They had agreed that backtracking to where Rois originally entered Purgatory was the safest way to start looking for her killer and begin their hunt. Benny opted to take the same route back, citing large werewolf packs roamed the hills between them and their goal. It would be best to avoid them at all costs, and that is what lead to their current predicament.

Benny was unconscious on the ground, blood blooming from his scalp where a large rock had violently connected. Clenching her crude weapon tightly in both hands, Rois was hovering over him protectively and trying to get eyes on their attacker, something that moved beyond fast.

"Benny wake up!" she hissed, forcefully shoving at his shoulder with her foot. No response. "Shit shit shit shit shit..." Whispering her little mantra, Rois was interrupted by a vicious tackle to the ground that left her face first with her weapon trapped underneath her. A heavy body was pinning her down and her nostrils were assaulted by its breath, reeking of rotting flesh, when it growled into the base of her neck.

Rois pinched her eyes closed tight, waiting for the bite that was coming. All at once there was rapid footfalls, a sharp jerk from the body on her back and the unmistakable wet crunch of a weapon passing through flesh and bone. The monsters head hit the back of her head and rolled off, Rois scrambled out from under the body that was bleeding all over her back and looked into the vacant, beady-eyed stare of her now dead attacker. It had razor sharp teeth, leathery flesh pulled tight over its skull and ragged pointed ears.

"Holy shit!" Rolling away gracelessly, Rois stumbled on hands and feet as she looked at the corpse for another second before falling back to her knees beside Benny, grabbing the front of his ratty shirt and shaking him viciously "Wake up! Wake up!" Relief flooded through her when Benny let out a grunt and opened his eyes blearily. Leaning away from him and taking a deep breath, Rois froze upon hearing an impatient throat clearing noise. "Rude not to acknowledge your rescuer, you know."

More alert by the second now that he was conscious, Benny made a quick grab towards where his weapon would be at his side, but realized that it was now in the hands of a wiry looking woman who had short spiky black hair, an old leather jacket and blue eyes with snake pupils. Rois turned, one knee resting on the ground, to look up at their rescuer and smiled. Too trusting. "Am I glad you came when you did!" Standing up quickly, Rois offered Benny a hand up and he took it, still a little woozy but quickly recovering. "Can't tell you how nice it is to find someone else who isn't trying to eat or kill us immediately!"

"That remains to be seen." Benny grumbled, taking a protective half-step between Rois and this unknown. She quirked a fine brow at him, unimpressed. "Save it honey. I have been hunting that Wendigo since I was breathing, it's just lucky for you I am too big a bitch to let it have a last meal." Her smile was all sharp teeth.

"Name's Samantha."

"You have my weapon, Samantha." Benny drawled, defensive.

"Fat load of good it did you, now it's mine."

Worried about the quickly escalating intensity between the two big bads, Rois intervened hastily. "Benny, you can have mine. She saved our asses and it's a small price to pay." Samantha smiled broadly and her features reverted to human, respecting Rois' attempt to defuse the situation. "So, you are clearly the brains."

"Oh, hardly. But thank you all the same. You said that thing was a Wendigo? Like, man who becomes a cannibal and mutates into a monster Wendigo?" Rois looked at the cooling corpse, feeling a chill at the thought. Benny kept his eyes on Samantha, calculating.

"Yeah, something like that. Now that he's dead, well, I guess I'm just looking for my sister now. There is safety in numbers though, I'd go the way you're going if you would welcome me."

"We'll pass."

"Benny! There's no reason not to take her, she's clearly not worthless and she could have killed the both of us while you were unconscious."

Annoyed, Benny turned to look at Rois directly, frowning. "There's no reason for her to not turn on us at any time it suits her. So, you remember that. She's your responsibility, you're watching her." He poked Rois' collarbone slightly before promptly taking her weapon and starting to walk.

