Author's Note: Your eyes do not deceive you. This is another update ;) It's short, but it picks up directly where I left you hanging. Also, bad news before you get to reading.. "The Huntress" is coming to an end pretty soon and I'm talking really soon. Like chapter 25 soon :O
Malia and Kira shift uncomfortably at Allison's side, the both of them nervously glancing at Allison from the corner of their eyes, and Allison lowers the crossbow even more at the sight of the monster's features shifting to a very familiar face. "Kate?" She breathes in awe.
"Uh, what do we do?" Kira asks, gripping her sword tight in hand and keeping it held in front of her.
Malia shrugs, her teeth elongating as she shifts her weight from foot to foot as if just waiting for the word to lunge. "I don't know. Lydia?"
"Ssh. Just wait."
"Alli. Alli, get out of here," Dean yells. "Go get help!"
The huntress startles, her gaze darting back to the Winchesters. She only manages one step in their direction before Kate starts tutting at her, wagging one clawed finger in her direction. "What is it with you and picking the wrong sort of people to hang out with?" She smiles maliciously as she paces back and forth in a slow, intimidating manner. "Here you are, flesh and bone, given another chance at life and you throw in with Winchesters," Kate sneers. "You know better, niece 'o mine."
Allison grits her teeth. "What do you want?"
"What I want is for my family to get their heads out of their ass. First you fight for werewolves when you should be putting them down-" Malia growls threateningly at this, "and now you fight side-by-side with murderers." Kira shifts angrily, Allison watching as an orange glow starts to emanate from the kitsune, but refuses to take her eyes off Kate. Kate, however, just smiles even wider at the sight.
"You know," Kate continues to speak while pacing back and forth still. "When I heard the rumors that an Argent had been resurrected, I didn't quite believe it. And then your name started getting thrown around with the Winchesters, and I just had to see for myself what kind of trouble you'd landed yourself in." The smile drops and an angry sneer replaces it. "Color me surprised when I see you with hearts in your eyes as you stared at one Winchester and my brother driving the other one around like a doting father."
"So you're jealous?" Allison huffs, trying to buy her friends some time. "You're pissed because my dad and I hunt beside the Winchesters?"
"I'm trying to protect my family!" Kate roars. "These boys are bad news, Alli. Why can't you see that? It's like Scott all over again when you found out he was a monster."
"Look in the mirror, Kate. The only monster here is you; It's only ever been you." Kate's facial expression goes blank and then cold, and Allison takes aim with her crossbow once more. "And you stopped being a member of this family the day you set a house full of innocent werewolves and humans on fire." Kate throws her head back and laughs. "Now step away from Sam and Dean or I'll put an arrow in your throat."
Kate stops laughing and looks at her niece in surprise, her gaze darting from one creature to the next before stopping on the near trembling human. Sneering in disgust, Kate's features shift to that of the monster she truly is and strides towards them in anger.
Allison pulls the trigger on her crossbow, she not watching as the arrow embeds itself in her aunt's kneecap and instead looks to Charlie as Kate roars in pain. "Go! Go put a barrier around yourself and the boys. Put pressure on Sam's wound."
Charlie nods frantically, she hurrying to do as she's told when Kira and Malia throw themselves at Kate with a roar and shout. Allison reloads her crossbow as she watches her two friends take on her aunt, Kate expertly dodging Malia's claws and ducking Kira's sword. Kate manages to get in a few hits and kicks of her own, and then manages to knock Malia off her feet with a powerful kick to the abdomen before turning her attention on the kitsune.
Kira is a little more trickier for Kate, but the jaguar has an insane amount of strength and Kira is pushed back much to her annoyance. When Malia jumps back to her feet fully transformed and roaring in anger, the three circle each other menacingly before lunging right back at each other. Then out of nowhere an ear-aching gunshot rings out and Kate stumbles back with a hiss while clutching at her now bleeding stomach.
Malia and Kira immediately stand down, and Allison whirls around to see her dad step out from the shadows with a shotgun in hand. He cocks the weapon again just as Scott and Liam rush in, Scott's eyes glowing a menacing red and Liam's yellow.
"What the hell, Chris?!" Kate snarls.
Chris pulls the trigger again, he hitting his sister in the knee and sending her to kneel. Then glancing at his daughter to make sure she's okay, he nods towards Sam and Dean. "Go take care of Sam. We'll take care of Kate."
