HEARTBEAT

Wow chapter 5 already? I'm glad I had a chance to update today! I have really missed you guys! Now it's time for me to focus on my creature again please PM any ideas about this creature. Well here we go! Love, LudaNeet

"Yes, Honey I understand. " Sheriff said on autopilot. He was busy looking over some notes to pay attention to his wife.

"I'm not playing with you. We are having dinner at Mercedes. I'm bringing a dish. Please wear a clean shirt. Your uniform is not an dinner outfit. If you embarrass me tonight I will shoot you." His wife threatened.

Sheriff snapped to attention he must have tuned out something important. His wife was never this picky about dinner at Mercedes.

Sheriff was about to ask some very cautious questions to figure out what he missed when he saw from his office that Matthew Rutherford came in hysterical. He could hear Matt's voice was a very high pitched like he had drank a cup of helium he was waving his hands in front of Officer Puckerman's face. He could tell that Officer Puckerman was trying his best to calm down Matt but it was hopeless.

"Sweetie, I have to go. Something is wrong I better check it out. "Sherriff interrupted his wife's chatter.

"Damn it, if you are late for this dinner I will… don't worry because you will see. I already have your mom watching the kids. I promised Mercedes those Agents will be there."

"Agent Ryan and Murphy will be there yea?" Sherriff tried to hide the questioning out of his voice.

"Yes, that's why you have to be on your best behavior."

"Everything will be great. I will be there early. Let me see what is going on." Great he was going to be having dinner with his wife, her crush and Tina's dips, Mercedes, Tina, and the other guy. This should be the most intense dinner party he had ever been to.

"You better let brother officer take care of whatever is going on there. Bye." His wife threatened him one last time.

"Hey Matt, can I help you?" Sherriff asked?

Matthew seemed to look right through him like he was somewhere else.

"It is the most horrible thing I ever saw. He had no face. I swear he didn't have a face and both their hearts are missing. Damn it there is a hole where there should be a heart. Stop it! Stop it!" Matthew screamed as the picture of the two dismembered bodies played in his head.

"I think we should call those Agents, sounds like it could be part of the case they are working on." Jake suggested.

"It could be a copycat? We can't bother them with all our cases." Sheriff said. It was bad enough he had to have dinner with them. Sherriff knew he was one of the top dogs in Lima,Ohio but what kind of hero would he be if was able to crack a federal case. Those FBI agents might be so impressed that they might offer him a job to become one of them. Agent Noah Puckerman had a great ring to it, maybe he could get Jake in too, they could be brothers and partners nobody better to have your back then your own flesh and blood.

"I will finish taking Matt's statement if I can and I will go with you to check it out. I really do think we should call those agents what if this perp is escalating." Jake tried to whisper out of Matt's earshot.

"This is not the first time?" Matt wailed.

"Come on Matt, let's get you some water and find out where you found these bodies. Did you recognize either one of them?" Sheriff asked?

"He had no face." Matt screamed!

"Let's go." Jake calmly lead Matt to a private room.

WINCHESTER

Sam braided his hands behind his long chestnut brown hair. He studied the board of victims up with frustration. Four people, two females, two males, and all had gone to McKinley high. That couldn't be it because it attacked Dean, unless it attacked Dean because they were getting too close to cracking the case. This wouldn't be the first time a goal oriented creature went after them for getting to close.

"Sammy, any luck." Dean busted into the motel room hands full of different types of drinks.

"Dean, what do you have?" Sam asked?

"Mercedes said that all we have to bring is the drinks. I wasn't sure if she meant wine, juice, pop or beer." Dean demonstrated each beverage as he said their name.

"What do you consider a drink?" Sam asked?

"A faithful twelve pack." Dean looked at the board with his brother, "Any luck with this?"

"Not a clue."

"You might be too close to an answer to see it." Dean read the notes. Ms. Sharon Nance and her ex-husband Frank Jameson were described as the perfect couple until the divorce by everybody except Sharon's best friend who claimed that Frank's sick great Aunt promised to leave him 5 million in her will if he was no longer with Sharon. Sharon was devastated that James chose the money over her but the Aunt's life span was supposed to be less than a year. The mean old bat was still alive. The best friend also believed the child belonged to James, he didn't know it.

