Hey ya'll I am so sorry for not updating in like two years. I honestly just haven't been motivated to write for Supernatural but am on a new kick with it. And no worries I have eight more chapters all ready and done as well so hopefully no long waits. I'm doing this chapter a little more to the storyline of the show. You'll have to let me know if you like it more like this or how it was the other way.
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It was now a week later and everyone was a little worse for the wear. Sam had been waking up multiple times during the night screaming out for Jessica yet was still claiming that he was now fine.
Isabel and Dean had been up all week taking turns watching Sam and were about ready to just pass out and not wake up for a few days. Both agreed that this had been worse then a stakeout. At least then they didn't have to watch their little brother thrash around for hours on end.
The three were now on the road and no one really felt like talking. Which meant that Dean was sitting there behind the wheel making obnoxious noises.
"Why do you always do that when you're bored?" Isabel asked sticking her head up threw the seats.
"I don't know just cause I can." Dean said smirking at her.
"Yeah well it's really annoying could you please stop." She said rolling her eyes.
"I could…but uh I don't really want to." Dean said smirking even more.
Isabel just once again rolled her eyes. "You are such a fuckin asshole."
"Will you two both shut up your like a bunch of 5 year olds." Sam said pointing between the two.
"Oh my goodness it speaks." Isabel said putting her hand to her heart and faking shock.
Sam just smiled and shook his head.
"Alright so where are we going anyways." Isabel asked Sam and Dean
"Umm Blackwater Ridge. But its weird these coordinates just point to the middle of nowhere." Sam said confused as he mapped it out.
"Huh maybe Dad decided to finally take us all camping." Isabel said smirking at her brothers.
"You don't even like camping." Dean said shoving her face back between the two seats.
"Hey jackass knock it off." She said muffled by his hand.
Sam fake cough 'five year olds.'
"Did you just fake cough us." Isabel asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course not." Sam said smirking at her.
"Ok so more about this place." Dean said glancing over at the map.
"Dude it's literally just the middle of the woods. We'll have to find out more when we get there I guess." Sam said shaking his head.
Dean and Isabel traded insults for awhile when Dean noticed Sam was looking a little down.
"Hey Sammy you wanna drive for a bit I'm kinda tired." Dean said pulling over and stretching.
Both Isabel and Sam looked at Dean open mouthed.
"Wha…wha…what I never get to drive it." Isabel said trying to figure out what was going on.
"Yeah Dean you never let anyone drive your baby what's going on." Sam said skeptical.
"Oh I know…..CRISTO." Isabel said looking at her brother.
Dean just started laughing. "You're a freakin Idiot Iz. I was just getting tired but if you don't want to drive that's fine." Dean said sitting back down.
"Hey I'm not tired I'll drive." Isabel said.
"Hahaha I don't think so." Dean said glaring at her.
With that Dean turned back out onto the highway heading towards Black Water Ridge.
It had been a couple of hours since the car conversation and thankfully for Dean both of his siblings had fallen asleep somewhere along the way. It was nice to not have to argue with Isabel for five minutes and it gave him some time to think. He couldn't help but think of what it would be like if he wasn't the oldest. He loved his siblings he really did but sometimes the burden of always looking after them was just too much. And now this whole thing with Sam what the fuck was he supposed to do. He knew that he wasn't good with feelings and all that touchy feely hug crap. Thank god for his sister otherwise last night could have been a complete train wreck. And Isabel where to even start with her. She was just as stubborn if not more so then him and that's why they always fought. Sure they cared about each other but sometimes he felt like if it wasn't for the hunt they would never even speak. Thankfully he was broken out of his thoughts by his sister.
"I really have to take a piss." She said interrupting the silence.
Dean couldn't help but chuckle a little to himself. "Well you're gonna have to hold it sweet heart cause there aren't any restrooms around here."
"So just pull over and I'll pop a squat somewhere." Isabel said stretching out her tired muscles.
"Eww…you're the manliest chick I have ever met." Dean said grossed out by the thought of his sister peeing.
"Yeah well when you grow up with all guys that tends to happen. Now seriously pull over before I ruin these seats." She said moving her leg up and down.
With that said it only took Dean three seconds to have the car pulled over and she booked out the door. A couple minutes later he saw his sister walking back from the woods looking much more comfortable.
Isabel took one look at her brother and saw that he was absolutely exhausted.
"Dean why don't you let me drive for a bit. And don't give me some smart ass comment you look like shit so let me drive get some sleep and I promise not to go over 80." Isabel said opening his door.
Dean just looked over at her and realized that she was right he was dog ass tired and its not like she had ever really done any damage to his baby.
"Swear on Sammy's life that you won't go over 85." He asked putting his finger in her face.
"I swear on your life that I won't go over 85." She said smirking at him.
"And why on my life." Dean asked skeptically.
"Well cause I would hate for something to happen to little Sammy if I accidentally went a little over." She said shrugging her shoulders.
"Good to know I'm so loved." Dean said getting in the back.
"Oh you know I love you too Dean." Isabel said smiling at him in the rearview mirror.
"Not over 90." Dean said with a huff.