Allison numbly nods while taking off in a sprint, she being careful to jump over the mountain ash barrier before falling to her knees. Charlie is looking paler than normal, her hands covered in blood as she holds her outer t-shirt over Sam's abdomen.
"He's not looking too good," Charlie murmurs. "I don't know what else to do."
"Hospital's out of the question," Dean adds, Allison seeing for the first time a Winchester being petrified.
Ignoring the growls and argument going on behind her, Allison lays her crossbow aside with a choked off sob. Sam's eyes are barely open and his breathing a little too shallow for her liking. "Hey," she calls softly, leaning over Sam to cup his face in hand, "stay awake, Sammy. You gotta stay awake, okay?" Her voice trembles and the tears slide down her cheeks.
"A-Al-"
"I'm here. I'm here," she cries. "Just.. don't talk, okay? You need to save your energy." Looking over her shoulder then, she finds Scott preoccupied with Kate and her stomach plummets even further. She needs help- Sam needs help- but she's not sure how to go about actually getting it. Sam or Dean don't exactly have the insurance to get hospital treatment and if anyone tries to run their name, she's pretty sure the Winchesters are still wanted men.
Defeated, Allison hangs her head and closes her eyes, and does the only thing she can think of. She prays. "Please. Please, God, don't take him away. Not now." The sobs break free again, she feeling a hand settling over hers and opens her eyes just long enough to see it belongs to Sam. "I need him. It's too soon, but I'm pretty sure I'm in love with him. I- I can't-" She takes a deep breath, the release coming out in stuttered breaths. "Castiel. Please. If you can- if you can hear me, we need your help. Sam's dying and I don't- I can't-"
"What happened?" The gruff voice startles Allison so much that she jumps, her eyes widening at the sight of Castiel standing just outside the barrier of mountain ash and looking down at Sam and Dean. The angel steps over the barrier with no problem, he kneeling and staring expectantly at Allison.
"Kate," she blurts. "I'm not- I don't know what happened. We got here too late."
"Save the chit-chat for later," Dean barks. "Save him. Now."
Not impressed with Dean's attitude, Castiel stares at him for a moment before pressing two fingers to Sam's forehead. Allison holds her breath and then releases it in a whoosh when Sam gasps and jerks into a sitting position. She sobs once more, smiling in relief and throws herself at Sam to wrap him up in a tight embrace. "I love you, I love you, I love you," she murmurs over and over.
"What happened?" Castiel asks again.
"I don't know, man," Dean sighs. "One moment Sammy and I are driving around, and the next that blonde skank is running out in front of Baby. We pursued her here and turns out she's Alli's lunatic aunt who didn't want neither Sammy or I in the Argent family picture."
Roaring causes Castiel to finally look at the bigger picture, he rolling his eyes at the sight of the werejaguar fighting back against alpha McCall while the pack watches on, waiting for the moment to jump in. Rising to his feet, the angel puffs up his chest and the atmosphere inside the warehouse turns thick and overwhelming. All fighting ceases, and all gazes turn towards the sudden powerful and only true threat in the room. Striding towards the jaguar now trying to backpedal her way away from the celestial being, Castiel blankly stares at her and doesn't say a word as Scott catches Kate by the nape of her neck. He holds her still and Castiel presses two fingers to her forehead, Kate slumping to the ground without a peep.
"What did you do?" Liam gawks.
"She's out. For now," Castiel replies. Then turning to Chris, he nods. "I'm assuming you've been searching for your sister?"
"Yeah," Chris grimaces. "She took out several hunters that belonged to the Calavera's. Araya is not too happy with her and it's she who wishes to deal with Kate. I'm going to have to take her down to Mexico wrapped in chains and wolfsbane."
Castiel nods. "Your sister should not give you a problem. At least not for a few days. She'll wake sooner or later."
"Thank you."
Forgetting Kate for a moment, everyone walks back over to Allison and Sam who are still sitting on the ground. Charlie breaks the ash barrier as everyone gets closer and Chris stares down at his daughter and the man who she's apparently given her heart to. "All good?"
"All good." It's Sam who answers, he moving his face from where he had it pressed into the side of Allison's neck. Giving the man a tired smile, he nods. "More than good."