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Hunted

Chapter twelve

Later

Sam could feel his eyes growing heavy as exhaustion overcame him. He knew if he fell asleep he was as good as dead. He had to stay alert…The men could be anywhere plus he knew the Wendigo by now should have reached the top of the cliff. Where was it? Had it given up and left? He doubted it. It was probably out there somewhere watching waiting for him to move. He stayed as still as possible, he knew one move and the thing would be on him in no time. Then he heard it.

"Sam! Sam where are you?"

It sounded like Dean but he knew a Wendigo could mimic a voice. His heart pounded in his chest. What if it was Dean? What if by not answering him the Wendigo would hear Dean and go after him? He shifted a little in the tree trying to get a better look and hoping to see some sign of his brother, but there wasn't any.

"Sam!" The voice called out again.

"Damn it!" Sam whispered to himself. The voice sounded so much like his brother's. He looked in every direction but still saw nothing.

It was then he heard a click. He looked down and saw the four hunters standing below him pointing rifles up at him.

"Come down or we'll shoot you down."

These men were good; they had snuck up on him without a sound.

"There's something out there…There's something that will kill all of us." Sam told the men. Sam knew the best case scenario would be if the Wendigo came after the men and drug them back to his lair. Then while the creature was busy with them Dean would show up and he and his brother could make it out of there. But even though these men wanted to kill him he still felt the need to warn them, after all they were human. "I'm serious….there's a creature out there that will kill all of us. So I suggest you get out of here while you can."

Carlos raised the rifle and fired toward Sam.

In the woods

Dean heard the gunshot and knew it meant only one thing….the hunters had found Sam.

"Son of a bitch!" Dean shouted as he continued running toward the last spot he had seen his brother. If Sam was hurt in anyway he swore he'd kill every one of them.

The branch next to Sam splintered as the bullet ripped into it.

"The next shot is through your brain." Carlos said as he pointed the rifle at Sam's head.

Sam didn't have any options. Either he could come down and be killed by either the hunters or the Wendigo, or be shot out of the tree and still end up dead. Actually being killed outright seemed pretty good right now; at least he wouldn't be ripped apart by the creature. But Sam knew that Dean was still out there somewhere. Maybe, just maybe, he would get to him in time.

"Okay…okay…." Sam yelled down to the men then started slowly climbing down the tree trying not to put too much pressure on his bad leg.

Once down Ray grabbed him and pushed him hard against the tree.

"Where's your friend?"

"He's gone."

"Gone where?"

"He fell off the cliff…he's probably dead."

"I heard him calling to you."

"That wasn't him….That was the creature."

Ray gave a little laugh.

"You're telling me this creature sounds just like a human? What kind of fools do you think we are?"

"You can believe what you want. But what you need to know is that there is a creature out here that will kill you, kill me, kill all of us."

Ray looked over at his partners and laughed.

"The kid's trying to scare me with Bigfoot tales."

"It isn't a Bigfoot….it's a Wendigo. And they're not tales. The creature is very much alive."

"You think we're stupid of what?"

"I don't have to think you're stupid … I know it."

Ray spun the rifle around and slammed it into Sam's stomach.

Sam grunted in pain and went down to his knees, his arms folded over his stomach. But the pressure on his bad knee caused him to fall to his side where he lay on the ground his arms wrapped protectively over his stomach.

Ray looked over at Carlos.

"Why don't we just finish him off here then go find the other one?"

"Go ahead." Carlos knew they had to find Dean before he had a chance to get out of the woods and go to the cops

"Kiss yourself goodbye kid." Ray said as he pointed his rifle at Sam's head.

The silence of the woods was shattered by a single gunshot.

TBC