Takes place shortly before episode fifteen of season one. I own Tala Galtero and my friend owns Jennah Bailey. Original Supernatural belongs to Eric Kripke. This is only the beginning of a series. "Because It's Not Me" is only the first story, there will probably be over four others, in a series.

Chapter 2

Get Your Facts Straight

Prologue

I heard Jen giggle a little ways off. Bobby crouched down and peered around the junk to see how far off she was. A shot rang out and he pulled back sharply to avoid being hit. I pulled him up into a standing position and faced him in the way were were going to run.

"You go. I'll distract her." I told him.

"What?" Bobby asked shocked.

"Just go!" I yelled pushing him to go.

He took off running and I stepped out into the open. "Come and get me Jen!" I heard the sound of a gun being cocked, then all was quiet. I couldn't see her. I took the slightest step forward and a bullet whizzed by, just barely missing my head. "Come on!" I yelled annoyed, ducking out of the way as more bullets rained around me.

I ran in the direction that Bobby went and soon caught up with him. We ducked out of the way behind one of the old busted up cars.

"You're a freakin idjit." Bobby growled out of breath.

"Thank you Bobby. I know." I rolled my eyes and took off in a sprint again.

Ch. 2 Part 1

~48 hours earlier~

I fell backwards onto my bed and looked up at the ceiling. Knight jumped up next to me and stared down at me. Three weeks had passed since Dean and Sam left after taking care of the ghost problem Jen and I had. Knight had ran off the night it happen but I found him a couple miles away at the neighbors house. I had called the guys once, and it was so I could start gathering information on the creatures that were out there. They thought it was so we could protect ourselves better but we had really started hunting them.

I could hear Jen moving around in the room next to mine. I felt something warm run down the side of my face and mix with the hair around my ear. I groaned when I tried moving my arms, they hurt so bad. When I pulled my hand away from my face I saw it covered in blood.

"Great." I muttered.

Getting up, I headed into the hallway and banged on Jennah's door. I heard something drop onto the hard wood floor.

"What!" Jennah yelled aggravated.

"Calm your jets! I just wanted to let you know I was gonna take a shower." I snapped back.

"K." her answer was muffled by the door.

She had moved in with me after a couples days of trying to be normal, it just didn't work. I went to the bathroom and turned the shower on. As I let it warm up, I took my cloths off, placed my gun down on the counter, and looked at myself in the mirror. I was covered in scratches that were slightly bleeding and there were places where bruises were starting to form. I put my hands on either side of the sink and leaned heavily on it. I had nearly gotten us killed on our last hunt.

We went in thinking we were going to be dealing with something simple but it turned out to be a wendigo. It was down in Nebraska, which was unusual because they normally reside in Canada or Minnesota. We got lucky when we blew up a car, killing the wendigo.

I looked back up at the mirror and saw that it had fogged over. I turned the water down a bit before climbing in. The water at my feet slowly turned a bloody red. When I was sure I had scrubbed all the dirt out of my wounds; I climbed out and got dressed, making sure I had my gun before heading downstairs. Knight was waiting outside the door and now followed me. I got to the kitchen and pulled a bag of ramen out of the cabinet. I became alert when I heard the slightest noise behind me. I whirled around, my gun pointed in the direction the noise came from. Jen sat at the table looking at me slightly shocked.

"Dammit Jen! Don't sneak up on me like that!" I roared at her.

"Sorry." she said it like she generally meant it.

I went back to my ramen with a huff. Placing it in a bowl of water, I nearly threw it into the microwave. Since we were always on the road, I never had time to buy real food and cook it. Jennah got a bowl out for herself and ran her fingers around the edge of it. Knight, wagging his tail, tried to jump up on her but she quickly pushed him back down.

"We need to do more research, so we don't end up like we did yesterday." she muttered quietly.

"What do you suggest we do?" I pulled the hot bowl out of the microwave as it started to beep, burning my fingers.

"Call the boys." she said simply staring out the window into the dark night.

I stared down at my stinging pink fingers with a frown. "No."

"And why not?" she asked crossly.

I leaned against the counter with my bowl behind me. "I just don't want to."

She gave me a suspicious glare while I just looked back at her.

"Remember the last time we called them for information? they were in the middle of their own hunt. what if we call again and we end up screwing something up for them. I'll take responsibility for the stupid mistakes on our hunts but I wont cause them any."

"Okay, then call that other person. Bobby, right?" she started to cook her own bowl of ramen.

I frowned. I thought about it a minute and wanted to say no to that too.

"Come on, Tala. We need to be better prepared if we want to make it out alive at our next hunt."

I rolled my eyes and stuck a spoon full of ramen in my mouth. "Fine."

We ate in the living room with the tv on some sci-fi alien movie. Knight paced between us hoping we'd drop him something. When we had finished eating, Jen held my phone out to me and gave me a death stare.

"Do it now."

I snatched it from her and scrolled through my contacts till I found Bobby Singer. I pressed the talk button and showed it to her to satisfy her. She smiled as I put it up to my eat.

It rang twice before someone answered. "Hello?"

"Hi, is this Bobby Singer?"

There was a pause. "Who wants to know?"

"Tala Galtero. My partner, Jennah Bailey, and I are new to the hunting business. Some.. friends of ours got us into it and told us that if we had any questions we could call you."

"Well.. I guess I could help you.."

"Thank you Bobby." I couldn't help but smile.

"who did you say got you into the hunter business?"

"I didn't.. but the Winchester boys." I said.

Bobby sighed over the phone. "Those idjits.. Well you might as well come down to my place. I'll be able to teach you stuff better here. I live in South Dakota near Sioux Falls. When you get close call me again and I'll direct you my way."

"Okay, thanks again Bobby."

"Yeah, sure." he said hanging up the phone.

I shoved my own phone into my pocket and looked at Jennah who had a questioning look on her face.

"Well?" she asked impatiently.

"Well.. it looks like we're going on a road trip." I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly, heading up to my bedroom to pack.

"For how long?" Jennah jumped up from her seat and followed me upstairs.

"Don't know. Maybe days, maybe weeks." I pulled a medium sized duffel bag from my closet and began to throw some of my comfy t-shirts into it.

"Urgh, fine. But I was really hoping we wouldn't have leave town for a while." she huffed before heading to her room. "Or at the very least be able to get a good nights sleep in my own bed!"

I chuckled slightly before a gloomy feeling hit me. I would never admit it to her, but I hated being in this house ever since we found out things like ghosts were real. I glanced down at my dog, whom I had barely paid any attention to. I quickly finished packing and patted both my hands against my thighs, getting his attention.

"Come on puppy!" he clearly wasn't a puppy but I just liked Calling him that.

I went to the downstairs bathroom, that we didn't use, and dragged a bag of dog food out of one of the cabinets. It was huge and I had trouble picking it up. Tearing the top off i began to pour it out on the floor. I picked up a medium sized tub that still had water in it. Knight was happily wolfing down the pellets of food. When I placed the tub filled with water back onto the floor, he sniffed it and then took several licks at it.

I kneeled down next to him. He fixed his big eyes on me as I took his head into my hands and slowly started to rub behind his ears. "Sorry I haven't been home lately. I'm gonna miss you buddy." he wined as if he knew I was going to be leaving. "I'll come back for you soon." I frowned as I stood up. I hated leaving him like this.