Chapter Five - Wendigo

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Dean's POV

I feel my phone go off in my pocket as we pulled up to Sam's apartment. I quickly read a text from Ali, 'Heading to Sioux Falls. Meet you in CO in a couple days' Why is she heading to Bobby's, when the case is on the way there? "Dean, are you listening?" Sam's giving me the bitch face. "Huh? What were you saying Sammy?" I can't believe he's just taking off for the apple pie life again. Doesn't he understand you can't quit the life, it will always find you.

"Call me if you find him?" I just nod "And maybe I can meet up with you later." Sam gets out of the car, leaning over the passenger seat I called out to him. "Hey Sam. You know that you, me and Ali made a pretty awesome team back there right?" He gives a smile, "Yeah" pats the door and heads over to his place. I pull out of the parking lot but decide to stay close by, something's not right, I can feel it. I pull out my phone and call Ali.

"Hey Dean-o, did you manage to leave Sam in one piece?"

"Yeah I did. Got your text by the way." I can hear her sigh. "Yeah I know it's out of the way, but I should see my dad you know."

"Dude I get it." I noticed smoke and flames coming from Sam's apartment. "Shit! Ali I got to go Sammy's in trouble." I drive into the parking lot, hanging up before Ali replied and run up to Sam's apartment.

"SAM!SAM!" I screamed as I run into his room. I looked up and saw Jess. It's happening again. "NO!NO!" I grab Sam off the bed and start pushing him out the door. Sam's struggling against me the whole time, "No, Jess!" Flames engulfed the apartment as we made it out to the car. I looked back at the apartment, fire trucks were already putting out the flames and I turned back to the car. I pull out my phone, call Ali and it goes straight to voicemail.

'Ali, there's been a fire. Jess is dead, I got Sam out..we need you. Call me back.' Sam is standing at the trunk loading a shotgun, he looks up at me and nods, tossing the shot gun in the trunk.

"We have work to do." He said as he closed the trunk and got in the passenger seat.

A few days later

"Ali, come on answer the damn phone! Look we're in Colorado, at least let me know if you're going to be helping me out on this. Call me back Alison!" I throw my phone on the dash and slam my hand against the steering wheel. Sam is finally getting a few minutes of sleep, though I would hardly call it sleep. The kid has nonstop nightmares. Sam woke up, "Look, I know you're worried about me." I look at him questioning if he's going to go chick flick on me."I get it and thank you. But I'm perfectly okay."

"Sure you are." I get the bitch face as Sam grabs the map. "So where are we?"

"Just outside of Grand Junction." I said driving past the National Forest sign and drive towards the Ranger Station. "Have you heard from AJ at all? Is she coming for this case?" I stare straight ahead. "I have no clue Sam. I called her and she's not answering." I pull the Impala into a stall and put her in park. "Well, I guess I just got my answer." Sam said as he got out of the car. "What are you talking about?" I get out of the car and head inside.

Alison's POV

I saw the Impala pull into the Ranger's Station and made eye contact with Sam. I headed inside to wait for them and notice the giant stuffed bear, I laugh I'm sure Dean will love this. "AJ! It's good to see you." Sam comes up from behind me and gives me a big hug. I squeeze him tight, "I'm so sorry Sam. How are you holding up?" I mumbled into his chest, he tenses and pulls back. "I'm going to find her killer. I need to." We walk over to the 3D map and Dean walks in, I can hear him coming closer.

"Dude, did you see the size of that bear?" He stopped walking and gave me a stony look when he noticed that I was standing beside Sam. "Hmm. Look who decided to grace us with her presence." I start to speak but he cuts me off. "Don't, Ali." I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and looked back at the map. "This isn't going to be easy, definitely not a nature walk Sam." I looked up at him, "There's probably a dozen or more bears in that area alone."

