Melissa sensed that Sam was weak and moved quickly to help him. She looked at the manacles on his wrists and they dropped away. Sam was free, at least for the moment. "Ok, Melissa…is there a phone in the cabin?"

"No, she never leaves her cell phone behind." Melissa helped Sam towards the front door.

"My clothes…do you know what she did with my clothes?" Sam asked.

"She cut them off of you Sam and threw them away…she said you wouldn't be needing them anymore." Melissa could feel the heat radiating from Sam's skin and tried not to react to the blood that was still oozing from most of the wounds on his body.

"Ok, well then we need to get to the woods…maybe there will be another cabin and we can call Dean…do you know where we are?"

"Yes Sam, we are in a large wilderness preserve outside of town. There are a number of private cabins scattered throughout here…but Sam, we are a long way from town and I don't know where the other cabins are." Melissa opened the door and looked around before helping Sam outside. She watched as Sam began to shiver in the cold night air.

Sam shook his head…he had to get them away from here first…then he could figure out some way to reach Dean. "Ok, we need to get under cover, head for the trees over there Melissa."

Sam and Melissa made their way slowly towards the trees as Sam prayed that they would have enough time to at least find a decent place to hide. "Ok God, clouds would be really good right now!" Sam said as the bright moon light guided him and Melissa deeper into the woods.

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Dean sat on the bed talking to Ash. "Thanks Ash…no tell Ellen we don't need any help just yet. I've called some friends who are going to help me." Dean hung up the phone and moved to the map he had gotten of the area from the front office.

"Ok, Ash found out that the pimp that Trisha used to work for had a cabin in the remote area of this forest preserve. Now Sam saw a lake in his vision and the cabin was close to that lake. Dean saw a fairly large lake on the map. "We need to get there and check it out…Missouri have you been able to sense anything yet?"

Missouri didn't respond, she was concentrating trying to sense Sam. She knew that he was still alive, but they had to be much closer for her to get any kind of a reading on him. Opening her eyes she sighed. "The best I can tell you Dean is that he is still alive. I'm sorry, but I told you that my abilities aren't a psychic GPS."

Dean patted Missouri on the shoulder. "That's ok…you have my cell phone number if you need to call me. You are our backup Missouri. I will call you every hour. If after 2 hours you don't hear from me, you need to call Ellen and get her to send in the troops ok?"

Missouri nodded. "Don't worry Dean, you'll find him."

"You've seen that in a vision?" Dean asked as he checked his gun before putting in his pocket.

"No, Dean…I just know you."

"Are you ready Andy?" Dean asked as he grabbed his weapons bag.

"Sure Dean…as ready as I can be I guess." Andy was worried that he would be able to do what Dean needed.

"Don't you worry none Andy, when the time comes you'll do jus' fine" Missouri said as she patted the young man on the shoulder.

As Andy got into the passenger seat of the Impala he looked at Dean. "How does she do that?"

Dean smiled. "Welcome to the Freak Show Andy…she can read minds and sense energies."

Andy shook his head. "You know, I never realized how many people had real psychic abilities…I mean I've read up on the stuff, especially since you and Sam visited. But I still can't believe it."

"Well, you better buckle your seat belt Andy, the psychic power crap is only the tip of the ice berg. The stories I could tell you about what really exists out there would make you think you took a hit off that monster bong of yours…by the way, do you actually use that thing?" Dean looked at Andy who just smiled as he looked out the window.

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"So Melissa, how did you meet Trisha?" Sam decided that he needed to talk to keep himself awake. His vision was getting blurry and he didn't know how much longer he could keep moving. He groaned as his bare foot stepped on another sharp rock. His feet were really taking a beating.

Melissa laughed sadly. "Well you could say I've known her all my life….she's my younger sister Sam."

Sam stopped and looked at Melissa. "Trisha is your sister? How could she do this to you?"

"Well it's a long story, but basically she blames me for not being able to take care of her when our father threw her out. My mother died when Trisha was only 6 months old…I was with her when I saw my mother…" Melissa looked away.

