Flashback

I walked into the cluttered kitchen at my dad's house as he and the boys stood over a piece of paper, probably something to do with a new case, which I could not see. "I found a new case…" I said and sat in a wooden chair beside them, I looked over at the piece of paper that they had never even looked up from to see it was some sort of ancient scroll with a bunch of writing on it in a language I was unable to read. I sat for about another ten minutes before any of them noticed me, "Emms! When did you come in?" My dad asked as he looked up at me, I rolled my eyes, "I arrived about ten minutes ago dad." I laughed a little, Sam and Dean looked up as I got up and walked around them to give my dad a hug, I had not seen him in a couple weeks. "I found a new case." I said again as I broke away from my dad and turned to the others, I pulled out some paper from the bag I had sat on the floor next to the table. "Here have a look at this…" I said and put it over what the boys had been looking at. Sam began to read out the print outs from an article in New Haven, Connecticut.

Better off dead? Family in turmoil as missing husband is sent to loony bin!

Local hero Harry Davies, made famous for the rescue of two young children just over a year ago, went missing leaving his family in turmoil as they searched for answers. Just over two months have passed since this Local hero went missing and two days ago Davies was found by a friend of the family. Davies was reportedly mumbling incoherently as he staggered down an alley near his home and when the friend approached to see if Davies was alright Davies screamed and attacked his friend shouting about a monster. After causing two broken ribs Davies was caught by authorities and has been taken to a Psychiatric Hospital.

"Okay so some nut job attacked someone? How is this a case?" Dean asked when Sam had read the first couple of sentences. "There have been a string of disappearances in the area all turning up 3 months later dead all from heart failure except this guy." I explained, they did not look convinced. "Emms… this could just be some normal killer and this guy just got away. It's not really up our street…" my dad said, "Dad… I know what I am seeing here, there is something here and I researched surrounding areas and I have found a pattern. People who are found after two months seem to have gone insane or have no emotions at all, it has been going on for years." I kept trying to convince them I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach about this place and I was going to check it out with or without Sam and Dean. "Emerald, it could just be caused by some sort of trauma not necessarily supernatural in nature." Sam said sympathetically. "And we have more important things we need to get done, like get this scroll translated." I huffed as Dean spoke and I could see that it irritated him. "Well if that is so important you just go and get it translated and I will go and find out what is going on in New Haven." I suggested, I saw my dad was about to protest but I cut him off "... and if it does turn out to me some human killer I will let the authorities handle it." my dad sighed and eventually after him and the boys chatted amongst themselves they decided to let me go. "Thanks guys!" I said happily and gave the two boys a hug and then kissed my dad's cheek lightly. "Be careful Emms…" he said and I nodded before I left.

It took me couple days to get to New Haven but when I did I got myself a motel room and set up all the information I had picked up about the victims and those that had come back. Looking at the information I could see that there is a pattern to the disappearances. Whatever this thing was it was smart and didn't take too many people at any one time. "What could it be?" I mumbled as I looked through all the information. "Okay so it must be something that can cause hallucinations… hallucinations that can make people insane or emotionless… possibly some sort of emotion eater?" I was babbling to myself now, I needed more information so I went to see the local authorities.

"Agent Shepherd, FBI" I state as I show my fake badge to the cop at the desk and before they can say anything I continue, "I am here about the disappearances and the man that was found." The cop looks at me for a few more seconds, probably wondering why the FBI were interested in this case. "Uh… Yeah okay, please follow me, you will need to speak with Detective Burk." I followed to a desk where a dark haired man sat looking through papers deep in thought. "Detective… there is an FBI Agent here about the case you are working on." the cop said, Burk did not look up or acknowledge that either party was there. After a few minutes he looked up and motioned for me to sit in the chair opposite him, the cop nodded and moved back towards the front desk. "So… What is an FBI Agent such as yourself doing in New Haven looking into a missing person case?" he asked.

I moved forward and sat in the chair, "I believe that this could be the same abductor that we have been following in several different towns and cities, I need access to all your information and access to the man who was found." I explained. The detective did not seem to trust me after about a minute of silence his stare made me feel a little uneasy. "So what have you got so far?" I asked trying to break the silence. A few more seconds of silence passed before Burk cleared his throat and leaned forward on his desk. "Well so far what we have found is that people seem to be going missing, three months at a time and when the turn up they are dead. There seems to be marks on the bodies when they show up." Burk explained, "What kind of marks?" I asked leaning forward myself. "Well almost like a handprint" Burk reached into his desk drawer and pulled out a file and when I opened it I saw pictures of the victims, one of the pictures were what looked like a hand print scorched into the victim's upper arm. "As for Harry Davies, you think he is connected somehow?" Burk asked as I went through the rest of the file. "They could be..." I replied, never looking up to him. "But how? Davies didn't have any form of marks on him, no signs of torture, nothing at all." Burk said, I looked up at him then, "I would like to see him."