Finn and Rachel lived completely different lives after high school. That did not stop everybody from gossiping that they were secretly dating. Rachel not marrying anybody due to her career was no shocker but Finn not marrying was weird he was described as a relationship type of guy. He did date just never seriously. Mercedes name had come up once or twice during interviews. They all seemed to remember a time Mercedes and Rachel were up for the same part in a play. There was some big sing off. The judges decided to cast both of them. Mercedes declined. That wouldn't explain killing Finn or the first couple.

Then there was the wild card of the guy, Chandler K., who was missing everything except his skin. Chandler really was left as a meat suit. Taking him out of the lineup there was a pattern.

"Sammy, do we know if Dr. Collins ever came back to work?" Dean asked?

"I'm not sure I will call tomorrow." Sam said.

"Ok, the heart is the main puzzle piece. Each person sacrificed love for something else. James gave up his love for money; Sharon gave up her true love to marry someone else. Rachel chose Broadway over Finn. Finn chose Rachel's happiness over love." Dean pointed out.

"What about the organ guy or what about you?" Sam asked?

"I'm not sure about him. That might be unrelated or the prime target then it got away from the person who brought it here. And really me? When have I ever put love first? I have sacrificed my relationship with Cassie and Lisa. I had Lisa's memory scrubbed for her safety but I gave up on our relationship pretty much the second you came back in town all soulless." Dean pointed out.

Sam winced the Soulless Sam months was still a sore spot for the brothers. An angel had brought Sam back from a cage where he was trapped with Michael- the archangel and Lucifer. Sam came back a better, stronger hunter minus the soul. Dean could barely work with him scared of what he would do in the name of a hunt. Sam had actually allowed a vampire turn Dean to get the secrets of the Vampires. That was when Dean first noticed something was wrong, he had come very close to killing Sam thinking he was an imposter. Dean made a deal with Death himself to return Sam's soul. Sam's soul returning didn't go without a hitch either, all that he had endured in the cage a wall had to be put up to block memories. When the walls came down it was a miracle Sam was still alive.

"Wait, I should get Bobby's journal I remember skimming through that one of his and Rufus earlier case involved the matters of the heart." Sam ran to his suitcase to pull out Bobby's worn out journal.

"Okay." Dean said. His phone vibrated in his pocket. Dean pulled it out to see who would call at this time.

"Agent, this is Sherriff Puckerman, I need you to come to the address I'm going to text you. We found two new bodies and it is very bad. I have never seen a body like this. I think whoever is killing people has escalated to the tenth power." Sheriff said.

"We will be right there." Dean mouthed more bodies to Sam who gave him a questioning look.

…..

"Son of a Bitch," Dean covered his nose to block out the stench of the two gruesome dead bodies located near the river.

"A local man found him when he came out here to go fishing." Jake explained to the agents.

"Looks like a animal fed off of him. What if our suspect is a cannibal? "Sheriff asked?

""Umm, with all due respect Sheriff Puckerman may I ask if these two gentlemen have ever been in a relationship? "Sam asked?

"No. this faceless guy is Gary North the only reason I know is because he was on the football team with me a grade ahead. I remember the tattoo." Sheriff pointed to a tattoo of a blazing football flying across a field goal located on the fore arm of the body, "Benjamin Worthigton was not even his friend let alone his lover." Sherriff pointed to the other body. This body was not as damaged as Gary; his face was still in tacked.

"Why do you think this body was practically torn apart and this body was basically scratched up?" Sam asked?

"This monster had more rage against Gary. Was Gary like most jocks a dick?" Dean asked?

"Watch it Agents we were both Jocks." Sheriff air-quoted Jocks

"We are trying to get to the bottom of this and to find out the motives helps." Sam said.

"Agent Murphy, can I talk to you for a second." Dean pulled his brother to the side.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I need to check on Lisa, I mean I know she has no memory of me but what if this son a Bitch creature don't care: might punish her for being with me. I'm going to call Cas to check on her." Dean said.

