Chapter 51

I got woke up at 5 AM by Dean the next morning saying that Sam wanted to go check something out. I looked at my cell phone and mumbled that it was too damn early. Dean just agreed with me, but said we needed to go anyway. I got up, changed my clothes and met the guys outside. Sam was still giving me weird looks, so I just followed in my Jeep instead of riding in the Impala with them.

We stopped for coffee and then went back to Zach's house. Instead of pulling up in front of the house, we parked in the alley behind the house instead. While Sam headed for the back of Zach's house, Dean leaned on the hood of his car and I walked up to stand next to him. Sam explained that the tape never showed the killer coming out of the house, so it must have come out the back.

Dean was still complaining about being awake so early when Sam found blood on a power pole a few feet from the back door of the house. Sam said that some one had to have come out that way, but Dean pointed out that the trail ended cause there was nothing in the area we were standing. We were still looking for the trail when we heard sirens. A few seconds later and ambulance blew by us and headed up the street.

We followed it on foot and managed to find ourselves a nice little crime scene. Dean started talking to one of the onlookers and found out that the guy had tried to kill his wife, the same way Emily had died. We decided to split up and get some more info on the crime. Sam and I went to look for a trail behind the house while Dean went to play reporter.

When Sam and I got to our destination, I asked him how long he was gonna keep up his silent treatment. He just shrugged and went back to looking at the ground. I asked him again to say something and he spun around and asked me what I wanted him to say. I told him I didn't know, but anything was better than the silence. I said if he really felt like it he could scream and yell at me as long as it made him feel better.

He stood there looking at me for a second and then asked why. I shook my head so he asked me why I never said anything to him in 2 years. I didn't know how to answer at first. I stood there thinking about if for a second and then told him the truth.

I told him that dad and Dean had sent me to Stanford to watch his back. They didn't want him to be alone. He said that didn't answer his question in the slightest. I just said I know and then told him cause I was scared of how he'd have reacted. He stared at me for a second and then nodded and said we needed to get back to work if we were gonna clear Zach.

We found a blood trail and just like before it just stopped. We were still trying to find where it went when Dean came around the corner a few minutes later. He told us what he had found out from one of the cops. Sam and Dean went into think mode from there. It was pretty cool to watch.

They figured we were dealing with a shape shifter. It took a few more minutes of deliberating to figure out that the thing was using the sewer system to get around. We climbed down the nearest man hole and found a rather gross pile of goo. That's when we figured the thing shed it's skin when it changed shape.

We climbed back out of the sewer to get the bullets we needed to dispose of our shifty friend. While Dean and I were reloading the guns, Sam got a phone call from Becky. We tried to not listen, but Dean and I could both tell that there was something wrong. Dean went to talk to Sam while I climbed back into the sewer.

I had just hit the bottom of the ladder when my phone rang. I figured it was Becky calling to chew me out too, so I didn't answer it. I wasn't worried about what she was going to say, truth is I didn't really care. I was more worried about what I would say to her. She had made Sam feel bad and I just wanted to smack her for her ignorance of the situation.

We started searching the sewer, following the piles of goo. We knew we were getting close to its lair cause the piles of goo were getting closer together. Dean pointed one out to Sam and grossed Sam out. I told laughed a little bit and told Dean that was just rude.

We were looking at a few things when Sam turned around and saw the shifter standing behind Dean. Sam called out to our big brother just before the shifter elbowed Dean in the face and knocked him into a pipe. Sam and I got a couple shots off, but missed. Sam helped Dean up and we went after it.

We followed it to another sewer entrance in a small park where it went top side. We decided to try and cut it off. Dean sent me with Sam and then went off in the opposite direction by himself. Sam and I searched the area, but found nothing. We met up with Dean a few minutes later, but it wasn't really him.