A/N: This one is shorter - just a very brief moment from the beginning of the episode.
There But For Grace
Chapter Two
Episode 2 – Wendigo
Blackwater Ridge was beautiful. Pine trees grew up the hill, away from the car park attached to the rangers' cabin. The sounds of wildlife echoed around the mountainous and the air had the tang of damp earth fresh from rains.
Grace closed her eyes briefly, soaking in the sun that dappled down through the trees. Opening them again, she glanced towards the information centre Dean and Sam had disappeared into five minutes ago before hopping up to sit on the bonnet of the car. She rested her feet on one of the front wheels and looked back down the dirt track they had driven up.
She was feeling pretty good, appreciating the fresh air that wasn't intrinsically mingled with the dust of the desert states, but she knew that it wouldn't be long before she was asleep again. The chances of her seeing this job through where very minimal.
"Can I help you with anything?"
Grace jumped slightly at the sound of the voice and turned towards its owner. The man was tall and dressed in a ranger's uniform.
"Hi," she replied smiling. "I'm just waiting for my friends."
The ranger nodded and seemed about to move along when Grace spoke again, deciding she may as well make the most of the situation.
"Um, some friends of ours disappeared up on the ridge a couple of days ago. You don't know anything about that do you?"
The man's face turned from politely inquisitive to sympathetic.
"If they disappeared on the ridge I'm afraid it was probably a grizzly attack."
"A bear? Seriously?"
"Yeah, there have been a couple of incidents like that around here."
"Huh," Grace thought a moment. "So – "
She was interrupted before she could complete her next question however.
"Grace! Get off of my car!"
Dean was striding towards her and looking incensed. Grace quickly jumped off the hood, holding out a hand to the ranger who had been helping her.
"Nice to meet you – " she paused.
"Jake," He replied, taking her hand.
"Grace," she said, smiling.
Sam and Dean reached them and Grace dropped Jake's hand to follow Sam into the car. Dean pausing to wipe a cautious sleeve over the spot Grace had been occupying on his car, shooting the ranger a suspicious look as he walked away.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this random interlude. Let me know.