"You three aren't planning on going out near Blackwater Ridge by any chance?" The ranger asked, noticed his name was Wilkinson. "No sir, we're just from UC Boulder working on a paper." Sam smiled and Dean raised his fist "Recycle, man." I snickered, "Bull. Y'all are friends with that Hayley girl aren't you?" I looked at the boys and said "Yes sir. Sorry about lying, we're just trying to help her out."

Ranger Wilkinson gives me a smile and puts his hand on my shoulder. He tells us that we should tell Hayley to quit worrying and that her brother wasn't due back until the 24th. Dean and Sam raised an eyebrow at me, I guess I'm going to have to flirt. "Ranger Wilkinson, do you think it's possible to get a copy of his permit? Just so I can show Hayley and reassure her." I flash the biggest smile and put my hand on his bicep. The ranger got us the permit and gave me his number to 'call if we needed anything'.

We exited the station and headed back to the cars. Sam and Dean are laughing while I have the paper in my hand. "So AJ, are you hooking up while we're here?" I punched his arm "Oh shut up, Sam." I unlocked my door and tossed the paper on the passenger seat. "So should we all meet at the motel up the street? Or are you guys going to see Hayley?" Dean doesn't even look at me and gives Sam a look. "I guess we're going to go see Hayley." Sam gives me a small smile "How about you just go to the motel Alison." Dean started his engine.

"Dean are you going to pms the whole time? Seriously?" He flipped me the bird and drove off. "Screw you too idjit!" I yelled as the Impala headed down the road.

Sam's POV

"Dude, why are you so pissed?"

"I'm not." Dean turned the music up louder.

"Sure you're not. She's here to help and you treat her like crap Dean." I grab our IDs out of the glove compartment as we pull up to Hayley's. Dean slams his door and walked up to the house without saying a word. Dean's already chatting Hayley up by the time I got to the door. She invited us in and led us to the kitchen where her other brother Ben was.

"So Tommy hasn't checked in with you in a few days?" I asked while looking at a picture of Tommy. "No, which is weird he checks in every night by cell. He even had a satellite phone so it's not like he had no reception." Hayley grabbed more food and put it on the table as Dean eyed up Ben. "Could he just be having fun and forgot to check in?" Dean asked. "No, Tommy's not like that. Something's wrong." Ben showed us the latest video they got. I noticed a shadow flicked by in the background and raised my eyebrow to Dean.

"So we're heading to Blackwater Ridge tomorrow. We'll find your brother Hayley." Dean got up and headed to the door. "Perfect, maybe we'll see you there. We hired a guide to help us." I asked Ben to forward me the video and pictures so we could get a better look. We headed back to the car, "So Sammy, what do you think it is?" I climbed in the passenger seat. "Honestly, I have no clue. We should check with AJ when we get to the motel." Dean started driving towards the motel and I grabbed my phone out of my pocket to call AJ.

" Buddy the elf what's your favourite colour?"

"AJ you know it's blue." I laughed, she must be watching ELF for the hundredth time.

"I know! You and the idjit on your way? Room 13 when you get here."

"Yeah we're almost there. Get your laptop set up, I have some pictures and video you need to look at."

"Will do. See you soon." AJ hung up and I turned to Dean, "So AJ's got us set up in room 13."

"Great. Is she watching ELF again? It's too damn early for Christmas movies." Dean grumbled as we pulled into the parking stall in front of the room. "You know, it's one of her favourites doesn't matter what time of year." I grabbed my bag out of the trunk and walked to the door, knocking three times quickly. "Play nice, Dean." I said as the door opened.

Alison's POV

I had finished setting up my laptop and claimed the sofa as my bed for the night since I'm the smallest of the three of us. I grabbed some clothes out of my bag and was about to go shower when I heard knocking at the door. 'Guess that shower is going to have to wait' I thought as I opened the door to see Sam and Dean standing there. "Hey Sam" I gave him a smile and let them in, didn't bother saying hi to Dean. Sam looked at me and mouthed 'Play nice'.

