Oups! Dean's gonna get it now! Cain is pissed!
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Chapter 8: Testing The Waters
Someone was shaking him... trying to wake him up. Dean wasn't very happy about it so he kept his eyes closed and pretended to be asleep.
''Dude! Wake up. Cain's gone!''
Dean's eyes shot open and he sat straight up in his bed. ''What? What time is it?''
''It's 6:30. I just woke up and turned around to see if she was okay... she's gone.''
''Did you try her cell phone?'' Dean got up and went to get his cell phone from his jeans pocket.
''Ummm no. I didn't think about that.''
''Right.'' The phone was already attached to his ear and he was waiting for her to answer.
Cain answered. ''What do you want?''
Dean didn't think before answering. ''Where the hell are you?''
''Whoa! Relax. I just went down to the dinner to get breakfast. I thought we'd like to hit the road early today to start mapping the area where the cars were found on the road.''
''Oh. Ok... well hurry up. And next time you go out early... leave a note.'' And he hung up.
Wow... smooth Dean. Real smooth...
Cain got back to the room 10 minutes later with two small boxes of food. She was still very angry at Dean and she was going to make him pay. She trusted him. How could he! As she got in, the smell of the food filled the room and she saw the boys look up at the boxes. They were sitting at the small table and Cain stood next to Sam and handed him a box.
''Here you go. I know you like omelettes and I got you an extra side of bacon.''
''Wow. Thanks, you have no idea how hungry I am.'' Sam opened up is box full of food.
''Yeah gotta load up on the carbs. We have a big day ahead.'' Cain went to sit down on her bed.
Dean looked up at her. ''Where's my food?''
Cain pretended to look sorry. ''Oh my god. Dean! I'm soooo sorry... I must have forgotten.'' And she put a big piece of bacon in her mouth. ''MmmmMmmm That. Is. Good.'' She was careful to articulate every word very clearly.
From the corner of her eye she could see that Sam had stopped eating and was staring at Dean. She slowly turned her gaze to him too and widened her eyes at his expression. He was angry! He reminded her of those cartoons on tv that have smoke coming out of their ears with a whistling sound. He stared at her and for a second she wondered if she had gone to far with her little comment.
But then she remembered he was Dean. He pretended to be tough around her but she knew that deep down... he'd never do anything to her. Wuss. She asked nothing more than for him to try something. Then she'd show him what she was capable of. So without waiting another second, Cain put another piece of bacon in her mouth.
''Mmmm. Really Dean. You should go get some of this before we leave cause it's awesome!''
The only sound they could hear in the car was the roar of the engine and the wind coming from the half opened window in the front. Neither Cain nor Dean had said a single word since the breakfast incident. Sam was sitting in the passenger seat next to Dean and reached for the radio.
''Don't.'' Dean said before Sam could turn it on. ''I don't feel like listening to the radio.''
Sam put his hand back in his sweater pocket.
No music?. Something's wrong with him. Maybe I should say something.
After another 20 minutes of silence and getting lost a couple of times, they could finally see the yellow ribbons that indicated an ongoing police investigation. They stopped the car on the side of the road and stepped out. The road wasn't that large and after a couple of feet on each side there was a very thick and dense forest.
Dean scanned the edges of the forest.
No wonder the monster's hiding here. This is perfect for camouflage.
As the three of them passed the crime scene ribbons, two policemen came out of the forest.
''Excuse me, this is an active crime scene, you can't be here.''
Dean took control of the situation. ''Yes, we know. Sorry to disturb you officers, but we're here to investigate on the creature that was last seen here.''
The tallest of the officers came forward. ''Can I see some I.D. please?''
''Of course officer.'' Sam took out is wallet and showed his I.D. ''We're Wildlife Investigators.''
Dean and Cain also showed their fake badges and the officers seemed to buy it.
''Do you know what this thing is?'' the second officer asked.
''Not yet but we intend to find out very soon. We're going in today to map out the area and see if we can identify the animal that did this.'' Cain wanted to reassure the officers so they would get out of their way and let them do their job.
''Where's your equipment?''
''Hummm… it's in the car. We're just getting ready. It won't be long.''
