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Chapter Five

Lanview was like your run of the mill quaint town, it had only one stop light and a general store on the corner. The houses were atleast a few acres apart and farm land occupied most of the space. They were both a bit in shock at how normal it seemed even with all the disappearances, it seemed like a normal small town..

"hey pull over here" Natalie said as she pointed at a small bar..

"Now this is more like it" John grinned, maybe this wouldnt be so bad after all..He was starting to have his concerns especially since she had been ignoring him since they got into town..

Natalie rolled her eyes.."yeah keep dreaming buddy"

"what?" he said with a shake of his head.."Im just saying maybe a drink will loosen you up a bit"

"Loosen me up?" she laughed as he stopped the car and looked at her.."were not getting drinks"

"what? Why the hell not" he said in shock..

"Because I dont drink on the job" she huffed as she got out of the car..

He got out too.."yeah well suit yourself, I need a drink"

"of course you do" she rolled her eyes again..

"what exactlly does that mean" he said as he walked over to her..

"Nothing just, you just look like a guy who likes to drink" she said sarcastically..

"Your saying that like im some kind of alcoholic" he said with wide eyes, how could someone so hot be so fucking annoying? He just didnt get it..

"hey if you feel that way then that is on you" she said with a smile as she went to walk past him but he reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her back..

"I am not an alcoholic" he said again seriously..

"you sound a little unsure of yourself" she tried to yank her arm back..

"Oh I dont think so sweetheart, remember, married couple" he grinned as he held onto her hand tight and literally began dragging her inside..

"You really have a thing or two to learn about" she began to complain as they got to the door and John looked at her..

"Games on sweetheart, see if you can play with the big boys" he said as he pulled her inside, the place was pretty barren as they went in and it wasnt much of a surprise considering it was only 11am in the small town..

"theres no one here" she huffed as she looked around and he began walking to the bar..

"the only one here we need to see is the bartender, they know everything in a small town" John said with a grin as he kept his hand on hers..

"spoken like a true alcoholic" Natalie grinned as John shot her a look as they neared the bar and an older man with white hair turned to greet them..

"why hello there" the man smiled big..

"hey there boss man, were looking for two beers" John said with a smile as natalie looked at him and he tugged her hand harder as she forced a smile.."Nice place you have here" John continued..

"we do what we can, Im Mac" the man said as he pulled out two beers..

"Im Brian and this is Chrissy, were just strolling through town" John began..

"On our way to our honeymoon" Natalie interjected quickly.."road trip actually"

"Oh thats sweet, I hope you atleats give our burgers a shot, they are the best in town" Mac grinned as John grabbed one beer and natalie took the opportunity to grab the other as she let go of his hand..

"we may just have to do that mac" Natalie smiled as she quickly took a sip of her beer.."where are the bathrooms" she asked as mac smiled..

"Just around the corner pretty lady" he said as she quickly finished off her beer much to Johns surprise as she handed it to him and then walked towards the hall.. John couldnt help but watch her, damn she was something else.."ah the look of love" Mac said as John quickly looked at him and almost got out of character for a moment.."i remember those days" he continued..

"Not married mac?" John said as he sipped his beer..

"not for quite sometime" mac said softly.."I miss it sometimes but just remember you have your whole life ahead of you and someone to spend it with, dont forget that" mac said as he began to wipe down the counters..

"trust me she doesnt let me forget it" John grinned..

"the best ones to have are the ones you have to work hard for" Mac smirked.."how about them burgers"

"sure, why not" John smiled at the old man as he leaned against the bar..

Natalie looked at herself in the mirror, she had to remember to keep her game face on, John was trying to push her buttons but she couldnt allow him too, she was more professional then that and they were on a case..She quickly pulled her hair back in a pony tail as she washed her hands off..So what if he was cute, a lot of guys were cute, she kept telling herself as she dryed off her hands..She could do this though, she could and with that she headed out of the bathroom only to see John standing there..

Natalie rolled her eyes.."You really dont know how to do this relationship thing do you" she shook her head..