"That I can do." She said putting the car in drive.
It didn't take long for Dean to fall asleep and now it was Isabel's turn to be left with her thoughts. Looking at her two sleeping brothers she couldn't help but smile however it quickly went away when she noticed that neither of them looked peaceful. She was actually surprised that Sammy was still sleeping and hadn't woken up from any nightmares yet. Now Dean she wasn't so sure about there could be a hundred things plaguing his mind and she wished that for once he would just let her in. Whatever it was that he was carrying she was sure that she could help with it. Dean and her had to grow up fast after what happened to their mom and both had tried to make sure that Sam had somewhat of a childhood but sometimes she wished that they did too. She knew that Dean had tried to do the same thing for her that he had done for Sam but somehow it just hadn't worked. There wasn't a day that went by that she didn't think about what it would have been like to have her mom with her, another girl to talk to things about. Dean always laughed about her being such a guy but while most little girls where playing with Barbie's she was learning how to put a gun back together. That's not exactly something that she could have done with the other kids. And whether she liked to admit it or not she was much more emotional than Dean. Luckily for her though Sam didn't seem to be the stone hearted type either which is why they got along so well. It wasn't that she didn't love Dean but other than the joking around most of the time it felt as though they knew nothing about each other. Sometimes she wondered if it wasn't for hunting if they would even talk to each other. Then again if it wasn't for hunting Dean wouldn't feel the need to always keep up such a strong wall. Thankfully Isabel was broken out of her thoughts by a sign that said Welcome to Black Water Ridge.
"Here we go again." She muttered under her breath.
She pulled into the ranger station and tried to think of the best way to wake up her brothers and for once decided against pranking them. "Hey come on boys time to wake up we're here." She said getting out of the car.
With that the three of them walked into the park ranger station.
"So Blackwater Ridge is pretty remote It's cut off by these canyons here, rough terrain, dense forest, abandoned silver and gold mines all over the place." Said Sam as he looked at a topographical map.
"Dude check out the size of this freakin bear. " Dean said while Isabel just rolled her eyes at him.
"Yeah Dean it's the woods there's probably going to be bears." Isabel said smirking at him in which case he just smirked back.
"You kids aren't planning on going out near Blackwater Ridge by any chance?" Asked the ranger that had walked in.
"Oh no sir, we're environmental study majors from UC Boulder, just working on a paper." Sam covered smoothly.
"Recycle, man." Dean said pumping his fist in the air.
"Oh yeah that doesn't give it away dumbass." Isabel whispered to him.
"Bull. You're friends with that Hailey girl right?" he asked them like he had just solved a riddle or something.
"Yes, yes we are ranger umm... Wilkinson." Dean said trying to discreetly read his name tag.
"Well I will tell you exactly what we told her. Her brother filled out a backcountry permit saying he wouldn't be back from Blackwater till the 24th, so it's not exactly a missing persons now is it? You tell that girl to quit worrying, I'm sure her brother's just fine." He said trying to be all authoritative.
"We will. Well that Hailey girl's quit a pistol, huh?" Dean asked smirking in which case both Sam and Isabel rolled their eyes at him.
"That is putting it mildly." The Ranger retorted.
"Actually you know what would help is if I could show her a copy of that backcountry permit you know so she could see her brothers return date." Dean said smirking at the man.
"What are you cruising for a hook-up or something?" Sam asked a bit angry
"What do you mean?" Dean asked.
"Oh no Sam Dean doesn't work this hard for a hookup. If he wants one of those he'll just walk into the shadiest bar he can find." Isabel said smirking while Dean just glared at her.
"Look you two the coordinates point to Blackwater Ridge so what are we waiting for, let's just go find dad. I mean why even talk to this girl?" Sam asked exasperated.
"I dunno maybe we should know what we're walking in to before we actually walk into it." Dean said looking at Sam strangely.
"What?" Sam almost shouted.
"Well since when are you all shoot first ask questions later anyway?" Dean asked seriously
"Yeah Sammy I mean this isn't really like you. Normally you're all we don't have all the facts. Or are you sure we're ready to go in. When did you become so full throttle?" Isabel asks cocking an eyebrow.
"Since now." Sam said quickly.
"Oh, Really?" Dean said as Sam got into the car.
"I'm not sure I like this new Sammy." Isabel whispered to him as she got into the car as well.
The three of them drove over to Hailey's house in silence.
Dan waited until they all got to the door before he knocked. It wasn't long before a girl about Isabel's age answered the door.
"You must be Hailey Collins. I'm Dean, this is Sam, and this is Isabel. We're rangers with the park service. Ranger Wilkinson sent us over; we wanted to ask you some questions about your brother Tommy." Dean said using what he thinks is charm.
"Let me see some ID." She asks warily.
"Here ya go." Dean said as they all held up their id's.
Hailey looked the Id's over before opening the door. "Come on in."
Hailey complimented Dean on his car which made Sam and Isabel role there eyes. That's all that Dean needed more attention directed at him or his 'baby'.