"So you boys can have the beds, I'll take the couch." Dean and Sam tossed their bags on the beds. "So Sam, where's the video you wanted me to take a look at?" Sam made his way to my laptop and opened up his email, pulling up the one with the video attachment. I lean over his shoulder to look, as Dean comes up beside me and Sam hits play. "Hmm well that's definitely not a bear, moves too quick. I barely noticed the shadow flash by." I started chewing my lip and see Dean looking at me. "What?"

"Nothing. So what do you two nerds think it is?" I rolled my eyes.

"It's definitely looking corporeal. Doesn't seem to be like a spirit or demon."

"Well what about a Skin walker? Rugaru? Wendigo maybe?" Sam replied. Dean and I looked at each other and nodded "Whatever we're talking about, it's a creature. Which means we can kill it!" Dean raises his hand for a high five, "Come on guys, don't leave me hanging!" Sam shook his head and I smirked and gave him one. "Well I don't know about you two but I'm starving! Want to grab some grub?" I asked walking over to my bag to shove some cash in my pocket.

"Sure thing AJ. You coming Dean?" Sam smacked Dean on the arm, he was in his own world. Dean looked up and saw that we were waiting at the door. "Yeah let's go. I could use a beer." he said as he holstered his gun and threw on his jacket. We started walking down to the bar down the street from our motel. It's neon sign was flickering, definitely a dive bar which was perfect. We walked in and headed to the table in the corner by the pool tables. I sat down beside Dean and Sam sat across from us.

"Whoa there Ali. Rule number one don't look like my girlfriend." I laughed and went to sit by Sam. "Darlin' you wish I was your girlfriend." I waved down the waitress "Three beers and some menus please." Dean stared at the waitress' ass as she walked away and was grinning like an idiot.

"Dude, close your mouth you're drooling." Sam gave Dean a disgusted look. The waitress came back with our beers and menus. Dean is laying it on thick to the waitress and she's hanging on to every word he's saying. I looked over to Sam and pretend to gag, "I think I'm losing my appetite." Sam laughed.

"Hey can I order a salad, AJ and Dean will have the bacon burger and fries." The waitress 'Kelly' sneered at Sam as she took the order and walked off. "Way to go for personality there Dean. Bet she's a real catch." I took a swig of my beer and headed over to the guys that were playing pool.

Dean's POV

"Dude what's her problem?" Sam raised his eyebrow at me and took a swig of his beer.

"You really don't get it do you?" I looked over at Ali, she's flirting with guys at the pool table. Poor souls don't realize she's about to hustle them out of all the money. Sam catches me staring at Ali as she's leaning over the pool table to take a shot. "Earth to Dean..." I looked back to Sam. "What?"

"Just...You know what never mind." Our food showed up and Sam started stabbing his salad. "You watching your figure there Sammy?" Ali comes bouncing back to the table with a smirk plastered on her face. "Shut up, bitch."

"Jerk." I started chowing down on my burger and fries. "So, how much did you hustle them out of?"