Left looking at Benny's retreating back, Rois frowned as Samantha stepped up beside her fluidly. "Is he always so... Acidic?" Glancing to her new partner, Rois shook her head. "He'll warm up I think. If he doesn't leave us behind that is."

Rois kept her pace even with Samantha until they were just behind Benny. He was right- she was going to keep an eye on Samantha, that was the smart thing to do. Looking at their surroundings, she let out a little sigh of relief. "Dawn's coming, see it?"

"Yeah." Benny grunted, still nonplussed at how he once again let a third member join the crew. Rois did not seem to comprehend how this complicated things, they couldn't talk about her being human or the portal. Grinding his teeth, Benny hoped she'd be smart enough to not do that at least.

"Heading towards the river?" Samantha questioned. She had been idly tapping Benny's weapon against her leg as they walked, but otherwise keeping quiet.

"Yep, backtracking a bit." Rois murmured, her eyes were trying to keep track of all the trails she could see and still walk steady, it was almost headache inducing.

Benny was tense when they passed by the rocky rise where the portal to earth was hiding. Only when it was well out of sight did he visibly relax, Rois thought Samantha wouldn't be wise to that though; It took a while to really get his subtle shifts to read Benny. Rois chewed on her lip as she thought, considering their new partner and what information was not to be shared. "What does your sister look like, Samantha?" Looking towards their guest, Rois quirked a brow curiously.

"We're twins, she has long hair though. I'll know her when I see her." Samantha smiled, clearly liking the thought of seeing her sister again.

"Alright, just curious."

Their path was blessedly clear but Rois stopped them several times to avoid paths that were especially fresh, opting to avoid everyone they possibly could. Samantha was pleasantly surprised to find out that particular talent of Rois'. "Now that is useful, no wonder why he keeps you." They smiled at one another, all while Rois quietly thought to herself Keep as much about yourself to yourself as you can, you know she is too.

Traveling without pause had its perks, their pace had them arriving at the wide river in good time. From there, it was not long until they found the headless corpses of their former attackers, now well into decay, remaining untouched where they had fallen. Benny paused until Rois stepped beside him and gave him a questioning look. He seemed worn, not that Rois could blame him for that, there was still some dried blood on his scalp where the wound the Wendigo gave him had closed.

"What's wrong Benny?"

"Just thinkin', sister." The endearment rolled off his tongue easily, and Benny decided he was comfortable with it.

"Speaking of sister. Name's Ashley." A new voice, familiar yet not, chimed behind them laughingly. Benny and Rois turned sharply to see that the twins had been reunited, one arm tossed over the others shoulder. Smiling easily, they each had those spread apart fangs and slit pupil eyes. Samantha remarked, her tone taking on a new coldness "You really should have listened to Benny, sweetie. You can't trust anyone but your own blood out here." Their arms slowly fell down to their sides, stepping apart to give one another room. They were both armed. Benny's weapon was in Samantha's hand and what may have been a dragons tooth strapped to a large femur made up her sister's weapon.

"Hate to say I told you so darlin'." Benny drawled casually, lips curled into an easy smile.

Rois was not taking it well. Her lips were pursed into a tight line and her voice had lowered into a tone of anger Benny had yet to hear. "I don't take kindly to being lead on."

"My heart is breaking for you, sweetie." Samantha laughed with her sister, who chimed in. "We're keeping her for a bit, right?" Licking her lips, Samantha nodded. "Oh yeah." Benny's fangs slid down and he snarled gutturally, answered by shrieking hissing and even joined by a throaty snarl from Rois. The pairs rushed at each other hard, the Vetala were fluid and graceful whereas Benny and Rois were more like crashing waves, all violence and intent.

Benny and Samantha immediately took to circling and swiping at one another, testing the waters; decidedly more tactful than the way Rois and Ashley crashed into one another. The pair on their feet made way for the two rolling around, like adults stepping around children at play.