"So if Tommy's not due back for a while, how do you know something's wrong?" Sam asked wanting to get out of there quickly. He couldn't even figure out why the hell they were there. This wasn't going to help them find dad and the demon any faster.
"He checks in every day by cell. He e-mails photos, stupid little videos…but we haven't heard anything in over three days now." Hailey said with worry in her voice.
"Well maybe he can't get cell reception." Sam said getting a little impatient already.
"He's got a satellite phone too." Hailey said sort of abruptly.
"Could it be he's just having fun and forgot to check in?" Dean asked hoping that could be a possibility.
"He wouldn't do that." Bean said speaking up for the first time.
"Our parents are gone; it's just my two brothers and me. We all keep pretty close tabs on each other." Hailey said quietly.
"Yeah I can understand that." Isabel said glancing at her two brothers.
"Can I see the pictures he sent you?" Sam asked starting to feel sympathetic.
"Yeah sure. That's Tommy." Hailey says as the video plays on her laptop.
They watch the video on the laptop and Isabel notices Sam frown at something on the screen. She makes a mental note to ask him about it later.
"Well, we'll find your brother; we're heading out to Blackwater ridge first thing." Dean says getting ready to make an exit.
"Then maybe I'll see you there .Look. I can't sit around here anymore, so I hired a guide. I'm heading out in the morning and I'm gonna find Tommy myself." Hailey says with determination.
"I think I know how ya feel." Dean says thinking about them trying to find their dad.
"Hey, you mind forwarding these to me?" Sam asked and Isabel notices that he still has that same confused look on his face. Maybe Sam saw something that her and Dean didn't notice.
"Sure." Hailey says as she see's them to the door.
It's later in the evening and Dean has decided that they should go to a bar.
While Dean is up ordering drinks and Isabel is hustling at pool Sam is of course looking through the video clip over and over as well as researching the area.
"So, Blackwater Ridge doesn't get a lot of traffic, local campers mostly. But still, this past April two hikers went missing out there, they were never found." Sam say's passing his research to Dean who just sets it back down.
"Any before that?" Dean asks while scanning the bar for numbers he might want later.
"Yeah In 1982, eight different people all vanished in the same year. Authorities said it was a grizzly attack. And again in 1959 and again before that in 1936. Every 23 years, just like clockwork. Okay watch this. Here's a clincher. I downloaded that guy, Tommy's, video to the laptop. Check this out." Sam says playing the video in a freeze frame for Dean.
"Do it again." Dean says moving closer to the laptop.
"That's three frames. That's a fraction of a second. Whatever that thing is, it can move." Sam says excited that he's found something
"Told ya something weird was goin on." Dean says hitting Sam on the shoulder with a smug look.
"Yeah. I got one more thing. In '59 one camper survived this supposed grizzly attack. Just a kid. Barely crawled out of the woods alive." Sam says with a smug look of his own.
"Is there a name?" Dean asks almost excited in which case Sam just gives him a look.
Dean turns and shouts across the bar. "Come on Iz we're leaving."
"Just let me finish the game." Isabel shouts back.
"Nope this is a we have to leave right now kind of thing." Dean shouts back.
People are starting to look at them funny for shouting.
"Argh fine." She shouts throwing down her stick and walking out of the bar. "Alright you two this better be good because I was double or nothing on a hundred dollar bet and now I got nothing." She said slightly angry.
The three of them get into the car and start to head of to the cabin that the survivor lives in.
This time Isabel knocked on the door and it didn't take Mr. Shaw long to open up.
"Hi Mr. Shaw my name is Isabel, this is Dean and Sam. We're with the Park Rangers and we were wondering if we could ask you some questions about your attack in 59." Isabel said nicely.
"Look rangers, I don't know why you're asking me about this. It's public record; I was a kid. My parents got mauled by a… "Mr. Shaw pauses.
"Grizzly? That's what attacked them?" Sam asked finishing his sentence for him.
"The other people that went missing that year…those bear attacks too? What about all the people that went missing this year? Same thing? If we knew what we were dealing with, we might be able to stop it." Dean said letting him know that they didn't buy into the whole grizzly story.
"I seriously doubt that. Anyways, I don't see what difference it would make. You wouldn't believe me, nobody ever did." Mr. Shaw said turning his head away from them.
"I promise you sir what ever you saw or think you saw we have seen worse. There isn't anything you could say right now that we wouldn't believe." Isabel said trying to reassure the man.
"Mr. Shaw, what did you see?" Sam asks when he still didn't answer.
"Nothing. It moved too fast to see, it hid too well. I heard it though, a roar, like…no man or animal I ever heard." Mr. Shaw said shivering at the memory.
"It came at night?" Sam asked
Mr. Shaw didn't speak just nodded his head in answer.
"Got inside your tent?" Sam asked again since the man seemed to be answering him.
"It got inside our cabin. I was sleeping in front of the fireplace when it came in. It didn't smash a window or break the door, it unlocked it. Do you know of a bear that could do something like that? I didn't even wake up till I heard my parents screaming." Mr. Shaw said wincing when thinking about what he had been through.
"It killed them?" Sam asked lightly.
"Dragged them off into the night." Mr. Shaw answered just as light.