"Oh you know not much." Grabbing a couple fries and popping them into her mouth. I can't help but stare at her plump lips. "Just $600." Sam started laughing and we gave her high fives. "Alright, we should head back before blondie there tries to stab AJ to death with her pen." I looked up to where the hot blonde waitress and she was giving Ali the death glare. Ali tossed some money on the table and looped her arm through Sam's as we headed out the door.

~~~~~~~The Next Day~~~~~~

Alison's POV

We pulled up in the Impala and Sam gets out and pulls out the duffle bag. I grab my backpack and get out, as Dean asked the trio "You guys have room for three more?". The girl, I'm guessing is Hayley turns and looked at us. "Wait, you three want to come with us?" I looked at her and smiled, "Of course we do. You must be Hayley, Dean and Sam filled me in about your brother last night." She looked at me and raised an eyebrow at what I was wearing. "And you're going out in sneakers and jeans?"

"Well sweetheart, we don't do shorts." Dean smirked as he and Sam head past Hayley and the man Roy turned to him and said "What you think this is funny? It's dangerous back country out there. Wouldn't want your precious little friend here to get hurt." Sam and Dean turned back, looked at me as I was ready to smack the daylights out of Roy.

"Thanks for your concern. But I know exactly how dangerous it can be. We just want to help find Tommy." I slammed my shoulder into his as I walked past "Idjit." Sam came and threw his arm over my shoulder. "It's alright AJ, I know you're perfectly able to handle anything." I lean into him as we continued to walk towards the camp site. "Thank you Sammy."

"You know that only you and Dean get away with calling me that." I smiled and look towards where Dean, Hayley and Roy are talking. "What is he getting himself into now?" We walked over to where they are. "This is Blackwater Ridge." Roy stated as Sam walked past him."What co-ordinates are we at?" Roy pulls out his GPS "Thirty five and minus one eleven." I walked over to Dean and listen "So you hear anything?"

"Nothing. Not even crickets." Roy pushes past Dean and I, waving his gun around to retake the lead. "Compensating much?" I smirked at Dean and he chuckled. "Come on Tiny. Better not let him get eaten." After walking for a little while longer we made it to the campsite, which was completely destroyed. I was consoling Hayley, trying to get her and Ben to calm down when Dean, Sam and Roy got in a pissing match. Great, just what we need to deal with when we're hunting a Wendigo. We figured it out when we thought someone was calling for help. The claw marks on the trees, the way it mimicked human voice, it's a damn near perfect hunter.

"Guys, stop measuring each other up!" I stood in between the three men trying to push Sam and Dean back. Hard to do when you're 5'4" and the guys are over 6 feet tall. "It's getting dark and this thing is a hell of a lot better at hunting at night. We need to stay safe as a group." I turned to Roy glaring at him. "AND that means no wandering off on your own, ya hear?"

The next morning

Well last night was eventful, Roy went and got himself killed by the Wendigo. I get up and walk over to Sam who's sitting against a tree stump going over John's journal. "Did you find anything?" I crouched down beside him looking over his shoulder. "Yeah we have half a chance to kill it in the daylight." He got up and walked towards Dean, Ben and Hayley. "Hey guys, you need to look at this."

They looked at the page that Sam had open in John's journal. "Wendigo is a cree word that means 'evil that devours'" I told Hayley and Ben. Hayley looked at me like I was crazy, "These things are hundreds of years old. Each one used to be a man. Sometimes miner, hunter, or native american." Dean explained.

"How does a man turn into this thing?" Hayley asked. Dean is picking stuff up off the ground, I looked to Sam to see which one of us is going to explain this to them. We quickly resort to rock, paper, scissors and I lost like usual. "It's always the same. Guy finds himself stranded during harsh conditions, starving and cut off from the rest. He becomes a cannibal to survive, eating other members of the tribe or camp." Hayley and Ben look like they are going to throw up.

"Cultures all over the world believe that eating human flesh gives a person special abilities."

"So like a twisted version of super powers?" I couldn't help but chuckle at Ben.

"The more a person eats human flesh, the less human they become." Dean pointed out. "So how are we supposed to kill the thing?" Hayley asked. Dean lifts up his Molotov cocktail "We're going to torch the sucker." We started walking through the woods with Dean leading the way with Hayley and Ben close behind him. Sam and I were at the back, keeping our eyes peeled for any sign of the Wendigo.