"I saw that bite scar on her neck. She your own personal juice bag, Benny? That's my plan at least." Samantha grinned, goading as she lashed a lightning-quick strike at his extended arm.

A quick tilt of his hand and her blow was blocked by his weapon, the thick blade catching between the gaps and a twist and a jerk later the ebony blade flew from her hands to the dirt between them. Shocked by her quick disarm, Samantha made for the blade as it lay on the wet rocks between herself and Benny but aborted the action in time to avoid the neck-cleaving swipe he leveled at her. Stepping forwards, Benny planted his foot firmly on the weapon's hilt. "You picked the wrong pair, sugar."

Ashley was regretting her decision to get into close quarters with Rois. The large, bulky weapon she was wielding could not be used when they were prone and so close together- Rois knew that, and she was by far more physically broad and sturdy than the lithe and wiry woman. They were tangled together tightly and rolling across the rough ground when Ashley tried to take a bite at Rois' face. Rois' firm grip in the woman's long hair was all that saved her from it, still not quite used to teeth being a common weapon of choice. Maw open wide, Ashley hissed and snapped her teeth an inch shy from Rois' nose, enraged.

Grunting from the exertion, Rois spoke haltingly "I am not your juice bag, you snaky whore!" Snarling, Rois scissor kicked her legs and spun until she was face down underneath Ashley who leaned forwards to try to take a bite out of the back of her neck. With Ashley's weight leaned entirely forwards, it was easy to curl her legs and then kick them up with a thrust and throw Ashley off of her back. Immediately Rois pounced on top of the smaller woman's chest with all her weight, pinning her and leaning forwards for one hard punch to the face before latching her hands around her neck like a vice.

All Ashley could do was bleed from her nose and try to slip out from under Rois while prying at her hands, each gasp of air hard-won. Sliding down until she was straddling her waist and pinning her in place harder, Rois threw her weight into her hands and squeezed with all her anger. Rois did not let go, even after the woman stopped moving, until there was nothing but the flow of the river and her own heavy breathing mixing with Benny's.

Samantha had launched into a staggering offensive against Benny. With only her teeth, she had pressed into close quarters and forced him back towards the river while deftly avoiding his rapid blows. Water was lapping at his ankles when she fell back suddenly to swipe up the weapon again, grinning viciously.

Snarling gutturally, Benny charged forwards and met her offensive strategy with his own. He was stronger, any hit was going to end her, but she was faster. When he delivered a massive overhead swing and she slid around the hit like water, lashing upwards and cutting a thick wound up across his jaw and cheek that almost caught his eye, he was having misgivings.

As the momentum of his swing died, Benny took a long stride forward and planted his leg between both of hers, nudging his calf slightly behind hers. Realizing her mistake, Samantha made an abortive move to get out of the immediate danger of being almost flush with Benny, but it was too late. A stiff uppercut from his free hand sent her flying bodily backwards and unable to recover the landing because of the calf trip. Landing heavily on her side, she watched in detached fascination as he kicked her weapon out of hand, sending it skittering.

She made to roll away from the cleave that was coming but when her eyes landed on her sister, life strangled away underneath Rois, she froze. Her pained expression would remain there as Benny deftly separated her head from her shoulders in one chop. Puffing for breath, Benny looked away from the twitching corpse and towards Rois, feeling surprised but pleased when he saw her clear victory; He swiped at the blood on his face with the back of his sleeve distractedly, the wound already closed, and watched her.

After a few minutes time, rocks crunched together under his shoes as he walked over to Rois, planting a hand on her shoulder and giving it a firm squeeze. "I don't blame you, sister. Just another day in Purgatory, let's go." Tilting her head back, Rois blinked slowly and let go of the dead woman, standing up and looking at Benny somberly. "I'm gonna be a sociopath by the time we get out of here, Benny."