"Are you sure Cas will come down ever since you know the whole raining angel thing they have been trying to restore heaven." Sam said, "I could call Lisa."

"No, I don't want anything or anybody triggering her memory of me then it will get her. Cas can peek in and then be gone." Dean reasoned.

"Okay Dean, don't be disappointed if he can't." Sam walked away to allow Dean to call their angel friend Castiel.

"Do you two have any leads we have to find this suspect like yesterday?" Jake thought of his five month pregnant wife Marley Rose.

"We think we have a couple of leads. Dean is going to call the main office how about we go back to the office and compare notes." Sam said. Cas was not known for being discreet sometimes and him popping out of thin air would freak out the polices.

"Castiel, I normally wouldn't call you but dude I need your help." Dean closed his eyes silently pleading for help.

"Dean, I really shouldn't be here." Castiel appeared out of nowhere.

"I know! I can't explain it all dude I need to know that Lisa and Ben are alright. I think something might attack them." Dean said.

Cas disappeared as quick as he appeared.

"Damn all you had to say was you didn't want to help, Assbutt." Dean used Cas's own made up word on him.

"Lisa and Ben are fine. Lisa is married and pregnant with a baby girl." Cas reported back.

"Thanks." Dean swallowed the news of Lisa's updated status.

"I have to go. Remodeling Heaven is a full time job." Cas said, "Bye."

"Bye, don't be a stranger." Dean understood. Almost two years ago Materon tricked Cas into helping him to cast out all the angels in heaven. It was not until recently they found a way back in but there was too much to do to especially Castiel who held the blame over his head.

…..

"Stop picking with your tie." The Sheriff's wife, Lauren, smacked his hand.

"I'm picking the music." Tina informed Mercedes. Sam shock his head at the small bossy woman.

Dean eyed the married couple. He wondered if Sherriff needed them to rescue him from his wife, they were an interesting mismatched couple. Dean couldn't think of a proper way to ask over the salad if Lauren had made a deal with a cross road demon for the Sherriff's heart.

Mercedes had invited Tina along to see how Sam would act around her. She had heard Dean when he said that they were like brothers but Sam had come to her door to pick up Dean he acted like he was picking up a rowdy ten year; when Dean joined him there seemed to be a quiet shift in authority. Sort of like how she acted around her own big brother. Mercedes studied their faces closer similar nose, she had original thought Sam's eyes were brown the more she looked the more she noticed they were green like Dean.

"Mercedes have you talked to Brian" Sherriff interrupted her thoughts.

"I tried calling him to invite him but he never called me back." Mercedes said.

"That's because we found his cousins Gary's body along with Benjamin Worthigton's. Brian is probably with his Aunt." Sherriff informed her.

Mercedes spooked look did not go unnoticed by Dean.

"Puck, you promised no talk about the office." Lauren snapped.

"I thought we were only having dinner with Mercedes and you." Sam practically whispered. Tina sat on her hands to distracting them from wanting to go through Sam's long hair.

"Mercedes accidently invited them. She wanted to borrow something from Lauren and Lauren thought it was an invitation. Mercedes does not always know the meaning of No." Tina explained. She selected a song on the iPod. Mercedes voice carried through the speakers.

"That's Mercedes?" Sam asked?

"Turn it off now, Tina." Mercedes yelled!

"I'm sorry; Cedes' it's my favorite song of yours." Tina defended the song.

"I need some air." Mercedes excused herself.

"I better go talk to her." Tina said.

"No, you stay right here, I will go." Dean volunteered.

"Dean, I'm okay. You probably think I am some kind of psychotic chick." Mercedes sat on her apartment's balcony.

"Sweetheart, if you met some of the characters I have encountered you will know that I consider you very normal. Now what I do find strange is Mr. and Mrs. Puckerman would love to hear the story how those crazy kids fell in love." Dean joked.

"Lauren comes off a little rough but she really is great. She knows what she wants beside Puck needs someone who challenges him." Mercedes said.

"Why don't you like being reminded you are a singer? Do you think if you ignore it that will stop making you a singer?" Dean thought about the year he spent not hunting it hadn't made him less of a hunter just because he had stopped.

