A/N: Thank you to everyone who read and favorite and followed! I am very sorry that this update is now a week late. I try to update every Monday, but this week my computer and schedule was just haywire. So... Enjoy!

The next morning…

Sam sits on the foot of his bed watching the news, when a familiar face pops up on the screen. He leans forward to get a better look as he sees the waitress that served Dereck and Melody last night on their date.

Newscaster: Breaking news… Body of local man found in the sewer system by construction workers. Police currently do not know how the body got there, but we got an exclusive interview with the man's girlfriend.

The television switches to another reporter who is standing outside next to Ella, the waitress from last night.

Newscaster: Miss, is it true that the deceased was your boyfriend?

Ella: (nearly breaking into tears) Yes, we've known each other for years. We were planning on getting married eventually.

Sam turns off the television and shakes Dean to wake him.

"What? I'm up. I'm up," Dean states as he jumps up and looks for his clothes.

"Dean," Sam says tersely to get his brother's attention. "You know that waitress that served Melody and her boyfriend last night?"

"The hot one? Yeah," Dean answers honestly. "How could I forget?-he pauses for a moment- "Why?"

"She was just on the news. Police found her boyfriend in the sewer this morning," Sam answers. "Think we should go check it out?"

Dean stopped for a moment. Shape shifters usually had their lairs in damp places, like the sewer system, but he wanted to be able to protect Melody. "You're sure that nothing is going to happen to Melody until night right?"

"Yeah," Sam looks up, "In the vision, the alley was dark, and it appeared to be the alley behind the diner. So as long as it's not night and she's not near the diner, she'll be safe." Sam stood up from the foot of the bed to get ready to turn into an FBI agent, seeing that Dean was putting on a cheap suit and nearly walking out the door.

"Are you coming to talk to our witness, Sammy, or are you gonna stay in bed all day?" Dean asks not even stopping to hear the answer. With a shake of his head he heads out the door, knowing that Sam will be with him in a few minutes.

Just as Dean thought, Sam sits in the Impala's passenger seat, going through the fake IDs that they have and picks out one with his face on and one with Dean's face.

"Here you are, Agent Wilkens," Sam tells Dean as he hands the ID to him.

"Thank you, Agent Meers," Dean replies with a lopsided grin as they climb out of the car.

Flashing badges, Sam and Dean move around the crime scene and examine the place where the man was found.

"What was the guy's name?" Sam asks one of the police officers at the scene.

"Mathew Lewis," she answers, "He was such a good kid, never got into any trouble… with the law or anything. What a shame."

"How long has he been dead?" Dean asks, stepping up from behind Sam.

"That's the weird part," the officer continues, "He's been dead nearly three weeks, but his girlfriend says that she saw him just last night."

While Dean continues to talk to the officers at the scene, Sam steps over to the crime scene and notices a small patch of skin on the bottom of the ladder into the sewer system and picks it up, placing it in a small plastic bag.

"Well, Agent Wilkens," he says, nudging Dean with his elbow, "I think we should go see the coroner so that we can examine the body."

"I agree," Dean states as they head back to the car.

After a short drive, Sam and Dean once again climb out of the Impala and walk into the coroner's office.

"What's the cause of death?" Dean asks after they show the coroner their badges.

"Strangled, there's some serious bruising on the guy's neck," the coroner says as he lifts the man's head to show Sam and Dean the deep blue and purple bruising that is surprisingly still there.

"When is the estimated time of death?" Sam asks.

"Nearly three weeks ago," the coroner answers, "I'm shocked that the bruises are still there so vivid. Here's a copy of the report."

"Thank you," Dean replies, taking the document and putting it in his pocket.

With that, the boys leave the office and drive off in the Impala.

"So…. Are we sure that this is a shape shifter?" Dean asks, taking his eyes off the side road for a second to turn to Sam.

"Yeah, Look what I found at the crime scene," Sam answers, pulling out the flap of skin that he had found.

"Well, that basically sums it up," Dean states. "Looks like the shifter that you saw in your vision is causing problems all over town, but we don't know where it's going to be until it attacks Melody."

"But does something not seem right to you?" Sam asks concerned, "I mean, usually my visions have something to do with the Yellow Eyed Demon. This time nothing seems to be related to the demon. It's just a shifter, right?"

"I sure hope so, Sammy. I sure hope so," Dean answers, John's last words echoing in his head "if you can't save Sam, you're going to have to kill him," but he shakes it off and continues to drive.

That night…
Sam and Dean sit in the small diner across from their motel, waiting for Melody to get off her shift. They had arrived before dark to make sure that nothing would happen to her, and so that they could grab and kill the thing before anyone else can get hurt.

"Can you take out the trash bags, Mel," Trevor, the cashier, asked.

"Oh, sure, Trev, I'll go do that," Melody answered, glancing at Sam and Dean, signaling for at least one of them to follow her out and protect her. After seeing into the deeper crevice of their minds, she quivers with fear at the strange creatures in the outside world.

Sam stands and jogs behind the diner, just out of Melody's line of sight, to see a man lurking in the shadows behind her. He wanted to tell Melody that someone stood behind her, but didn't want the shifter to freak out and run away, so he silently stalked it, holding his gun out and taking aim on the shifter's heart, but before he can the shifter grabs Melody and uses her as a human shield.

"Sam, help!" she screams as loud as she can. Sam runs out, hoping that the shape shifter will scare off or let her go so that he and Dean can kill the thing. Where is Dean, anyway? Sam thinks to himself, he should be here already. Sam looks up to see Melody thrashing and kicking wildly to escape the shape shifter's grasp. Why didn't those stupid Winchester boys give me some silver to kill this thing with, she thinks bitterly, Oh yeah, they're too conceited to see that I can take care of myself. Melody finally punches the shape shifter in the jaw and dives onto the ground so that Sam can shoot it. Sam shoots the shape shifter, but it keeps walking by the Melody's unconscious form.

"Why didn't silver kill it?" Sam yells, but no one could hear him. "Dean where are you? Help!"

Inside the diner, Dean checks his watch. Sam and Melody have been gone for five minutes now.

"Was it really five minutes?" Dean mutters to himself. "Wow, didn't seem that long. I'd better go see what's going on back there." Dean tries to convince himself that everything is fine, that Sam and Melody would be just getting back in the diner when he turns the corner, but when he finally reaches the alley Dean sees something he never could imagine.