"Why it left me alive…been asking myself that ever since. Did leave me this though." Mr. Shaw said showing them the three huge claw marks that covered his upper left side. "There's something evil in those woods. It was some sort of a demon." He said putting his shirt back in place.
With that the three of them thanked the man and left.
"Well it's for sure not a grizzly I mean if we weren't sure before we can be now. Unlocking doors and a Bear would have left four marks not three." Isabel said thinking out loud.
"Spirits and demons don't have to unlock doors. If they want inside they just go through the walls." Dean said confused.
"So it's probably something else, something corporeal." Sam said easily.
"Corporeal? Excuse me professor." Dean said causing Isabel to laugh.
"Shut up. So what do you think?" Sam asked trying not to laugh.
"The claws, the speed that it moves, could be a skin walker, maybe a black dog. Whatever we're talking about, we're talking about a creature and it's corporeal. Which means we can kill it." Dean says smiling like he just hit the lottery.
The three of them walked back to the Impala and got some supplies out of the trunk.
"Do you think we'll need the flares?" Isabel asked holding them up.
"No what would we need those for." Dean asked like she was stupid.
"Okay never mind geesh I just wanted to make sure that we had everything that we need." Isabel said grabbing her pistol and putting some silver bullets in it.
"We cannot let that Hailey girl go out there." Sam said changing the conversation.
"Oh yeah? What are we gonna tell her? That she can't go into the woods because of a big scary monster?" Dean asked making Isabel laugh a bit.
"Yeah" Sam said as if it was obvious.
"Oh yeah Sam cause that always works out so well. You can't just tell people who know nothing about the supernatural that they have to be careful of it. It just doesn't ever work." Isabel said.
"Besides her brother's missing Sam. She's not just gonna sit this out. Now we go with her, we protect her, and we keep our eyes peeled for our fuzzy predator-friend." Dean said putting the last of the weapon in the back.
"Finding dad's not enough? Now we gotta babysit too?" Sam asks slamming the trunk closed.
This causes both Dean and Isabel to stare at him like he has not three but four heads.
"What?" Sam asks throwing his hands up in the air.
"Nothing dude just nothing." Dean says throwing the duffel bag at him.
Isabel just shakes her head at Sam and gets into the car.
It's the next morning and the three have just arrived at the meeting point.
"You guys got room for three more?" Deans asks interrupting a conversation that had been going on between Roy and Hailey.
"Wait, you want to come with us?" Hailey asked surprised.
"Yeah we kind of figured that it would be best if everyone stuck together. You know safety in numbers." Isabel says walking past her.
"Who are these guys?" Roy asks slightly angry.
"Apparently this is all the park service could muster up for search and rescue." Hailey says not really believing that they're rangers.
"You're rangers?" Roy asks not believing it.
"That's right" Dean says as he walks away from the car.
"And you're hiking out in biker boots and jeans?" Hailey asks mocking him.
"Oh sweetheart, I don't do shorts" Dean says walking past her.
This comment of course makes Sam and Isabel laugh.
"What, you think this is funny? It's dangerous backcountry out there, her brother might be hurt." Roy says looking at Sam and Isabel.
Before Isabel could give her smart ass comment Dean cut in.
"Believe me; we know how dangerous this could get. We just wanna help her find her brother, that's all." Dean said walking ahead of Roy into the woods.
"Roy, you said you did a little hunting." Dean asks walking next to him.
"Yeah, more than a little." Roy says annoyed by Dean's presence.
"Uhhuh…What kind of furry critters do you hunt?" Dean asks with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"Mostly buck sometimes bear." Roy says while Isabel mocks him from behind causing Sam to laugh a bit.
"Tell me, uh…Bambi or Yogi ever hunt you back? {Roy grabs him} Whatcha doin Roy?" Dean asks which causes Isabel to reach for the pistol in the back of her pants.
Roy just looks at him and puts a stick into a bear trap. This causes Isabel to let go of the pistol. "You should watch where you're stepping…ranger "Roy says with an edge to his voice.
"It's a bear trap." Dean says like he didn't almost step in it.
That would be fun to stitch up Isabel thought to herself.
"You didn't pack any provisions. You guys are carrying a duffel bag. You're not rangers so who the hell are you?" Hailey asks grabbing a hold of Dean's arm.
"Sam, Isabel and I are siblings, and we're looking for our father. He might be here, we don't know. I just figured that you and me, we're in the same boat." Dean said honestly.
"Why didn't you just tell me that from the start?" Hailey asks a bit softer.
"I'm telling you now. Besides it's probably the most honest I've ever been with a woman. Ever." Dean says thinking about it.
Isabel snickers behind him. "Ain't that the truth." Dean just shoots her a look while Hailey laughs a bit.
"So we okay?" Dean asks raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, okay." Hailey says raising one right back.
"And what do you mean I didn't pack provisions?" Dean asks taking out a huge bag of Peanut M&M's.
They had been walking now for almost an hour when the heard Roy talk.
"This is it…Blackwater Ridge" Roy said setting down his bag.