"I almost didn't come back to Lima to help with my mom because I was scared that I would lose the opportunity of the lifetime. Chasing my dream made me selfish. I might not have been as bad as Rachel Berry but when I got to California I came pretty damn close." Mercedes admitted, "I hated what I was becoming."

"Mercedes as beautiful as your voice is you have every right to be a Diva. I have the feeling that it wouldn't have lasted long you would have come to your sense." Dean smiled.

"I have to tell you something but please don't tell anybody." Mercedes said.

"I swear." Dean said.

"Pinky swear." Mercedes said.

"Pinky swear." Dean hooked his pinky through Mercedes's feeling like a preteen girl.

"Gary and Ben were secretly seeing each other. Gary stayed with Brian for a very short time. I had a key, one day I stopped by while both guys were supposed to be at work I had wanted to surprise Bry. I got the surprise instead. I heard some noise I thought Brian was cheating on me I walked in on Gary and Ben in the middle of doing it. Gary threatened to kill me and dump my body in the river if I told anybody. I got scared I didn't even tell Tina." Mercedes shivered. Dean enveloped her into a hug.

"Don't worry about him anymore. He's gone." Dean was glad dude was dead cuz' he would have killed him himself threatening his Mercedes.

"Sam, let's pretend that Gary and Ben were a couple and didn't want anybody know." Dean cornered his brother outside. He tried to give enough info without betraying Mercedes.

"Then they sacrificed love for image which would piss off a creature who believes in love. That would explain the extra mulling. Gary must have been a bigger ass that's why he has no face. Dean, we have to be careful asking his family about this." Sam said.

"I'm thinking secretly so careful that we don't ask. Trust me I'm 95% sure they were seeing each other." Dean assured him.

"Did Mercedes say anything to you?"

"Let's say if there was something said I was sworn to secrecy." Dean smiled.

"Dinner is ready." Mercedes called out.

"Agent Murphy," Lauren patted the seat next to her.

"We have assigned seats. Puck you sit next to your wife. Dean you sit on the left of Sam and I sit on the right of him." Tina instructed.

"I would rather sit across from my husband." Lauren took the seat Tina assigned to Dean.

Dean gave his girl sandwiched brother a sorry look.

Dean sat on one side of Mercedes leaving Sherriff on the other side.

"Everything looks great." Sam started piling food on his plate.

"I made the homemade mashed potatoes and macaroni." Tina threw some more food on his plates.

"Don't brag." Lauren snarled she had brought the cabbage.

"Let them eat!" Mercedes commanded, "I didn't put this dinner for you two to argue. I put it together so that Agents Murphy and Ryan to have a home cooked meal if you cannot do that then you are free to go home." Mercedes told them.

"Yes ma'am." Dean smiled.

"I made apple pie for dessert." Mercedes said.

"Do me a favor marry her." Sam teased Dean with words that he used on him a log time ago.

Mercedes turned a beet red.

"Agent Ryan can't marry Cedes' she is dating Brian." Sherriff pouted.

"Don't start this mess." Lauren bellowed. Puck's little crush on Mercedes could be annoying sometimes.

Dean ate his pork chops smiling this was the best meal he had in years. The pork chop was made to perfection.

"Thank you everybody for dinner," Sam said they were getting ready to leave.

"Yes, thank you for everything." Dean added, "Are you sure you don't want us to stay and help clean up."

"No, you two were the guest of honor. Tina and company will help me clean up." Mercedes was sending them home with leftovers which included the rest of the pie,
"Thank you for the pie." Dean smiled like a luck kid.

"We better go." Sam excused them.

"Why didn't the Blues brothers have to clean up?" Sherriff asked his wife,

"Ask me again and I will box your ears." Lauren promised her husband.

"I think Sam likes you." Mercedes informed Tina.

"I didn't quite get that vibe." Lauren haughtily said.

Thank you for reading my mash up of some of my favorite characters again. I hope to update real soon.

I thought Puck would be a great Sheriff! Love ya,

LudaNeet