Chapter 2
Jess had only got an hour sleep that night, all she could do is worry about Sam. Too many questions were whirling around her head, none of which she had the answer for. Where was Sam? Was he okay? Why did the shapeshifter take him? Was it even the shifter that took him? She could only think about him, what she loved about him, that she was carrying his baby, how he proposed to her before they started hunting the shifter.
-flashback-
"Sam, where are we going?" Jess laughed as she was being led somewhere by Sam, one of his hands were placed over her eyes, the other held her arm gently.
"Gosh! Patience Jess, we're almost there." Sam said softly. He was leading her to a beautiful place on top of a hill he had found weeks before when he was taking his friend's dog for a walk. You could see the whole of Palo Alto from the top aswell as mountains in the background. He had already been up there earlier that day to set up a pic-nick. He had been planning this day for weeks, scouring all the jewelry stores in town, looking for the perfect ring for Jess. After a week and a half of searching he found the perfect one, a thin silver band with a medium sized sapphire jem, he chose sapphire because it's Jess' favourite colour, it also goes with her bright blue eyes.
"Alright, we're here." Sam said, he bit at his lip nervously, fearing her saying no. He knew Jess wasn't to big on family, but marriage didn't mean children, right?
He moved to stand in front of her and removed his hand. He smiled as she looked around confused and then noticed the pic-nick.
"What's this?" Jess asked him, becoming even more confused when she saw him smiling at her, she couldn't help but think it was some prank.
Sam shifted nervously from one foot to the other before starting to explain, "Jess.. I love you so much, I know we haven't been together long, but I know you're the one for me. The one I want to spend the rest of my life with. I never thought I'd hunt again when I left for college because of the way dad ordered us about, but you... You showed me how to enjoy it, showed me what it's like to be in an equal hunting team. I thought I wanted to go to school, but the truth is, I wanted to treated the same as my brother, wanted to feel useful, and you gave me that, sssooo..." He smiled again before getting down on one knee and pulling out a small heart shaped case "Jessica Moore, will you marry me?" He opened the case to reveal the ring.
Jess gasped when she saw the ring, she loved it, she loves him, tears of joy slid down her cheeks and smiled "Sam.. Yes, oh god YES!" She exclaimed holding her hand out for Sam, Sam's nervous smile turned into a full-on grin as he took out the ring and gripped Jess's hand gently.
Jess waited patiently as Sam slid the ring onto her finger.
"Sorry if it doesn't fit, I wanted this to be a surprise." Sam said when he let go of her hand, he watched as she lifted her hand and gazed at the ring.
"No... No it's perfect Sam, it fits perfect!" She squealed happily before kneeling down in front of Sam, she smoothed her hands softly through his curly, shaggy hair towards the back of his head and wrapped her hands around the back of his neck.
Sam smiled again and whispered "I love you so much Jess."
"I love you too, Sammy." She whispered back and placed her forehead on his, she leaned in for a kiss and Sam willingly accepted.
-End of flashback-
Tears trailed down her cheeks as Jess lay in bed staring up at the ceiling, absently rubbing at her belly.
Her eyes shot to the door when she heard a light knock, and then Dean's voice on the other side of the door "Jess, it's Dean. It's almost ten, we should get going."
"Yeah okay, I'll be about 15 minutes." Jess shouted.
"Alright, I'll be across the street at the dinner okay? Do you want me to order you anything?" Dean asked.
"Yeah, I'll have a bacon sandwich please." Jess replied.
"Okay." Dean said, she heard steps getting quieter and quieter.
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Dean stumbled tiredly to one of the booths in the diner and folded into the seat. He hadn't had much sleep either, also worrying about Sam. It reminded him of the first time Sam went missing went he was 13, Sam was 9.
-Flashback-
"Come on Sam! We need to find the bones!" John yelled at his youngest as they entered a factory where a ghost of an old owner of the factory had been kidnapping and killing workers.
"Yes sir." Sam huffed as he ran to catch up with his brother and father.
When they entered the factory they decided to split up, John checking the basement and Dean and Sam checking the main floor.
"So where do you think the bones are Dean?" Sam asked him.
"Probably some where we can't find." Dean huffed, Sam sighed.
"What?" Dean asked.
"I've got some homework for tomorrow, I was hoping this would be done pretty quick."
"Come on Sam, school sucks, you don't need it to be a hunter." he said.
"What if I don't want to be a hunter?" Sam asked, causing Dean to snort.
"HA! Don't let dad hear you say that!" he saw Sam lower his head in defeat.
Suddenly he was thrown across the room and hit the floor hard. He heard his brother call his name and then a whoosh of air. A loud thud, a pained grunt and then another thud from the other side of the room which he knew was Sam being thrown into a wall.
He tried to get up but only landed back on his side.
"NO! No, get away from me! Dean! Help!" He heard his little brother yell and turned towards the sound. He gasped as he saw a big mean looking man lifting his brother up and throwing him over his shoulder, Sam struggling to get free for the whole time.