"What coordinates do we have?" Sam asks wondering if this is where they were supposed to go.
"35-111" Roy says looking at his GPS.
"You hear that?" Dean asks looking between Sam and Isabel.
"Yeah, not even crickets." Sam says.
"Well that is definitely not a good thing. That means whatever this thing is it's got everything else scared." Isabel said pulling her bag a little tighter on her shoulder.
"I'm gonna take a look around." Roy says quickly.
"You shouldn't go off by yourself." Sam says trying to be reasonable.
"That's sweet…don't worry about me." Roy says with a sarcastic smile.
"Oh we won't." Isabel says under her breath.
"All right everybody stays together. Let's go." Dean said taking charge of the situation.
"Hailey, over here." They heard Roy call.
With that Hailey took off running in the direction that Roy had gone. "Oh my God." She said when she got to the campsite.
"Looks like a grizzly." Roy said while Isabel and Dean just rolled their eyes at his stupidity.
"Tommy? Tommy?!" Hailey called frantically.
"Shh" Sam said trying to keep everyone quiet.
"Tommy!?" Hailey shouted again.
"Shhhhh" Sam said a little more forcefully.
"Why?" Hailey asked confused.
"Something might still be out there." Sam said trying to keep her quiet.
"Sam! The bodies were dragged from the campsite. But here the tracks just vanish. That's weird. I'll tell you what…that's no skin walker or black dog." Dean said trying to keep the others from hearing.
Hailey picks up Tommy's cell phone that has blood spattered on it and the back torn open and starts crying.
Isabel walks over and puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, he could still be alive." Dean says seeing the look in her eye.
"Help!!! Help!!!" They all hear off in the woods.
With that everyone looks at each other before taking off into the woods after the voice. All of the Winchesters with they're weapons ready.
"It seemed like it was coming from around here didn't it?" Hailey asks confused.
"Everybody back to camp." Sam says realizing what is going on.
They run back to the torn up camp to find all of their supplies and bags missing.
"Our packs" Hailey says confused.
"So much for my GPS and my satellite phone." Roy says as if that really matters right now.
"What the hell is going on?" Hailey asks the three Winchesters looking completely confused.
"It's smart. It wants to cut us off so we can't call for help" Sam says putting all the pieces together.
"You mean some one some nut job out there just stole all our gear." Roy asks still not really listening to anyone else.
"I need to speak with you two…in private." Sam says in which Isabel and Dean walk off a bit with him. "Good. Let me see dad's journal. Alright, check that out "He says pointing to a picture in the journal.
"Oh come on, Wendigos are in the Minnesota woods or northern Michigan. I've never even heard of one this far west" Dean says like it's a crazy idea.
"Dean we've seen weirder things then a misplaced supernatural creature. I mean and really if this is where it got stuck then it's a definite possibility." Isabel says thinking that Sam is probably right.
"Think about it Dean, the claws, the way it can mimic a human voice." Sam says pointing out the facts.
" Great. Well then this is useless." Dean says taking out his pistol.
"Yeah we need fire. Oh but wait someone told me I was an idiot for wanting to bring a flare gun…who was that again. OH yeah you." Isabel says poking Dean in the chest.
Okay look that doesn't matter now we gotta get these people to safety." Sam says walking back to the others.
"All right listen up, time to go. Things have gotten more…complicated" Sam says trying to sum it all up.
"What?" Hailey asks not wanting to leave without her brother.
"Kid don't worry, whatever's out there, I think I can handle it." Roy said with arrogance.
"It's not me I'm worried about; if you shoot this thing you're just gonna make it mad. We have to leave now." Sam said with urgency.
"One you're talking nonsense, two you're in no position to give anybody orders." Roy says getting in Sams face.
"Relax" Dean says knowing this could escalate quick.
"We never should have let you come out here in the first place, alright? I'm trying to protect you." Sam says getting in Roys face.
"You protect me? I was hunting these woods when your mommy was still kissing you goodnight." Roy says getting more in Sams face.
"Hey you don't anything about our mother you son of a bitch." Isabel says as Dean grabs a hold of her arm to keep her from hitting Roy.
"Yeah? It's a damn near perfect hunter. It's smarter than you, and it's gonna hunt you down and eat you alive unless we get your stupid sorry ass out of here." Sam says eerily calm.
"You know you're crazy right?" Roy says laughing.
"Yeah? You ever hunt a win- ." Sam almost finishes before Roy pushes him away.
"Roy!" Hailey says afraid of where this is headed.
"Chill out." Dean says grabbing Sam and pushing him towards Isabel.
"Stop; stop it, everybody just stop. Look, Tommy might still be alive, and I'm not leaving here without him." Hailey says putting her foot down.
"It's getting late. This thing is a good hunter in the day, but an unbelievable hunter at night. We'll never beat it, not in the dark. We need to settle in and protect ourselves." Dean says taking out the journal.
"How?" Hailey asks confused.
"We need to make a campfire. These things won't come near fire. And we'll take care of the rest." Isabel says motioning to her and her brothers.
"Oh that is just so reassuring." Roy says sitting on a log.