"You saw your mother on the ceiling, bleeding from her stomach and then she burst into flames right?" Sam said quietly

"Yes, how did you know?"

"My mom died the same way." Sam said sadly "You and Trisha and I are all connected Melissa…your sister doesn't understand but the yellow eyed man is really a demon. He has selected some of us to help him."

"Help him do what Sam?" Melissa couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"I'm not sure…that's what my brother and I are trying to find out. So she has the ability to control minds and you have the ability to move things with your mind…did your abilities show up at the same time?" Sam was curious. This would be the second set of siblings who had some sort of psychic ability and were linked to the demon.

"Yes, it scared me at first, but as I got better at it…well, I thought it was kind of neat. But then Trisha showed up and began to force me to use my powers to help her with her twisted scheme for revenge. She really wasn't like this when she was young Sam…she was a good kid. My Dad just could never get over that my mother died over her crib…he blamed her for my mother's death. I wish I could have done more for her…but Dad needed me too…I thought she would be ok…I really did." Melissa looked away.

"Melissa, none of this was your fault. The demon has managed to get to your sister and I don't know if we can stop her…but we are going to have to try." Sam watched as the meaning of his words was understood by Melissa.

"I know Sam…I know…she's killed so many. She has to be stopped." Melissa said quietly.

Melissa could feel Sam getting weaker as they moved slowly through the forest. She was beginning to have second thoughts. If Trisha found them, she would not only punish Sam, but she'd do the same to her. Only, she would use her mind control to make Melissa hurt herself. Trisha never got her hands dirty.

Sam sensed that Melissa was getting worried. "It's ok Melissa. We'll just keep moving for a bit longer then find a place to hide so that we can rest." They had been moving for over an hour, but Sam knew that they were still too close to the cabin. Suddenly he saw what he had been hoping for. "Look Melissa…there's a cabin over there!"

Sam and Melissa moved quickly towards the cabin. Sam looked around, but didn't see any cars. He just hoped that the cabin had a phone and maybe some clothes he could borrow. As they cautiously climbed the stairs, Sam moved to look in the window. The cabin appeared to be empty. Sam limped over to the door. "Melissa can you find something to break this window?"

Melissa quickly found a small rock and returned. "Will this work Sam?"

"Good girl. Ok, stand back." Sam broke the window and reached in to unlock the door. He carefully walked into the cabin, avoiding the glass on the floor as he searched for a phone. His eyes lit up when he saw the phone on the wall in the kitchen. Moving as quickly as his body would allow, Sam got to the phone and sighed with relief as he heard a dial tone.

Sam quickly dialed Dean's number and almost laughed when he heard his brother answer. "Hello?"

"Dean…it's Sam."

"Sammy…where are you? Are you ok?"

Sam swallowed as his emotions threatened to overwhelm him. "Well, I've been better Dean…I don't know exactly where I am…we got away and found another cabin in the forest preserve."

Suddenly the phone was ripped from Sam's hand as he was slammed against the wall. He looked at Melissa and saw that she had tears falling from her eyes.

"I'm sorry Sam…" Melissa started as the front door banged open.

"So you thought you could escape! Melissa, you and I will be talking about your lack of judgment later. Now get him into the trunk of the car before I really get mad!"

Melissa sobbed as she went to help Sam towards the car. "NO! Sam pushed Melissa and turned to face Trisha. Why don't you do your own dirty work? She didn't have any choice, I made her free me and help me, just like I'm going to make you let me go!" Sam stared defiantly at Trisha who stepped back for a moment her eyes narrowing.

She looked at Melissa who shuddered as Sam felt himself slammed even harder against the wall. As he lost consciousness he heard his brother screaming through the phone "SAMMY!"

TBC

Raven524: Ok, a little longer chapter tonight…but I didn't think you guys would mind. I wonder where she'll take Sam now? Poor Dean…so close and yet so far away! Well now that the alerts are working again, I am trying to respond to reviews, I really appreciate you all letting me know what you think about this story!