His brother's distressed grunts and gasps is what drove him to his feet "let him go!" He yelled as he reached for his salt gun, but before he could shoot the ghost was gone along with Sam.
"No! Sam! SAMMY!" He yelled running to the spot where his brother was ten seconds ago.
"Dammit." He grumbled and then took off to find their dad.
"Dad! DAD!" He screamed racing down to the basement, he rounded a corner and barely stopped himself from slamming right into John.
"Dean, what is it? Where's Sam?" John asked looking over Dean for Sam.
"Sam... The ghost... Got him dad... The ghost got him..." Dean panted trying to catch his breath.
"Crap." John mumbled under his breath "alright Dean, c'mon we have to find the bones first so he can't hurt Sam. I think they're in a sealed room in the basement." Dean nodded and followed John to the sealed door.
"Watch out for the ghost Dean." John ordered and pulled out a sledge-hammer from his bag and swung it towards the door, instantly breaking it. John stepped into the dark room, followed by Dean.
"Alright Dean, check cupboards, everything." John ordered as he walked to the further side of the room and began to check in the cabinets.
Dean looked around trying to find a place to start, we saw a desk to his right and walked over to it.
He started going through the papers on the desk trying to find something about where Sam or the bones could be. The two hunters searched in silence, then Dean heard a noise, a muffled scream. John froze, also hearing it.
Dean lent over the desk and put his ear to the wall, he heard the sound more clearly.
"Dad, it's on the other side of this wall. Do you think it's Sam!" Dean started knocking on the wall and found it hollow.
"Dean, move out of the way!" John said sternly, walking up to Dean. He pulled the desk away from the wall and stepped up to the wall and also started knocking.
A few seconds later he walked away and came back with the sledge-hammer. He swung powerfully at the wall, which came tumbling down. Dean took out a flashlight and shone it into the hole before stepping through it. He scanned the room with the flashlight, then it landed on a small body tied to a table, rope wound round the kids wrists and ankles, the body was trembling and small whimpers came from it. Dean noticed the whimpers. "Sam!" He yelled and ran up to the table "Sammy! Sam, you okay?" He asked as he put the flashlight down on the table, shining it at Sam so he could see him.
"De-" Sam slurred, Dean gasped as he saw multiple cuts on Sam's arms.
"Yeah Sam it's me. It's okay, I'm here now, you're going to be okay Sam." Dean soothed his little brother, oblivious to his dad setting the bones on fire in the other side of the room.
"De'nnnn, get m-mmeee out o-of here." Sam stuttered.
"Alright bossy, one second!" Dean joked receiving a small smile from Sam. He pulled out a small pocketknife from his pocket and started sawing off the ropes from his wrists and ankles.
John appeared next to him with a first aid kit, "Sam, I'm just going to wrap your arms up okay?" John spoke softly, moving a hand up to stroke through Sam's hair. Sam nodded before looking at Dean again "you okay?" he asked.
Dean let out a relieved chuckle "I'm fine Sammy." He smiled, and took some bandages from his father so he could wrap up Sam's other arm.
Ten minutes later all the hunters emerged from the factory, John giving a drowsy Sam a piggy-back and Dean not far behind from his family.
-End of Flashback-
Dean watched as Jess exited the motel room and start making her way across the car park to the dinner. "How did Sam get a girl like her?" He thought, "must be a different guy!" Dean chuckled to himself.
"What's so funny?" Jess's voice startled him out of his thoughts.
"Ohh.. Nothing, just... Doesn't matter." Dean said, he gazed at her noticing she doesn't look any better from last night.
"Did you sleep at all last night?" He asked her as he slumped down in the seat across from him.
"No, not really... I just can't." She sighed and stared at Dean through tired puffy eyes.
"Yeah, me neither..." Dean replied, they sat in silence for a moment, Jess gazing out the window, Dean looking around the dinner, both oblivious to the waitress striding towards them.
"Here you are" She smiled "two bacon sandwiches" she chirped putting the food down in front of Jess and Dean.
"Thanks." Jess said politely offering a small smile.
The waitress grinned "can I get you anything else?" she asked.
"Coffee!" The two hunters replied in unison, they looked at each other before laughing.
"Okay! Coming right up!" The waitress smiled again before walking away.
"Guess Sam was right." Jess said, her smile dropping from her face at the thought of her missing husband.
"Hmm?" Dean mumbled around a mouthful of food.
"Sam said that you and me are very alike." Jess forced a smile.
"Really? In what way." Dean asked, wolfing down his sandwich.
"Obnoxious rock music loving, coffee addict" Jess said "as he puts it!" She added.
"Huh... You like rock?"
"Yeah, Kansas, Metalica, Motorhead." she replied.
"Well good, 'cause that's all that gets played in my car." Dean chuckled.
The hunters then fell silent again, Dean watched as Jess picked up her sandwich, he then noticed the big Sapphire ring on her left hand "huh, that's the wedding ring finger." he thought suddenly growing suspicious.
"Nice ring, Sammy get you that?" He asked eying the ring, Jess froze and glanced up at Dean.