Isabel just glares at him and starts drawing protection symbols in the dirt with her brothers.
"One more time that's…? " Hailey asks still confused.
"Anasazi symbols. It's for protection. The Wendigo can't cross over them" Dean says straight to the point.
At this time Roy laughs from his spot on the log.
"Nobody likes a skeptic, Roy." Dean says finishing and then walking over towards Sam in which case Isabel follows.
"You wanna tell me what's goin on in that freaky head of yours?" Dean asks sitting down next to him in which case Isabel sits on the other side.
" Dean…" Sam says getting ready to say he's fine.
"No you're not fine; you're like a powder keg man it's not like you. I'm supposed to be the belligerent one, remember?" Dean says which causes Isabel to laugh a bit.
"It's true Sammy you've always been the level headed one and right now your just not." Isabel said.
"Dad's not here. I mean that much we know for sure, right? He would have left us a message, a sign, right?" Sam asks already knowing the answer.
"Yeah you're probably right. To tell you the truth I don't think dad's ever been to Lost Creek." Dean says honestly.
"Then let's get these people back to town and let's hit the road, go find dad. I mean why are we still even here?" Sam asks agitated.
"Sammy come on you don't really mean that. You know as well as I do why we're here." Isabel says putting her hand on his arm.
"Oh really do I because I'm starting to think that I don't anymore." Sam says a bit sadly.
"This is why {Holds up their dad's journal} …This book. This is dad's single most valuable possession everything he knows about every evil thing is in here. And he's passed it on to us, I think he wants us to pick up where he left off, you know saving people, hunting things. The family business." Dean says like it's the most logical thing ever.
"That makes no sense. Why doesn't he just call us? Why doesn't he tell us what he wants; tell us where he is?" Sam asks annoyed.
"Sam you know that's never been Dads style. He's never called us to tell us exactly what he wants. That's why he trained us to do what he wants so that he wouldn't have to tell us." Isabel answered.
"Look the way I see it, dad's giving us a job to do and I intend to do it." Dean said thinking that would be the end of the conversation.
"Dean, no. I gotta find dad. I gotta find Jessica's killer. It's the only thing I can think about." Sam admitted to them.
"Ok, all right, Sam we'll find them I promise. Listen to me, you've gotta prepare yourself. I mean this search could take a while, and all that anger, you can't keep it burning over the long haul, it's gonna kill you. You gotta have patience, man." Dean said worried about his little brother.
"How do you do it? How does dad do it?" Sam asked.
"Well you see they have me…and I mean that just makes anything better right." Isabel said nudging him which gets a small smile.
Dean looks at Sam for a moment and then says "Well for one… them. I mean I figure our family's so screwed to hell; maybe we can help some others. Makes things a little more bearable. I'll tell you what else helps. Killing as many sons of bitches as I possibly can. "Dean says hoping that that will be enough to end the conversation. Honestly he doesn't know what else there is to say.
"Help me! Please! Help!" They hear the same voice as before.
"He's trying to draw us out. Just stay cool, stay put." Dean says unconsciously putting himself in front of Isabel and Sam.
"Right inside the magic circle." Roy says which causes Isabel to roll her eyes.
Man I really don't like him she thinks as they hear the Wendigo again. "Help! Help me!"
"Ok that's no grizzly." Roy says which causes all of the Winchesters to roll their eyes.
"It's ok, you'll be all right I promise." Hailey says holding onto her younger brother.
"It's here." Sam says as they all hear a scream.
They can hear it running through the trees and so Roy shoots at it several times before they hear a wounded scream. "I hit it!" Roy says as he goes running after it.
"Roy, no! Roy!" Dean says as he looks at Hailey and Ben "Don't move." And with that him, Sam, and Isabel all run after Roy.
By the time that they get to the clearing they hear a voice which is definitely not Roys.
"Roy!" Dean shouts before the three run back to camp for safety.
It's later in the night and now its just Dean and Sam that are awake. Isabel wakes up for her shift and sends Sam to go sleep by the fire.
"You know Dean that was pretty impressive earlier." Isabel says nudging him.
"What was?" Dean asks confused.
"What you said to Sammy. You handled it really well. I mean I really had no idea what to say to him. But I guess you've always been good at that." Isabel says sitting back.
"Always been good at what." Dean asks.
"Calming our fears. I mean honestly sometimes I'm not even sure that you know your doing it. But tonight our little brother was scared. He might not have said it but you could see it in his eyes. He's scared that we won't find dad and more importantly that we won't find Jessica's killer. And you once again knew exactly what to do to calm the fear. I mean I'm not saying that Sammy is going to be magically better but I think that what you said really meant something to him." Isabel said looking at her older brother.
"Okay why do we keep having these kinds of moments you know I hate them. It makes things socially awkward." Dean said shivering at the thought.
"Oh whatever jack ass." Isabel laughed.
"Yeah okay whore." Dean laughed back.
It's early in the morning and all of the Winchesters are up and ready for battle.
"I don't…I mean these types of things they aren't supposed to be real." Hailey says still trying to process it all.
"I wish I could tell you different" Dean says honestly.