"i wouldnt flatter yourself dear just making sure my doting wife is ok" He smiled big and she narrowed her eyes..

"You wish" she rolled her eyes again and went to walk past him, but he grabbed her arm..

"I dont have to wish, were married remember" he grinned as he took her hand into his..They made their way back out to the main area of the bar, only two other people were in there, natalie pulled him over to a secluded table as they sat down..

"do you see anything out of place" she asked as she looked around..

"it seems like a nice town" he began honestly..

"But its not, three couples have gone missing" natalie said as she looked around.."were going to have to split up a bit, to get better ground"

"Oh I dont think so, no splitting up" John said with a shake of his head..

"You know just because were married doesnt mean we have to spend every waking minute together" she huffed..

"and yet im the one who knows nothing about relationships" John said sarcastically as he finished off his beer and then got up..

Natalie huffed as she sat there, he really was out of his mind, like truly, she had relationships before, albiet it had been a very long time ago but she had, she sulked into the seat more as he grabbed more beers..

They drank back about six beers between them and when Mac came over with burgers and fries natalie looked at it suspiciously even though she gave mac a soft smile as he walked away.."enjoy" he said as he made his way back to the bar..

John immediately went to dig in as natalie grabbed at his hand.."are you out of your mind, were not eating that" she whispered..

"why the hell not, im hungry" he said quickly..

"if you havent noticed were on a case and people have gone missing, for all we know this could be poisioned" she whispered again..

"You are seriously paranoid, they are just burgers" he said as he pulled his hand back and took a bite of the burger.."see its fine, now eat up, its gonna be a long day" he said with a mouthful of food..

Quite sometime later...

Natalie groaned as she held onto her head, her eyes were fluttering open into darkness as she laid on cool hard concrete.. The sound of groaning across the room caught her attention as she tried to see through the dimly lit and damp room..

"natalie is that you" John said as he tried to get up off the floor but his head was absolutely killing him..

"John?" she called out as she tried to get up, it literally felt like she had been hit by a truck.."what the hell" she said as she blinked her eyes some more and then she heard a sound as a lighter was lit from across the room and she saw John sitting there, squinting his eyes..

"what the hell" he said as he tried to look around, it was dark as hell in there..

"eat the burgers huh, idiot" she huffed as she held onto her head..

"how was I suppose to know" he groaned as he shook his head...

"maybe because people already went missing you idiot" she huffed as she held her head in her hands..

"hey dont get all pissy with me" he snapped as he groaned some more..

"well this is your fault, where the hell are we" she tried to stand and nearly fell down..

"You just cant help yourself, can you" he snapped as he stood up and lit the lighter again, they were In some sort of basement..

"yeah well if we hadnt listened to you then we wouldnt be locked up in some dark basement" she huffed as she walked across the room and he let the lighter go out..

"yeah well maybe this was plan all along, how else are we going to catch the fuckers responsible" he began..

"really? This was your plan" she said sarcastically as she shook her head and felt her way on the wall, she felt a light switch and she flipped it, making a bright light come on in the room as they both covered their eyes from the blinding light..

"what the hell" John snapped..

"hey atleast I found a light" she snapped back at him as she tried to let her eyes adjust and then just as she expected, they were in some old basement as she looked around.. it looked more like a wine cellar of an old house..

"My car better be alright or I swear" John began..

"really? Your worried about your car" she said sarcastically..

"hey, its a good car" he shook his head as he looked around.."well atleast we know Mac is in on it now"

"no really? You think?" Natalie said sarcastically as she shook her head..

"hey you know that little attitude of yours is wearing thin" he huffed..

"and your just a bucket of rainbows, this is fucking ridiculous" she huffed as she walked over to a small window that was up high in the room, she looked out.."its getting dark out"

"Let me see" John said as he came over and looked out the window.."great and were in the middle of the woods"

"hey your the one who couldnt wait to eat" natalie snapped..

"and your gonna keep bringing that up, huh" he shook his head..