The officers looked suspiciously at the Impala and then at each other. One of them finally shrugged it off. ''Ok then, good luck. But I'd recommmend not staying in there too long. It's pretty freaky. You don't want to be in there when the sun goes down.''
''Sure officers. We'll be careful. It's our job.'' Sam always had that thing about him that made people trust everything he said and the officers seemed relieved.
''Be careful and if you find anything...''
''We know how to contact you officers. Don't worry.''
After this little exchange, the two officers went back to their car and sped off down the road. They were probably there to do a routine check of the crime scene and make sure it wasn't disturbed. Not that anyone would like to come here. The trees and forest was so thick that even if it was in the middle of the afternoon, the sun had trouble coming through the branches so the area was kind of dark.
The three of them went back to the car and got their equipment out. Guns, bullets, knives, backpacks, salt (you never know) and everthing they could manage to carry without it being too heavy.
''What do we do now?'' Cain never had that kind of case. Usually it she had the go-in-the-haunted-house-find-the-bones-and-salt-and-burn-cases but now, she wasn't too sure what they would do next.
''We go in and we try to track it. Shouldn't be too dificult. Something that size can't just hide anywhere. We have to look for some kind of cave. Somewhere big and dark you know... a lair.'' Dean was still not talking to Cain so Sam had to fill her in.
''Ok... great. Give me a minute, there's some stuff I still want to get from the car.''
Sam looked up. ''Yeah, me too.''
Cain went back to the trunk and got out a dark blue scarf from her duffel. She folded it and put it around her neck. Sam looked at her while she was doing it.
''You seem to like that scarf...''
''Hell yeah I love it! It's my lucky scarf... saved my life. There's even this one time where I had to chase this spirit on the roof of a house and it was starting to rain and I slipped. As I was slipping, the scarf came off and got stuck on something on the roof so I grabbed onto it. It's the only thing that kept me from falling down and breaking every bone of my body. I always bring it when I'm going on a big hunt. It feels reassuring.''
They closed the trunk and walked back to where Dean was.
Dean was tapping his foot impatiently on the ground. ''I sware to God guys... Godot would be faster than you two.''
Cain and Sam did a double take but Sam came out of it faster.''Wait... you actually know who Godot is?''
''Don't sound so surprised little bro'. Your not the only one who has brains in this little team.''
Cain couldn't help the little laugh that escaped her lips at that moment. Dean glared at her.
''You shut up.''
Cain opened her mouth in shock. ''You relax! Jesus, I didn't even say anything.'' Cain turned her back on them and started walking towards the edge of the forest.
''Dean, that was a little harsh.''
''Whatever Sammy. She deserved it.''
They had been walking for almost two hours without finding any traces of the beast or a place where it could hide and it was getting darker and darker by the minute. They had marked their way with fluorescent tape on the trees so they wouldn't get lost and to remember which parts of the area they had already searched.
''Guys, I think we should head back. We've marked on the map the area we've searched so we can come back tomorrow. I can't even see anything anymore. It's too dark.''
''What. Are you scared now?'' Dean put his flashlight in her face.
''No I'm not. And would you please point your light somewhere else.''
''Ok. So you're not scared. Then stop complaining and start looking.''
''Geez, you're awfully rude. You know, you should have had breakfast this morning... would have made you less cranky.'' Cain couldn't help but smile when Dean stopped dead in his tracks right in front of her. Even if she couldn't see his face, she knew he was pissed.
Sam intervened before another fight started. ''You know what guys. I think we should get back. Have some dinner and plan for tomorrow.''
Dean turned around and looked at Sam for a couple of seconds without saying anything. Then finally, ''Yeah. Ok. Let's head back.''
After following the map and tapes for a while, the sun was almost completly down and even with the flashlights, it was difficult to see where they were going.
''Oh crap...'' Sam who was in the lead stopped walking.
Cain almost ran into him. ''What? What do you mean Oh crap?''
''I mean... have you seen any tapes on the trees for the past 10 minutes?''
Dean came up next to Sam. ''I thought you were the one following the tapes and telling us where to go.''
''Yeah. I was. We must have taken a wrong turn back there somewhere... Haven't seen anything familiar in a while.''
Cain realised what was going on. ''Oh crap.''
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