"How do we know it's not out there watching us?" Hailey asks a bit creeped out.
"We don't. But we're safe for now." He says looking her in the eye.
"How do you know about this stuff?" She asks curiously.
"Kind of runs in the family." He says looking at his two siblings who are walking towards them.
"Hey. So we've got half a chance in the daylight. And I, for one, want to kill this evil Son of a bitch." Sam says smirking at Dean and Isabel.
"Well hell, you know I'm in." Dean says raising his newly made weapon.
"Oh I just love the smell of burning Wendigo to much to resist." Isabel says getting hers ready too.
"So what is a Wendigo?" Ben asks speaking Isabel thinks possibly for the first time in two days.
"Wendigo is a –Indian word. It means evil that devours." Sam says giving the text book version.
"They're hundreds of years old. Each one was once a man. Sometimes an Indian, other times a frontiersman or a miner or a hunter." Dean says breaking it down more.
"How does a man turn into one of those things?" Hailey asks.
Isabel goes to answer but Dean cuts her off.
"Well it's always the same. During some harsh winter a guy finds himself starving, cut off from supplies or help. Becomes a cannibal to survive, eating other members of his tribe or camp." Dean answers.
"Like the Donnor Party." Ben asks.
"Yeah exactly only I don't think any of them turned." Isabel said getting lost in her own thoughts for a moment.
"Cultures all over the world believe that eating human flesh gives a person certain abilities. Speed, strength, immortality." Sam says nudging his sister out of her day dream.
"If you eat enough of it, over years, you become this less than human thing. You're always hungry." Dean explains.
"So if that's true, how can Tommy still be alive?" Hailey asks worried.
"You're not gonna like it." Dean says honestly.
"Tell me" Hailey demands.
Isabel looks at him saying that it's a bad idea. But since when does Dean ever listen to her anyways.
"More than anything, a Wendigo knows how to last long winters without food. It hibernates for years at a time, but when it's awake it keeps its victims alive. It uh, stores them, so it can feed whenever it wants. If your brother's alive it's keeping him somewhere dark, hidden and safe. We gotta track it back there." Dean says almost all in one breath.
"Right and we read before that there are a lot of abandoned gold and coal mines. So if it's keeping them anywhere that is probably our best bet. So all that we have to do is follow its trail and hope that it leads us to one." Isabel said finishing for Dean.
"And then how do we stop it?" Hailey asks scared.
"Well guns are useless so are knives, basically that's why we're gonna torch the sucker." Dean answers.
They were hiking through the woods following the blood and claw marks when Sam noticed something.
"Dean, Isabel." Sam said stopping them.
"What is it?" Dean asks and Sam just points to the trees.
"Great now what are we going to do." Isabel asks throwing her hands up.
"You know…I was thinking…those claw prints…so clear and distinct, they were almost too easy to follow." Sam says a bit angry.
The Wendigo growls, and the group backs up, looking all around. Hailey backs into a tree, and blood begins dripping onto her shirt. She looks up in time to have Roy's dead body nearly dropped on her but she dodges it and screams.
"You okay? You got it? "Sam asks while helping her back up.
"His neck's broke. Okay run, run, run, run, go, go!" Dean says causing them all to take off into a run.
Ben falls so Sam and Isabel stop to help him up. However as they are helping him they hear Hailey scream.
"Hailey!?" Ben calls out.
Sam spots the towel that Dean had soaked in lighter fluid and begins to look around. "Dean." He shouts as him and Isabel realizes that the Wendigo has him and Hailey.
"If it keeps its victims alive, why would it kill Roy?" Ben asks as they start walking to try and find the others.
"Honestly, I think because Roy shot at it, pissed it off." Sam says looking at Isabel wondering what they are going to do now.
"They went this way." Ben says picking up and M&M that Dean must have dropped.
"It's better than bread crumbs." Sam says chuckling a little bit.
"Leave it to our brother." Isabel says glad that they will be able to track them now.
After following the trail for what seems like forever, they come to an entrance to a tunnel that says "Warning! Danger! Do not enter. Extremely toxic material."
The three enter under the sign when they hear the monster growl. Sam and Isabel look down the walk way to see the creature round the corner and go out of sight. As they continue walking they hear some of the boards' creek and before they can do anything Sam and Ben fall through to the floor below.
"Sam are you okay." Isabel whisper yells.
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay." Sam says to keep Ben from screaming. "Yeah Bella we're fine."
"Okay look you guys try to find a way out I'm going after this thing." Isabel says.
"You can't go by yourself." Sam says.
"Sam don't worry about me I'll be fine promise just find Dean okay." Isabel says as she takes off the way that the creature had gone.
Sam and Ben look up to see Hailey and Dean hanging from the ceiling. Sam runs over to Dean and Ben runs over to Hailey.
"Dean!" Sam says tapping his face.
"Hailey wake up!" Ben says almost in tears.
"Dean!" Sam says shaking him this time. Which works because Dean opens his eyes.
"Hey, you okay?" Sam asks.
Dean looks at him like that's a stupid questions but winces and says "Yeah."