"So AJ , when are you going to admit that you still have feelings for Dean?" I stopped dead in my tracks. "Sam, I had a crush on him when I was 18. I don't have feelings for him anymore." Sam gently nudged me. "Sure you don't. I'm your best friend AJ, I know you better than you think." I was about to respond when we heard Dean yelling. "RUN! RUN! RUN!" We all take off which split our group in two. Ben fell so Sam and I grabbed him and kept running. We heard Hayley scream and came across the broken Molotov cocktail.

"Hayley! Dean!" Ben and I shouted, looking around for them. Sam waved us over and pointed to a trail of M&Ms, of course Dean would leave us a trail to follow. We followed it all the way to the abandoned mine and went in. After a close call with the Wendigo and trying to keep Ben from screaming we found Hayley and Dean hanging up. Sam and Ben went to cut them down when I noticed Tommy hanging unconscious in the corner of the room. I go to cut him down and he jerks awake and scares the crap out of me. I may have shrieked, which caused Sam to laugh at me. Sam and Dean grab our packs and the flare guns as we head out.

We're heading back down the tunnel, Dean talks to Sam then starts yelling. "Hey you want some white meat bitch! Come and get it!" Sam grabs me and the Collins, we start running then we hear growling. "AJ get them out of here!" Sam points the gun at the Wendigo. "Sam no!" He shoots at it and missed. "Go, go, go!" Ben and Sam grab Tommy as Hayley and I run as fast as we can out of the tunnel. The Wendigo grabbed me and I screamed at Sam to keep going.

"Hey!" Dean got its attention, causing it to drop me. It turned and started towards Dean when he shot it straight in the chest, killing it.

Dean's POV

"Hey, you okay?" I asked Ali as I helped her up. She stood up wincing, dusting herself off. "I'm fine, just going to have an awesome bunch of bruises." Ali leaned into my side as I helped her out of the tunnel. "That was a nice shot. Always have to be the hero huh?" I laughed as we met up with the rest of the group and headed back to the Ranger station.

Ben and Sam were telling the officers about how we ran into a huge bear. If they only knew what was really out there. Ali headed back to her car and Sam was leaning against the hood of the Impala, as I was getting patched up.

"So I don't really know how to thank you." Hayley walked up to me and I throw her a flirtatious smile."You truly know how to cheapen a moment." She laughed. "Yeah." The paramedics walked over to her to tell her that they were ready to leave. Hayley turned to Ben and they said goodbye to Sam and Ali.

"Hey Dean, I really hope that you find your father." She kissed me on the cheek and climbed into the ambulance. I looked over to Ali and she looked away, talking to Sam. I walked back to the cars and overheard Sam tell Ali. "So you want to take back what you said in the woods?"

"What did you say in the woods?" Ali blushed and stomped on Sam's foot. "Nothing! But I'm heading out, you boys stay in touch." She stood on her toes and placed a soft kiss on each of our cheeks. "Don't do anything too stupid."

"Bye Tiny. Tell Bobby we say hi." I said as she got into her car, she waved and drove off. "Sam, you know we're going to find dad right?"

"Yeah I know. But in the meantime, I'm driving." I tossed him the keys and we headed out of town.

Alison's POV

As I'm heading out of town my phone starts ringing. I turn down the radio and answer it putting it on speaker.

"Diana Prince speaking." I used my favourite alias, come on who doesn't love Wonder Woman.

"Alison, it's John." I slammed on the brakes and pulled over on the shoulder, my heart racing.

"John? Where are you?"

"That's not important right now. I need you to do something for me."

"Not until you tell me what's going! The boys are running themselves ragged looking for you." I'm frustrated "Do you know that Sam's girlfriend died? Have you bothered trying to let them know you're alive?!"

"Now you listen here Alison, and listen good. I don't have to explain myself to you." I shut up, John hasn't spoken to me like that since I was a kid."Yes sir."

"Now, I'm getting close to finding the thing that killed Mary and that girl Sam was with. I need you to look out for the boys. A war is coming and it's too dangerous for me to be with them. Can you do that?"

"Yes sir. I'll look out for them. Just be safe and call if you need help."

"Thank you little one." He hung up and I just stared at my phone." I sighed, now I'm going to have to pretend that I don't know anything about John being okay. The boys are going to kill me if they find out.


A/N: I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. Please read and review, I appreciate all feedback. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! And if you're curious as to what Alison has been wearing in this story so far, I'll be posting a link in my profile with all the links to the outfits in the next little while, as they won't save onto the end of each chapter properly. Cheers!