A couple hours later I was outside the hospital that Harry Davies was being kept in. I walked in and spoke with the woman at the help desk and she called a doctor to take me to Davies. "He is very volatile and incoherent; none of the staff have been able to get anything out of him yet." The doctor explained as we walked down the bright corridor to the room Davies was in. "He just keeps babbling about monsters..." The doctor laughed a little and I gave my own awkward laugh as well. We stopped outside a door with two guards standing outside "Davies is in here." The doctor said and motioned towards the door. "If you need anything just shout the guards are just here." The doctor then headed back the way we had come. One of the guards opened the door for me and I walked in to the room.

Sitting on the bed was Harry Davies, he seemed to be mumbling to himself as I entered but stopped when the door was closed behind me, he looked up at me with wide eyes, dark circles around his eyes showed he had not slept in a long while. I stopped moving when he looked at me and he laughed at this, it was very unnerving.

"Hello Mr. Davies..." I said cautiously as I moved forwards a couple of steps, "My name is Emerald, I'm here to help. But I need you to answer a few questions first." He laughed again, "You won't believe me" He giggled in a sing song way. Well that wasn't creepy at all. "You would be surprised by what I will believe, what happened to you?" Davies tilted his head to the side a little "It was a man with glowing eyes and sharp claws on his hands." He laughed again. "How did you get away?" I asked, "Up up up I went and flew away! Away from the monster away away!" Davies let out another laugh but this one was more unnerving than the last. He suddenly stopped laughing and looked at me with a strange look; he then lunged at me screaming. I managed to shout for the guards before he knocked me to the ground. The guards arrived and were wrestling Davies off me before I was able to catch my breath, "Detective are you alright?" One of them asked once Davies had been subdued; he outstretched his arm to help me up which I gladly accepted. "Yeah I am fine, thanks." I replied. "Did you get what you want?" he asked "well... I mostly got a load of insane rambling." The guard laughed a little as we walked out of the room, "Yeah we thought that was all you'd get." He said "Well, see you around." I said as I headed back to my motel room.

On the way to the motel I thought about what Davies had said, "Glowing eyes and claws but shaped like a man..." I muttered to myself. "What could it be?" When I arrived back at the Motel I looked over the information again. "Well perhaps this 'man' can shape shift in some form, that is why he seemed to be a monster to Davies, but the hallucinations and insanity rule out a Rakshasa, that and a Rakshasa usually just eats it's victims straight, doesn't usually play with them first and certainly doesn't keep them alive for months before feasting." I sighed a little, "So the handprint found is similar to one found by Sam and Dean when they were hunting the Shtriga but they usually are found in hospitals and feed off of young children mostly, and again would not account for the missing people or those that come back insane. It could be an Encantado from Brazil, not common over here but strange things have been happening lately. They are known for kidnapping humans and use various mind techniques that can cause illness, insanity and death if it wanted, it can shape shift into a humanoid form but would still appear like a monster in some ways or it could be a Djinn, but I have not heard of any Djinn that has claws or looks like a monster in any way nor have I heard of one keeping people so long. I guess at the moment my best bet is the Encantado." I was glad to have narrowed it down a little; I looked outside and saw it was getting dark. "I suppose it is time to go hunting." I said to myself and grabbed my guns and knives ready to hunt it down.

I went out to search for the creature; if it was an Encantado then I knew where to go. There was a party going on near the sea and since Encantado's are sea creatures and can't resist a good Party it was the best place to start. When I arrived at the party I kept to the outskirts, trying not to be noticed by many people and looking out for anything strange.

A couple hours passed and nothing seemed to be happening, "If nothing happens soon I will have to look elsewhere." I thought but then I noticed two people leaving the party and going down an alley way. "I should follow, it could just be two people wanting some privacy... but it might be the creature taking away another victim." I muttered and followed. When I heard the woman scream I began running towards them and that is when I saw it, it was shaped like a man, and when it turned to face me I saw its glowing green eyes, sharp teeth and claws. The woman was passed out on the ground. "Stop right where you are!" I said holding my gun up and aiming at the creature. "And you think a little girl like you can stop me?" it laughed, the creature ran at me, it was too fast and I found myself lying on the ground with the creature on top of me keeping my arms pinned to my sides, "Yes... I think you will do nicely... yum yum." The creature cackled then everything went black.

I woke yelling and slicked in sweat, what was that? A Dream? Loki and the others woke also and looked over at me. "Are you alright?" Dean asked as he sat next to me, "Yeah... I just..." then it hit me, that was what happened before I had arrived in this world. How could I have forgotten that? "That thing... it followed me here... the thing I was hunting it is what has been following me, when I have seen the flashes of the girl, it is that thing." The others were a little confused but I knew I was right, whatever I was hunting before I arrived here, it was the reason I was here or it had followed me. Either way, we needed to find it and kill it.