"Hailey, wake up, wake up." Ben says frantically.
Hailey opens her eyes and Sam cuts them both down.
"You sure you're all right?" Sam asks worried.
"Yeah. Yep, where is he? Or better yet where is Isabel." Dean asks noticing that she's not there.
"He's gone for now. And she went after him." Sam answers.
"What why would she do that." Dean asks angry.
"The same reason you would." Sam answers and before Dean can make a reply they hear Hailey.
"Tommy." Hailey says running over to his hanging body and crying.
At this Tommy jerks his head up causing Hailey to scream.
"Cut him down." Hailey ordered.
"We're gonna get you home." She says taking most of his weight.
"Check it out" Dean says holding up a gun.
"Flare guns…those'll work." Sam says with a grin.
Dean is loading up the gun when they hear the Wendigo growl.
"Looks like someone's home for supper." Dean says tossing a gun to Sam.
"We'll never outrun it." Hailey says scared.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Dean asks his brother.
"Yeah I think so. And you wonder why she did it." Sam says.
"All right listen to me. Stay with Sam, he's gonna get you out of here." Dean says heading the other way.
"What are you gonna do?" Hailey asks worried.
"I'm going to go find my sister. Chow time you freaky bastard! Yeah that's right, bring it on baby, I'm feelin good." Dean smiles thinking that this is twice in the past month that he has set himself up as food.
"All right come on. Hurry!" Sam says ushering them towards the exit of the tunnel.
Meanwhile Isabel is walking through the tunnel trying to find the creature when all of a sudden she gets a tingle up her spin. "Oh god that can't be good." She mutters to herself before turning around.
When she does she see's that it's right behind her. With out a second thought she lights up her homemade torch and throws it at the creature. However it's to fast and dodges it however it does create a wall of fire protecting her. "Fuck." She says as she starts to run back the other way.
"Hey! Hey you want some white meat bitch!? I'm right here!" She can hear her brother yelling.
Sam is getting the others to safety when he hears the Wendigo growling behind them.
"Get him outta here." Sam orders the other.
"Sam, no." Hailey objects.
"Go! Go!" Sam says taking off the other way.
"Come on. Come on" Sam says waiting for the Wendigo. Then a growl comes from the other side of the tunnel, and Sam turns to see the Wendigo in his face. Sam shoots at it, but misses, and then runs down the tunnel after Hailey, Tommy and Ben.
"Sam!" Hailey asks surprised.
"Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry. Get behind me." Sam says trying to block the rest of them with his body.
The Wendigo walks towards them, and lets out a loud roar
"Hey!" Dean and Isabel shout at the same time causing it to turn around. Dean takes the chance and shoots the flare right into its mid section. "Not bad huh" He says watching it go up in flames.
"Remember what I said about loving the smell of burning Wendigo….well that was before I actually new what it smelt like." Isabel said gagging from the smell causing Dean to laugh next to her.
They all made it back to the Ranger station where they were being questioned.
"And the bear came back again after you yelled at it?" An officer asked.
"That's when it circled the campsite; I mean this grizzly must have weighed 800-900 pounds." Ben said.
"All right we'll go after it first thing." The policeman said.
"So I don't know how to thank you." Hailey says to Dean who in return just gives her the look "Must you cheapen the moment?" She asks with a smile.
"Yeah" He answers with a smirk.
"You riding with your brother?" A person from the ambulance asks.
"Yeah. Let's go." Hailey says to Ben.
Ben gives Isabel a hug and Hailey turns to give Dean a kiss on the cheek before they leave.
"I hope you find your father." Hailey says to the three siblings.
"Man I hate camping" Dean says.
"Me too" Sam adds.
"I don't know I kinda liked it." Isabel says as they both look at her like she's insane. "I mean other then the crazy man eating Wendigo part of course." To which they both just give a slight chuckle.
"Sam, you know we're gonna find dad, right?" Dan asks seriously.
"Yeah I know…but in the mean time…I'm driving." Sam says.
Dean looks at him for a moment before tossing him the keys.
"Not a word out of you." Dean says pointing to Isabel before she can even object.
"I wasn't even going to say anything." She says getting into the back seat.
"Yeah sure you weren't" Dean says smirking at her.
"You know Isabel going off by yourself like that. That was pretty reckless isn't that what Deans supposed to do." Sam asked starting the car.
"Yeah but Dean was missing so it was my job." Isabel said.
"What job is that?" Dean asked.
"To protect Sammy no matter what." Isabel said smirking at both her brothers.
"Guys I don't need protecting." Sam said annoyed.
"Oh yeah this coming from the guys that was going to charge a fully armed Roy." Dean says laughing.
"Look he was a jerk." Sam defended.
"Oh I know Sammy I am right there with you. I mean it sucks that he died but I guess if we had to lose someone I'm glad it was him." Isabel says off handedly.
"Isabel." They both shout.
"What it's the truth….and you know you both feel the same." She says raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah okay." They both admit.
With that the three drove off into the night to find the nearest hotel room.
Thank you so much for reading. And please let me know if you want me to continue it this way or if I should go back to how I was writing before.
Delia