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Lorelai's car was nearly completely fixed up. It was nearly drivable, apart form the tires but Dean said that he would do that for her when he got back. She was installing the CD player. She promised herself she would buy some albums to listen to in the car or burn some songs onto a CD. She preferred the second option, seeing as she was a bit strapped for cash. When she left her hometown, they couldn't tell the police where she had gone because of Sam and Dean's criminal record. As far as they were concerned, Lorelai had just ran away. That was the note she left on the door. It explained that she didn't want to live there anymore and she didn't want to be adopted. That she had unofficially emancipated herself. The cops were probably still looking for her but she didn't care. She was nearly an adult anyway. A pang of worry hit her suddenly as she remembered that she had told Carly she was with her brothers. Could the cops trace texts? Lorelai got out her phone and went over into the study where there was pen and paper. She wrote down Ellen, Bobby, Sam and Dean's numbers on the paper and threw her phone at the wall and watched as it fell to the floor. She stomped on the smashed up phone and carefully picked it up and put it in the bin. She got the dustpan and brush and swept of the glass that came off it. She remembered how hard she had to beg to get that iPhone and groaned, but she'd rather not get Sam and Dean in trouble for kidnapping. Bobby wheeled into the study. He said nothing. He just stared.
"What?" Lorelai asked, irritated. "Why are you just staring?"
"I'm glad you got rid of your cell phone. You heard Sam's lecture."
"Pfft, yeah, Sam." Lorelai sighed. "Bobby, do you think they will ever forgive each other?"
"I'm sure they will." Bobby replied, but it was obvious he wasn't too sure about his answer. Lorelai sighed again and got Bobby's keys.
"I'm going to get a new phone. Dean got me a credit card." Bobby nodded at her and wheeled off God knows where.
Lorelai scowled at the run down car before she got into it. Bobby could have a much better car if he focused on it, but no. The guy is too selfless to do anything that will benefit him, but that's why Lorelai loved him. It was rare for anyone to be that way these days. The car shook violently as she started it and jolted as she pulled away. She hated this car and the thought of the Dodge excited her.
Downtown Sioux Falls was busy. Finding a parking space was hard work. And embarrassing. Lorelai didn't want to be caught dead in this car. After a full 15 minutes, she finally found a spot and fed the parking meter. The door creaked loudly as she shut it, drawing people's attention. She kept her head down as she went to the phone shop. She looked around, but decided she wanted another iPhone. She got it set up and added the four most important numbers. Dean, Sam, Bobby and Ellen. Lorelai text them all explaining that she had a new number. As she did that, she imagined Bobby trying to work out text messaging. She giggled slightly, seeing a mental image of him trying to text back.
Lorelai stopped walking as she passed a clothes shop. She needed some new clothes. She turned around and went in. She felt a slight breeze of normality come to her as she browsed through the clothes and every now and then took out a nice dress, shirt or pair of jeans. Shopping had always been like therapy to her. She needed this.
After she had shopped her fill, she went to Charlie's chicken to get dinner. On the walk back to the car, she had an eerie feeling that someone was following her. She whipped her head round, but saw nobody there. Great. She was going schizophrenic. She kept walking but the chills up her back didn't go. Winchester instinct kicked in. She walked quicker and turned a sharp corner, where she stopped and dropped her bags and put her back closer to the wall. Someone turned the corner and Lorelai jumped her, pinning her to the wall.
"Why are you following me?" Lorelai asked the girl. The girl was blonde and could have only been about 18. She smiled at Lorelai, as if she had known her in the past.
"So it's true!" She said.
"What? What's true?" Lorelai asked her. She was panicking, but she managed to keep her voice cool. The girl winked, and the next thing Lorelai knew the girl had tilted back out her head and black smoke escaped. The girl was coughing.
"How did I get here?" She asked Lorelai. "Shit, what's going on?"
"You were possessed?"
"Possessed? Ah, hell no. You're crazy. I'm going home." The girl walked off as if this was just a bad hangover. Lorelai picked up her bags and went back to Bobby's.
"What?" Bobby exclaimed when Lorelai had explained what had happened. "What does it mean? What's true?" He asked.
"Well, I don't know. I asked and the bitch just winked and went."
"This is gonna make me lose sleep."