"hey if the shoe fits" she began as a sound was heard, it sounded like someone walking above them and they both shut up as they looked up..The sound of voices could be heard talking, it sounded like a few different people, men and women.."what are they saying"

"shhh im trying to listen" he snapped at her as he walked from the window and climbed quietly up the stairs..

"what do you hear" she said as he snapped his head to look at her..

"can you just for five seconds not say anything" he huffed.."im trying to listen here" natalie huffed as she walked across the room.."ah shit" he huffed..

"what?" she felt her nerves getting the best of her...

"i dont know why I didnt think of it before" he said as he began to walk down the stairs..

"think of what? They are a bunch of canabals?" she said quickly..

"No dear they are not" he said sarcastically.."but they are the least of our worries"

"what does that mean" she said quickly as he ran a hand through his hair..

"Just let me think for a moment" he huffed as he walked around the small basement..

"John what did you hear" she said as she ran up to him..

"freaking out isnt going to help the situation" he huffed..

"Im not freaking out ok" she said as she began to freak out..

John shook his head.."well it would seem as though our little town has a dirty secret" he began as he looked at her..Her eyes got wide.."we need to get out of here and before it gets dark"

"what happens when it gets dark" she swallowed hard..

"i dont think you really want to find out dear" he said dryly as he quickly walked back over to the window, the voices were outside now..

"are you sure there isnt another way" mac began with regret in his voice.

"You know there isnt, we have to do this" a female voice said..

"mary is right, there is no other way, we cant afford the consequences" another man was heard saying..

"they were such a nice couple" mac began..

"well I have dibs on the car" another man said..

"oh this is bullshit" John said low as Natalie looked at him and rolled her eyes..

"can you give it up about the car" she huffed.."were kind of screwed right now"

"Im never screwed" John said as he quickly began walking around.."I just need something, something to get the door open"

"John can you just tell me what the hell is going on" natalie snapped..

"youve heard of the stories about farmers praying to gods to have good crops for the year, right?" John said as he continued to look around for something to get the door open.."well this isnt a god and I dont think they will be using us to pray with them" John said sarcastically..

"what like a sacrificial lamb or some shit like that" natalie said in shock..

"wow you do pick up quick sweetheart" John said sarcastically..

"your kidding me right?" she said in shock as her eyes opened more..

"it makes sense, couples go missing, the town continues to prosper" he shrugged his shoulders..

"Oh hell no, im not about to be some kind of sacrifice" she said slightly panicked..

"and you call yourself a slayer" he rolled his eyes..

"no need being a smart ass" she snapped.."we need to get out of here"

"are you seriously going to freak out, big bad natalie" he smirked..

"I am not freaking out ok, I just dont like the idea of being dinner to some kind of monster" she rubbed her arms quickly..

"Your scared" he raised an eyebrow..

" I am so not scared, idiot" she huffed as she walked past him..

"You are" he said in shock..

"No im not" she huffed again..

"why even go into this field if your scared of what goes bump in the night" he said seriously..

"I said im not scared damn it" she snapped now as she walked past him...Natalie wasnt just scared, she was petrified. For the amount of years that she had hunted things at night, the things that lived in the shadows, well she had had the upper hand but being the hunted was something entirely different..

"You know were going to be fine, right..I havent lost yet" John said as he looked at her, he was a bit shocked that she seemed so scared..

"Please like I said I am not scared, im just tired of being cooped up with you" she snapped..

"well I hate to break it to you but in order for us to get out of here were going to have to work together" he said as she rolled her eyes.."come on, this might just do the trick" he said as he picked up a screw driver from the floor and walked back up the stairs.."are you coming or what"

"Just hurry up" she snapped at him as he began to work on the door..He got it open in under five minutes as he looked at her.."that seemed a bit too easy" she said honestly..

"easy or not were getting out of here" he said as he pushed the door open and stepped into the old dark house, it was barely furnished and dusty as hell as they made their way through the creaky place..

"why would they leave it easy for us to get out" she said as they made their way through the abandoned house..it was now dark outside as they got to the door and John stopped as he looked out..