Chuckling softly, Benny shook his head. "You aren't like that, you'll be fine. Go get your weapon back and let's get moving." He gestured vaguely at the beheaded corpse behind him and the weapon partially imbedded into the wet pebbles closer to the river. Rois complied, picking it up and swiping off the dirt as she fell into step beside Benny. As they were passing the old rotting corpses of their former attackers, she reached up and tapped his shoulder for him to stop.

"Yeah sister?"

"Is The Old Man your... Maker?" Her gaze was steady, serious.

"Yeah. Not on good terms, though." He frowned, wondering where this was going.

"You want him dead?" She paused, smirking. "Extra dead?"

"Been hunting for him since I got back. What are you getting at, sister?"

Rois looked down at the corpses strewn across the water, lips curled ever so slightly into a smile "I can see their trails still." Benny swallowed, looking at her sharply. "And?" Rolling her eyes, Rois shoved his shoulder gently. "I can help you find him! The guy who killed me isn't going anywhere- and if someone kills him first then my problem is solved either way right?"

Benny struggled with the answer, looking down at the headless corpses grimly. When he looked back at her he gave a sad smile, shaking his head. "No sister, we're getting out of here. It's too dangerous- and he'll still be here when I get back." Rois bit the inside of her cheek firmly before the response she wanted to give ran through her mental filters. "Alright fine, I get it. Weak-ass damsel in distress and whatnot gonna get herself killed." Looking away from him, she was determined to remain composed and not yell. You can't be looked at seriously if you react like a child, maybe he's right. She chided herself as they started walking again.

"Just focus, the end of this little adventure is coming up sister." Benny drawled, calm and collected. His thoughts were another matter, that may have been his only chance to really get a shot at The Old Man; But he wasn't going to use the girl who he cared about just to get a shot at vengeance, not a chance. He had a responsibility to see this through. Benny let his gaze wander, reminded of his discussion with Dean about the purity of Purgatory.

When they finally broke off from the river, Rois was looking into the woods with a blank expression. "You know, I pride myself on having a pretty good inner compass but this is crazy. You really know how to get back to where I came through?"

Chuckling his amusement, Benny shrugged "Had a lot of years to perfect it, sister."

"At least you killed everything between here and there, eh?"

"There'll be more, you can always count on there being more." With a dramatic sigh Rois nodded. "I think we should avoid that one place that had the spider thing... You know what I'm talkin' about."

"I'd tease you about being afraid of spiders, but that is a respectable fear down here." They had been keeping to the base of a rocky wall that went up a good thirty feet when Rois stepped on a web trap and nearly got pulled into the woods to her death. Benny understood the hesitation of retracing your steps through an area you faced death in well enough.

"I'm okay with spiders, as long as they are not on me or about to be on me. Then spiders and I have a problem. Otherwise, they eat the bugs that annoy me more." Rois entered an easy ramble about the necessity of arachnids to the ecosystem while they walked, her voice fading into a pleasant background noise for Benny as he paid attention to more important things- like making sure nobody was about to jump them. "Nerd." He mumbled, ever so quietly.

They had not done it very often, but few opportunities to rest in a tree were better than the one they had just been given. Reaching the summit of a particularly steep hill, there was possibly the biggest tree Rois had laid eyes on yet, and it had so many massive branches it would be an easy climb. Lit up with excitement, she gestured at it to get Benny's attention. "We don't really need to rest anymore, but I think it'd give us a good view. Haven't stopped to see if anyone was following us for a while yet either." Benny looked at her, smiling until the corners of his eyes crinkled. "If I didn't know any better I'd think you just like climbing trees, sister."

Huffing in amusement, she strode towards the tree and looked back at him with a grin as she grasped a large piece of bark- the branches themselves were much higher. "Of course I like climbing trees!"

"More a man of the sea, myself." Benny conceded as he sauntered up behind her and followed suit.

"You were a sailor of some sort, or?" Rois deftly maneuvered first up the bark and then through the branches, higher and higher, while shifting her blade around as necessary.