"Well it's not gonna make me lose sleep. I'm falling asleep as we speak. Sorry Bobby, I gotta get to bed. Thanks for letting me borrow your car. Even if it is a pile of crap." Lorelai started making her way upstairs.
"Hey, It got you there didn't it!" Bobby shouted up to her. She smiled.
"Goodnight, Bobby!"
Lorelai ran down the stairs, desperately hoping either Sam or Dean were back, preferably together but as she went into the kitchen, it was deserted once again. Lorelai guessed Bobby was still sulking. She took out her new box of lucky charms, poured herself a bowl and sat in front of the TV. She knew this was going to be a boring day. She managed to get through 3 bowls of Lucky Charms. When she gets bored, she eats. Lorelai knew she had to get up and do something. She grabbed some guns and found Bobby in the study. Again.
"Bobby, I'm going hunting."
"What kind of hunting." He growled back.
"The usual. Deer, rabbits, woodland creatures."
"Okay, be careful."
"I will, Bobby."
The drive into the forest was getting a boring, but the tree that had fallen in the way made it slightly more exciting. Lorelai got out of the car and tried to move the tree, but she could tell it was way too big and there was no way round it. She sighed and went back to the car. She might as well stop here and start hunting but she doubted she'd find much. Suddenly, there was a loud noise from behind her and Lorelai whipped round to see another tree falling. Another one that would be way too big to move. Lorelai cursed, realizing the car would not be able to get round that way either and it was trapped. The shrubs and tree beside her move as an animal whipped through it. Okay, this was not cool. An animal was outsmarting her. Winchester instinct kicked in again, as she realized this might not be an animal. What kind of animal moves that fast? What kind of animal can knock down trees? She saw a flash of movement in the corner of her eye. Something was toying with her. Lorelai took her phone out of her pocket and cocked her gun. She dialed a number and her call was answered in less than 10 seconds.
"Hello?" Bobby answered.
"Bobby, there's something here. It's pushed over trees and blocked the car in. It moves impossibly fast. I don't think it's a mammal."
"Where are you?"
"I'm only in the forest down the road from yours. I'm pretty far in. So tell me, should I panic?"
"Check the trunk and tell me if there's a flamethrower in there." Lorelai opened the trunk of Bobby's car and moved the various weapons around, until she found the one she was looking for.
"Yes, there's one in here. Why? What do you think it is?"
"I think it might be a Wendigo, but I can't be sure."
"A what? You can't be serious Bobby. Come in here and save my ass!"
"I don't know if you've noticed, but my legs are playing up a little recently. Sorry, Lori. You're gonna have to try and do this on your own. Don't go to it, wait til it comes to you. And try and keep your flamethrower hidden otherwise it will catch on to your plan. Good luck."
"Wait, Bobby, no! I can't do this!"
"Yes, you can. You're a Winchester. Just stay focused. Oh, and in the glove compartment there's a book that has some handy stuff in it. Turn to page 60 and draw the symbols from the book into the dirt around the car. It will mess with the car to keep you there." Bobby hung up.
Lorelai took a deep breath and got the book out of the car. She turned it to page 60 and started drawing in the dirt around the car. It didn't make her feel much safer but she trusted Bobby. She was around 80% sure that the Wendigo wouldn't be able to hurt her if she stayed there. There was more movement coming from the trees around her. She gripped the flamethrower as there was a loud, monstrous growl. Then she heard a man screaming.
"Help!" Lorelai looked in the direction the scream was coming from. "Help Me!" Lorelai jumped out of the protective circle and started in the direction the cry was coming from. She went to the place where she heard the yell but there was nobody there. Human, animal or cannibalistic spirit. She looked around her but there was no one there either, as far as she could see. "Help!" The scream was a bit further on. Lorelai ran that way but stopped in her tracks as the Wendigo shot across her path. She turned. The Wendigo was circling her like a hawk circling it's prey. It shot through the shrubs around her, seemingly at the speed of light. Lorelai knew it was moving too fast for her to be able to shoot. She panicked and attempted to run back to the car. Really, she knew she wouldn't be able to outrun it. She felt it grab her legs and it tripped her up. The next thing she knew, she was being dragged God-knows-where at an amazing speed and getting continuous hits to the head. Black spots dotted her vision and she passed out...