"maybe that was the plan" he said as he looked left and right..

"Oh great, so this is like some sick twisted game now" she said as she kept her arms wrapped tightly around herself..

"natalie look at me, nothing is gonna happen to us" he said as he turned and looked at her but her eyes got wide as she stood there staring at him, or better yet past him at the gun that was now pointed at his head.. he reacted quick as he spun and began to wrestle the gun from the man holding it on him..Two loud shots went off into the air as they fought over the gun and natalie used the opportunity to kick the mans legs out from underneath him as he fell with a thud onto the ground and John quickly aimed the gun at the frightened man..

"Please dont shoot" the man said as he held his shaking hands up in the air as he laid on his back..

"You know its not a nice welcome to leave us as bait asshole" John said as he kicked the guy hard but the sound they heard next was one neither of them would forget, it was like a loud screeching scream and natalie jumped..

"what the hell is that" natalie said as she jumped closer to John..

"Im not waiting to find out" John said as he grabbed her and then looked at the guy who was pleading with him, he used the blunt end of the shot gun to knock the man out as him and Natalie took off running..

They ran through the woods as terrifying sounds followed them but neither of them turned to see what it was.."come on" John said as he continued to pull her as they ran, he could see his car up in the distance and they ran for it..The sound of a shotgun blast literally whipping past them made them skid to a halt as an older woman stepped out, holding a gun way too big for her body..

"Im sorry but I cant let you go" she said as she held the gun on them.."now drop the gun" she yelled at them..

"Listen grandma, you dont have to do this" John began as a shot rang out and hit him right in the shoulder as he yelled out and dropped the gun.."son of a bitch!" he yelled out..

"Oh my god" Natalie yelled out as she held john up with one arm..

"that really fucking hurt" John snapped..

"I didnt want to have to do that, but you dont understand, I have to, we have to" the older woman began to rant..

"Listen, you dont need to do this" Natalie began..

"You have no idea what were dealing with here, no idea, now shut up and get on your knees" the woman yelled.."I said NOW!"

"Just do it" John whispered to her as she looked at him, his shirt was quickly becoming soaked with blood..They dropped to their knees..natalie eyeballed the gun on the ground as she knelt there..

"Now you made it mad" the woman said with a frightened voice as a loud screech was heard again..John looked at the gun then at natalie and without thinking Natalie lunged for the gun as she rolled onto her back and John lunged for the older woman, grabbing her legs and literally bringing her to the ground as he got the gun from her as she cried out.."stop it, stop it" the woman cried out as Natalie put the gun right in her face..

"we dont have time, get to my car, in the trunk" John called out to Natalie as he tossed the other shot gun away from the crying woman..The wind began to kick up as dirt flew around them and a loud piercing scream was heard as natalie spun only to see what resembled a huge black form nearing them.."Go, NOW! Get the salt gun" John yelled as he held the woman down on the ground and natalie took off running to the car..

"Key I dont have the keys" natalie yelled frantically and then she aimed at the trunk as John yelled out and she let out a blast at the trunk as it flew open..She frantically grabbed through the trunk as John yelled out and Natalie turned just in time to see him dangling from his feet as the cloaked figure held him up high.. Fear raced through her as she watched the dark entity start to drain him of his life..

John felt like his entire life was being rushed past him, he saw himself as a boy, he saw his brother, his parents, his entire life and sadly to say it was pretty pathethic, he gasped for air as he looked into the black souless eyes that held onto him. He was dying, he could feel it and oddly enough he wasnt afraid as he felt himself letting go but the blast of a gun whipping past his head and damn near blinding him as he fell to the ground with a thud made him gasp..

"John...JOHN!" Natalie said as she ran over with the large salt gun in her hand, she dropped to her knees as she looked at him.."JOHN!" she yelled out again..

"jesus do you have to yell so loud woman" he grumbled as he laid there and his eyes began to open and she felt her heart race.."took you long enough" he smiled some as he laid there and she finally let out the breath she had been holding..