"You could say that." He took longer because of his shoes, but eventually he caught up to the place she had chosen to sit. Thick branches spanned out evenly and made for good sitting, Rois was slightly farther out and had her legs stretched across the branches like a bed, leaving closer to the tree free for Benny's heavier weight. With a grunt he pulled himself into place and looked down and around- she was right, it was a good view.

"I've never actually seen the ocean before, but I'd like to someday." She was staring off over the treetops, watching for anything out of the ordinary.

Benny was incredulous and his tone of voice reflected it. "No way. I'm taking you there first thing, sister. Can't live a life without seeing the ocean, that's a crime."

"Fair enough. Ontario has lots of lakes though."

"It's just not the same, sister."

"I'm sure! Guess I'll see when we get outta here, eh?" Chuckling, Benny nodded and crossed his arms, allowing himself some relaxation while Rois watched their surroundings. Night had been gone for some time so vision was good, her eyes were drawn to the thick blanket of fog shrouding as far as the eye could see in the distance though. "Hopefully the fog won't be in our way." Gathering her hair in one hand and bringing it over her shoulder, Rois was disgusted to see how blood from the Wendigo and dirt from her tussle had glued it together into a knotted mess. Should have used the river when I was there. She lamented to herself while picking and pulling at it impatiently.

Leaning back and linking his fingers together over his stomach, Benny kept a lazy eye on the ground below. "Tell me about the guy who did you in, everything you can remember." Pursing her lips as she struggled with a particularly gross knot made of hair, blood and some flesh, Rois frowned. "Pretty tall, looked completely human back on Earth. Ended up looking like a rotten raisin with no eyes here though. He ran real fast, like that Wendigo, and might be pretty strong- not really sure on that, I did manage to knock us both off that cliff." Pulling a face as she finally dislodged the fleshy sludge from her hair, she looked back at Benny somberly. "When he was killing me, I couldn't look away from his eyes- like I was stuck. Felt like I was on fire and my body was burning away. That's all."

"Sorry sister." Benny nodded thoughtfully.

"It's alright. While we're on the topic, how did you die? If I may ask." Balancing on her hands, Rois twisted and shifted until she was straddling the two large branches and facing him instead of away.

Smirking, Benny shrugged slightly. "Not much to tell. Second time I died a friend of mine asked for a favor, his little human brother was stuck in Purgatory, and I said okay." It took a second, but her eyebrows rose in apprehension when it clicked. "You let someone kill you, just so you could help his brother out of Purgatory?"

"Yeah sister. Chopped off my head, nice and quick." Making a small placating gesture, he continued. "I was supposed to come back with his brother, same way I am gonna come back with you, but I decided not to. Life topside ain't easy."

"Ah, that makes a bit more sense then. But why are you going to come back to Earth with me now? You aren't gonna jump ship on me at the last second, are you?" Her eyes narrowed as she eyed him critically, assessing.

"No. Truth is, I don't fit in very well anywhere. On Earth you gotta try to not kill anyone while surviving, down here you're forced to. Just trying to find my place, you know?"

Rois smiled and visibly relaxed. "Everyone is lost and trying to find their place Benny. I think you've taken it to the next level though." As if it were all so simple. She is young, he reasoned, still has that blissful "I know everything" outlook. He decided to let it go and smile instead. "We'll see."

Rois had picked through her hair a few more times before they decided to get moving again. Benny was confident that they were not being followed and neither could see anything moving around other than the fog. They made a game out of who could get down first, Rois calling Benny a dirty cheater when he jumped half way down, landing heavily but keeping his footing.

"You could have jumped too." He was already walking.

"I'm afraid of heights."

"That makes no sense. You love climbing but you are scared of heights?"

"They are not mutually exclusive, Benny. I like going up but I don't like going down."

"Alright, alright." He was left shaking his head and chuckling as she caught up and walked alongside him quietly.