"Y-yeah he.. um..." Jess stuttered.
"He asked you to marry him didn't he?" Dean asked receiving a nod "and he didn't tell me... Or dad!" He raised his tone, immediately regretting it as the girl's eyes got huge with fear.
"I-I'm sorry, Sam didn't think you'd want to know... Or care, the wedding's still next year you can come." she added the last bit quietly.
"Again with this not caring stuff! Look I don't know if you believe but me and dad, we love Sam more than anything, sure some crap happened but we've never stopped caring about him. Never. He's my little brother, and it's still my job to protect him." Jess only nodded and continued with her breakfast.
They didn't say anything else for the whole time they were in the dinner, only muttering thanks when the waitress brought over coffee.
Ten minutes later they were back in Dean's motel room, researching shapeshifters.
"So, if this thing did take Sam, it wouldn't have gone far, a state over at the furthest, you see shifters like to stay close to home, they find as some game to kill as many possible before a hunter can find it." Dean explained.
"So what we just track down all the shifters over like three states?" Jess asked pacing the room like a caged tiger.
"Yep.."
"Dean, that'll take to long, Sam will be dead by the time we find him, hell he could be dead by now!" She yelled angrily but her eyes said different, they were full on fear and worry.
She shakily sat down on Dean's bed and buried her head in her hands, pained sobs then filled the room. Dean was at a loss of what to do, he wanted to comfort Jess but didn't know how. He soon settled for sitting next to the crying girl on the bed and hugging her.
"Jess it's okay, we'll find him. He's a fighter you know that, he'll be okay." Dean whispered as he wrapped his arms tighter around the girl. Jess pulled away and rubbed angrily at her tears, she sniffed as her sobs started to stop. Dean still had a hand on her back, rubbing soft circles trying to soothe her further.
"Yeah I know he's a fighter." She let out a weak laugh. "Too stubborn sometimes."
"Yeah sounds like Sammy." Dean snorted.
"So that's were he got the problem with 'Sammy' from." Jess grinned.
"What do ya mean?"
"Whenever someone calls him Sammy, he automatically corrects them, saying it's Sam."
"I've had this for my whole life, but he'll always be my Sammy." Dean stated before realizing what he had just said, he then blushed in embarrassment.
"Awwww! I'm so telling Sam that!" Jess cooed also laughing.
"Shut up.. And you will not!" Dean couldn't help but laugh aswell.
Their laughs were interrupted by a knock at the door. Dean walked up cautiously before yanking the door open quickly, he stopped in shock by who was on the other side of the door.
"Dad?" Dean breathed and quickly stepped out of the door way to hug his father. Jess stood wanting to see her future father in law.
"Hey son." John said as he accepted Dean's hug.
"Where the hell have you been?" Dean asked when he finally pulled away.
"I've been tracking the demon that killed your mother Dean, I'm sorry I just took off but I can't involve you in this hunt, it's too dangerous." John explained. Jess shifted awkwardly not wanting to intrude on the family moment.
"It's okay, I just... Wish you would've called, just to let me know you were at least alive."
"I know Dean and I'm sorry... So what's this about Sam?" He asked as he stepped past Dean and into the room, stopping when he noticed Jess.
Jess stared at him before speaking up "Mr. Winchester, I'm Jess, Sam's..." she was about to say girlfriend but was cut off by Dean.
"Wife, she's Sam's wife, well to be." She gulped nervously, wondering how John would react. John glanced between Dean and Jess, not believed what he had just heard. He couldn't believe his baby boy was getting married. His gaze landing on Jess before smiling and offered his hand to shake, "it's nice to meet you Jess, and please call me John."
"Nice to meet you too John." she smiled and shook his hand.
"I hear you're a hunter, do I know your parents?" John asked, Jess looked over to Dean, confused on how John would've known she's a hunter.
"Oh-I-uh called him last night." Dean explained. Jess looked back to John, "yes I am, my mum and dad... They're both hunters, Helen and Tom Moore."
"The Moores? They're exceptional hunters, I heard their daughter doesn't fall far from the tree either." John smiled.
"Thank you sir, I try my hardest." Jess smiled back. "Anyway, Sam, he's been taken, he disappeared two weeks ago, I think by the shifter we were hunting at the time."
"What happened to Sam going to Stanford?" John asked her, not really listening to what she said about Sam.
"Well, I was working a case in Palo Alto, I met Sam, he helped me with it, by the time I was going to leave me and Sam had fallen in love, he had two options, coming with me or say at school, I guess you know which one he chose." John pursed his lips, unsure about how to feel about this.
Dean then stepped in "like she said Sam's missing, we figured if it was the shifter it wouldn't go far, where were you again?" He asked Jess.
"Umm, Plymouth in Minnesota."
"So Dakota, Wisconsin, maybe Iowa." Dean explained, and sighed "can be that hard to track a shifter.. Can it?" He asked John and Jess wearily.
This chapter wasn't very exciting, but I might put some hurt!Sam in next chapter. Please review, let me know what you think.